Lloyd says he has already heard anecdotes about police in the US searching for the masks in people's houses to be used as evidence of involvement with Anonymous hacker attacks, "which is scary but also ridiculous - you wouldn't prosecute someone for having a t-shirt with Che or CND on it".

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The party's MPs arrived, their suits and slick hair incongruous amid the Che T-shirts and the stubble.

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Mr Thaksin's supporters range from former provincial governors to students sporting Che Guevara T-shirts, and from businessmen to policemen.

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