I was there today, it was a blast, everybody was super friendly.
If you didn’t get a chance to come this time, you should come to the far-right counter protest on the 16th of May!
I was there too! Agree - everybody was super chill and friendly.
Did you manage to get into Trafalgar Square? I think I got lucky that they opened up as I walked past
Nah we mostly followed the roads. I was accompanying a wheelchair user so it was best to avoid going in and out of the road.
Some photos I took at the protest in this comment
I need a shirt with “Girls just wanna have funDamental rights”
Amazing how organisers and police have 10:1 difference in the attendance numbers. I know the organisers have reasons to inflate numbers, but not by an order of magnitude.
My recollection is that it’s usually about that level of disparity. I’d be interested in knowing who tends to be more accurate. Do the police have an incentive to underplay the numbers?
Only incentives I can think of:
- They didn’t police it properly for the size of event and it’s a pre-emptive defence. “Yes we only sent one constable, but it was only 3 old ladies and a Yorkshire terrier”.
- They’re under orders to downplay the size of protests that can be seen as anti-government.
I know it’s a bit tin-foil hat, but I’m starting to suspect the latter. A number of protests appear to have had quite large numbers from footage (which is likely to be cherry picked yes, but should set a minimum number), but small number from the Met.