Brian Haw: Veteran peace campaigner who occupied Parliament Square for a decade in protest at war June 20, 2011 by Fulcrum Brian Haw thrust himself into the public eye as an anti-war protester in 2001, living in a tent outside the Palace of Westminster for almost a decade in a vigil that was brought to an end only by his illness and death. David McKittrick. Independent. 20 June 2011. FulcrumShareTweetShare