Pro-Palestinian rallies have been held across the UK with tens of thousands calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war. Protests were held in the four capitals of the home nations – London, Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh – and in many other towns and cities including Liverpool, Glasgow and Leeds. Thousands more gathered in Manchester […]
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King Charles III’s state visit to France has been postponed at the last minute following violent protests over attempts to raise the retirement age in France. Security threats, including graffiti reading “Death to the King” and “Charles III do you know the guillotine?” prompted the postponement with French President Emmanuel Macron saying it would “lack […]
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Priti Patel wants to ban protests of more than two people during the second lockdown and has briefed senior police officers to enforce coronavirus law banning marches and demonstrations. Chief constables are concerned the home secretary’s move is too oppressive for a liberal democracy while a civil law barrister warned the ban could breach human […]
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Anti-lockdown protestors have gathered at Trafalgar Square as the prime minister toils in Downing Street to devise a response to alarming rises in Covid-19. Police have clashed with anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, 5G conspiracists, pro-cannabis activists and anti-lockdown protestors in London who have congregated in their thousands for today’s “Resist and Act For Freedom” rally in the […]
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Extinction Rebellion (XR) protestors have converged on Parliament Square to begin 10 days of disruption and civil disobedience as MPs returned to the Commons today. Police made at least 90 arrests as thousands of XR demonstrators marched through central London to Westminster to demand politicians back the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill). The […]
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The president of the Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) has warned the UK is facing a “summer of discontent” after months of lockdown combine with a severe economic downturn, anti-racism protests, counter demonstrations by the far-right, and Brexit. “There are so many issues where so many have opposing views that there’s a risk of a sustained […]
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