Unite the Kingdom and Pro Palestine marches Cup 16th May 2026

It all actually is part of our culture whether we agree or not.

London is not beautiful. It has areas of beauty but over all it is overcrowded and ugly.

Culture takes many forms, including our national religion, football, and our freedom to protest peacefully.

London being held to be the centre of the UK universe naturally that’s where people want to go to get attention.

I’m not sure what the problem is.

I loathe this war being fought out on our streets but I support the right to protest.

Galaxy

I loathe this war being fought out on our streets but I support the right to protest.

Mind you, I’m not altogether sure what the Yaxley Lennon lot is ‘protesting’ about…

I support people’s right to protest.

I also support people’s rights to go about their every day lives without fear or disruption.

If the Met are worried, I suspect they have inside information.

MaizieD the outskirts of London are not as desirable as central parts, I agree. That’s the same as major/capital cities all over the world. As much as I adore New York, it is overcrowded and filthy, even Fifth Avenue, Wall St and surrounding Central Park.

As for the football match, it’s a yearly occurrence in one area. I do hope the Chelsea and Manchester City fans are well behaved 🤞🏻

I would march against the pro palestine marches, but I can't and don't want to speak for him.

I agree with the right to protest peacefully but because some marches don't remain peaceful a huge amount of money has to be spent on policing.

I actually think if the organisers had any sense of decency they’d postpone these planned marches, right at this moment in time is not the time for demos.

We are already an extremely divided, frustration, angry and restless country, I absolutely respects anyone’s right to peaceful protest, BUT as a world, as a country, we are already in an awful place.

I don’t agree with or condone any of the current well published wars in Iran, Gaza or Ukraine, but I fear these protests are badly timed.

I fear violence will erupt, I fear for our communities of both Jewish and Muslims and I just wish for a little amount of peace for them and the rest of us.

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London is not beautiful. It has areas of beauty but over all it is overcrowded and ugly.

Overall it is not. It has areas which are less desirable but it has many areas which are beautiful or at the least interesting.
Parks, historic and modern buildings of interest, many pleasant suburbs.

Cossy

I actually think if the organisers had any sense of decency they’d postpone these planned marches, right at this moment in time is not the time for demos.

We are already an extremely divided, frustration, angry and restless country, I absolutely respects anyone’s right to peaceful protest, BUT as a world, as a country, we are already in an awful place.

I don’t agree with or condone any of the current well published wars in Iran, Gaza or Ukraine, but I fear these protests are badly timed.

I fear violence will erupt, I fear for our communities of both Jewish and Muslims and I just wish for a little amount of peace for them and the rest of us.

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I agree whole-heartedly.

Culture does not encompass hate. Peaceful protest yes.
And I hope the football fans behave too.

When is the timeCossy dose keep quiet amd wait until Netanyahu and his vile IDF wipe out every Palestinian? Now he,s bombing Lebanon…oops Hezbollah so every Lebanese man woman and child will be labelled Hezbollah!
All that will happen if we don’t put pressure on our governments to act is he,ll move onto his next country that he thinks would / should be Israeli
Not in my name !

Allira

^London is not beautiful. It has areas of beauty but over all it is overcrowded and ugly.^

Overall it is not. It has areas which are less desirable but it has many areas which are beautiful or at the least interesting.
Parks, historic and modern buildings of interest, many pleasant suburbs.

That is what I said, wasn't it?

I don't think it has enough good areas to be called 'beautiful'.

Culture does not encompass hate

Well, like it or not it most certainly does.

Perhaps you're thinking more of 'civilisation'?

The Palestinian marches have always been peaceful. I was in London on a very hot day last year and the atmosphere, though noisy, was all about peace. I saw no trouble at all. Hundreds of thousands marched, of all religions including Jews, and no trouble.

I would not say the same for Yaxley Lennon and his thugs.

Why the police allowed their march the same day as the 75 year anniversary of nakba ( catastrophe) where 750,000 Palestinians were killed or forced to leave their homes who are, still to this day, refugees, with no right of return.

For those who still believe 7 October came out of the blue , please educate yourselves.

The pro-Palestine march tomorrow will start very near to where I live. I belong to a local WattsApp group that adds information about these marches. I've never seen any complaints about the behaviour of the participants of these marches in the area where I live.

There is concern about 'the so-called Unite the Kingdom mob' who seem to be planning to be in our area.

The Muslim Council of Britain is concerned enough to issue a safety statement advising British Muslims to stay away from Central London tomorrow.

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to go into London for the day and NOT have to worry about violent protesters (they are not merely marching) or be afraid of getting caught up in ugly scenes?

London is not beautiful. It has areas of beauty but over all it is overcrowded and ugly

Oh well that’s London (all of it warts and all) dismissed. .
The outer suburbs of Paris are in many places no-go areas or huge modern blocks of flats, yet we consider Paris a beautiful city.
I am SICK of the nay- sayers who put our country, our people or our lifestyle DOWN
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MawsRosie

^London is not beautiful. It has areas of beauty but over all it is overcrowded and ugly^

Oh well that’s London (all of it warts and all) dismissed. .
The outer suburbs of Paris are in many places no-go areas or huge modern blocks of flats, yet we consider Paris a beautiful city.
I am SICK of the nay- sayers who put our country, our people or our lifestyle DOWN
.

I do agree with you regarding London. It is a beautiful city, and it has a fascinating and well documented history, so even the parts that are not beautiful are interesting if you dig beneath the surface appearance.

MaizieD

Allira

London is not beautiful. It has areas of beauty but over all it is overcrowded and ugly.

Overall it is not. It has areas which are less desirable but it has many areas which are beautiful or at the least interesting.
Parks, historic and modern buildings of interest, many pleasant suburbs.

That is what I said, wasn't it?

I don't think it has enough good areas to be called 'beautiful'.

That is what I said, wasn't it?

No.
You said London is not beautiful over all it is overcrowded and ugly.

I said it is not.
There are some areas which are less desirable. But overall it is interesting, indeed beautiful.

Do you live there perhaps?

MawsRosie

^London is not beautiful. It has areas of beauty but over all it is overcrowded and ugly^

Oh well that’s London (all of it warts and all) dismissed. .
The outer suburbs of Paris are in many places no-go areas or huge modern blocks of flats, yet we consider Paris a beautiful city.
I am SICK of the nay- sayers who put our country, our people or our lifestyle DOWN
.

I agree MawsRosie

I've lived in London (not the City which I visited often) and spent time in Paris (the suburbs too) and London can certainly hold its own and is one of the greenest cities in the world.

There could be a rule/regulation brought in permitting only one march per day.
That could preserve our rights to protest peacefully.

I am SICK of the nay- sayers who put our country, our people or our lifestyle DOWN

Gawd. London is not 'our country', our people or our lifestyle. It's a bit of it which I don't fand particularly pleasing.

or even 'find'...

MaizieD

^I am SICK of the nay- sayers who put our country, our people or our lifestyle DOWN^

Gawd. London is not 'our country', our people or our lifestyle. It's a bit of it which I don't fand particularly pleasing.

Is your area not particularly pleasing? Obviously all cities have areas which may not be so beautiful, usually those with homes densely packed, which we need to house people.

I remember having to move to London and being pleasantly surprised at how lovely so much of it was.