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

Let's all be Patriots and join a march dissing our lovely country, led by a man who lives in SPAIN?

Why would Stephen have a flag outside his house in SPAIN?

keepingquiet

twaddle

Primrose53

keepingquiet

keepingquiet

I haven't seen the news- was there actually any trouble?

I still haven't heard that there was any trouble?

People who attended the demo say the MSM massively underestimated the number of people attending.

The Met Police say 150,000 marched for Unite the Kingdom and 5,000 for the counter protest. They also said the march passed “largely without significant incident”. They say there were 31 arrests. Pretty good result then. I am sure if there was any major stuff like violence it would have made headline news.

As a matter of interest, how would those attending know? I doubt very much that they were in any position to count how many people were there.

The police chose an officer to count them all!

Seriously, exact numbers can never be known but trust me the security services have ways of estimating roughly how many people were there.

The fact that there was only low level disruption shows what a good job the police did, but also how these things can be blown up out of all proportion to the impact they have.

I think they use drone/helicopter footage. They know how many people will fill certain areas and they can make a fairly accurate guess. They don't do it on the ground by counting people and somebody in the crowd wouldn't know.

"Between 15,000 and 20,000 people attended the pro-Palestine event, while some 60,000 people are estimated to have joined Tommy Robinson's march, the Met said." (according to Sky)

That's about 75,000-80,000 people.

Meanwhile, there were 22 arrests at the cup final. Wembley has a capacity of 90,000, so there were just over twice as many non-cup final arrests per head of those attending.

Well, now we know. Why did we want to know?

Here is the breakdown of arrests, hot off the press.
news.sky.com/story/police-share-breakdown-of-43-arrests-made-during-two-rival-london-protests-13544988

Casdon

Primrose53

sixandahalf

Why does it matter how many people attended?

It's almost as if some posters are sympathetic. Surely not.

Maybe you should ask Casdon on Page 6 @ 22.02 who first mentioned numbers. Clearly numbers matter to her.

I always want to see and talk about facts rather than personal views. Numbers do matter to me for marches, because they are an indicator of how popular the cause is, is that wrong in some way?

Ask sixandahalf 😉

Primrose53

sixandahalf

Why does it matter how many people attended?

It's almost as if some posters are sympathetic. Surely not.

Maybe you should ask Casdon on Page 6 @ 22.02 who first mentioned numbers. Clearly numbers matter to her.

I always want to see and talk about facts rather than personal views. Numbers do matter to me for marches, because they are an indicator of how popular the cause is, is that wrong in some way?

I bet little Stephen doesn't have a flag outside his house

sixandahalf

Why does it matter how many people attended?

It's almost as if some posters are sympathetic. Surely not.

Maybe you should ask Casdon on Page 6 @ 22.02 who first mentioned numbers. Clearly numbers matter to her.

Kandinsky

Sorry, but I don’t believe everything I see on the internet - too much fake news, AI generated nonsense. Especially when it’s put out by organizations who have agendas.

You can’t not believe or dispute photographs of British citizens who were originally immigrants winning medals and being celebrated in public in the UK for their achievements. That’s what the Led By Donkeys screen showed.

twaddle

Primrose53

keepingquiet

keepingquiet

I haven't seen the news- was there actually any trouble?

I still haven't heard that there was any trouble?

People who attended the demo say the MSM massively underestimated the number of people attending.

The Met Police say 150,000 marched for Unite the Kingdom and 5,000 for the counter protest. They also said the march passed “largely without significant incident”. They say there were 31 arrests. Pretty good result then. I am sure if there was any major stuff like violence it would have made headline news.

As a matter of interest, how would those attending know? I doubt very much that they were in any position to count how many people were there.

The police chose an officer to count them all!

Seriously, exact numbers can never be known but trust me the security services have ways of estimating roughly how many people were there.

The fact that there was only low level disruption shows what a good job the police did, but also how these things can be blown up out of all proportion to the impact they have.

Sorry, but I don’t believe everything I see on the internet - too much fake news, AI generated nonsense. Especially when it’s put out by organizations who have agendas.

By watching for yourself the reaction of the marchers, you may see just how racist those marchers are.

Posters, you may view it, if you wish, on page 7 of this Thread, at 08.03.

Thank you NotSpaghetti, for posting the Led By Donkeys video that was shown beside the Unite march.

Well, me neither but I can understand how other people might think even if I don't agree.

Perhaps some cannot, who knows.

Allira

Oreo

That sounds like a s**t stirring comment to me sixandahalf
Actually numbers do matter as in it shows strength of feeling about a matter.

Of course numbers matter. To think otherwise would be naïve.

I expect the Government is taking note and their advisers and analysts are working out why and how to calm what is growing unrest in the country.

This doesn't mean that people, marchers, are Yaxley-Lennon supporters, it means they are dissatisfied with the status quo.

Hmm ... I really can't understand why anybody would associate themselves with the march if they weren't supportive if Yaxley-Lennon's methods of solving the dissatisfaction.

PS. I'm not very satisfied with the way things are going in the country, but I wouldn't go on that match - ever!

JaneJudge

I wonder why it has to be compared to the noting hill carnival

there is a proportion of organised crime at large scale events including county lines/knife crime.

Also, the number of people attending the Carnival is in the millions, 2 million over 2 days, not a few thousand.

We went through all this last year after the first Yaxley Lennon march. It's percentages that are significant, not numbers. zzzz...

Cossy

Galaxy

Yes I know.

🤣🤣🤣 Sorry, that made me laugh

Me too😂

I wonder why it has to be compared to the noting hill carnival

there is a proportion of organised crime at large scale events including county lines/knife crime.

Here are some numbers of arrests from previous events/demos from Google.

Charitytoday website said: The Prime Minister has come under scrutiny after describing 26 arrests at the Unite the Kingdom protest in London (2025) as evidence of ‘serious disorder’, while national media outlets characterised more than 500 arrests at the 2025 Notting Hill Carnival as less serious and part of a ‘vibrant cultural day’.

Interesting. I expect the number of attendees for this event will become clearer in time.

Oreo

I think anyone who votes Labour and many who don’t….know full well that under Corbyn antisemitism flourished with the LP.
Oh yes, they are out there alright😲

You’ve lost me now, I thought you said he wasn’t influential, now you’re saying he is?

I am afraid they haven't a clue how to calm the unrest, bless them.

Oreo

That sounds like a s**t stirring comment to me sixandahalf
Actually numbers do matter as in it shows strength of feeling about a matter.

Of course numbers matter. To think otherwise would be naïve.

I expect the Government is taking note and their advisers and analysts are working out why and how to calm what is growing unrest in the country.

This doesn't mean that people, marchers, are Yaxley-Lennon supporters, it means they are dissatisfied with the status quo.

I think anyone who votes Labour and many who don’t….know full well that under Corbyn antisemitism flourished with the LP.
Oh yes, they are out there alright😲