The Guardian newspaper on its website reports a demonstration against the monarchy in which "dozens" of protesters waved placards.
Use of the word "dozens" presumably means the protesters were less than a hundred.
This is such a tiny proportion of the people lining the Thames this afternoon that statistically the demonstration did not take place in any meaningful way.
In which case we should question the Guardian's decision to run it as a news story.
Are they not concerned at the Guardian that they may look just a little bit silly?
Does it not undermine their claim to be taken seriously as a news organisation?
If the demonstration had mustered a thousand or so it might just rate as a counter-point to the huge crowds who stood for hours in the rain to cheer the Royal Family.
But "dozens"?
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