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

GrannyGravy13

I must admit I am rather over right = bad on the N & P threads.

The left political parties are showing their true colours at the moment.

Do you object to that? The right have been showing themselves up too - and then they deny it.

On the subject of flags, one of the men caught and arrested at Euston station on his way to the march is accused of running somebody over in his van because they were taking down the union flags he had put up illegally under the banner of the Raise the Colours group, on lampposts in Birmingham.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx217901n00o

Casdon

On the subject of flags, one of the men caught and arrested at Euston station on his way to the march is accused of running somebody over in his van because they were taking down the union flags he had put up illegally under the banner of the Raise the Colours group, on lampposts in Birmingham.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx217901n00o

Well done police 👏👏👏

Yes, and yay for facial recognition equipment too, that was a sensible move.

Posted prematurely

Anyone using a vehicle as a weapon is a danger, and should be prosecuted

Casdon

Yes, and yay for facial recognition equipment too, that was a sensible move.

It should have been deployed at both marches, not to do so leave the police open to accusations of double standards.

GrannyGravy13

Casdon

Yes, and yay for facial recognition equipment too, that was a sensible move.

It should have been deployed at both marches, not to do so leave the police open to accusations of double standards.

I think it was used at Euston for both marches, the trains weren’t separate for the events, as far as I know anyway?

shoot him in the neck like Charlie Kirk
Chanted today by left leaning protesters.

Hang him like Mussolini, said one young women to a reporter.

The above is all over social media platforms.

Oops sorry I omitted to say they were referring to Robinson/Yaxley-Lennon

Ah, the peace loving left.

I hope they’re arrested and thrown in jail for inciting violence.

Presumably so Kandinsky.
‘Meanwhile, new guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service pushed prosecutors to consider whether protest placards, banners and chants viewed on social media may amount to offences of stirring up hatred.
Specialist officers were primed to take swift decisions to arrest and charge hate speech crimes, which may include arrests for chants referring to "intifada" at the pro-Palestinian march.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the right to protest was "a cornerstone of our democracy".
She added: "But anyone spreading hate or committing acts of violence will face the full force of the law."’

No doubt the police will issue more information about all the arrests once the marches have fully dispersed.

Kandinsky

Ah, the peace loving left.

I hope they’re arrested and thrown in jail for inciting violence.

Yes, obvs the be kind gang out in force 😉

twaddle

Thank you, Maizie, for expressing so eloquently what I've been trying to say.

Except, unlike your post, MaizieD doesn’t say there are racists on the thread.

twaddle

GrannyGravy, And I have freedom of speech to write what I don't like, despite the attempts by some to shut me down. I know what I think of people who support the Unite the Kingdom march. I am entitled to think that. To be honest, I wouldn't even dare to write it on here because I can see for myself what people are like.

You’re entitled to think what you like, as we all are, but don’t be surprised if you’re taken to task when you call others on the thread racists simply because they don’t object to British people carrying the British flag.Nobody on the thread has said they either do or don’t support the Unite protest btw.

So far fortunately all the marches have gone well.😃

Yes, at a cost of £4.5m, and with 4000 police officers drafted in from all over the country. Well done them.

Oreo

So far fortunately all the marches have gone well.😃

👍🏻

Casdon

Yes, at a cost of £4.5m, and with 4000 police officers drafted in from all over the country. Well done them.

I don’t argue that a massive bill for policing is just what we don’t need, and I would have stopped any marches going ahead.
Apart from the cost these constant protests are divisive.
But if you allow one, then you have to allow others.

Oreo

twaddle

Thank you, Maizie, for expressing so eloquently what I've been trying to say.

Except, unlike your post, MaizieD doesn’t say there are racists on the thread.

The offensive post calling people on here racists has been removed. Mods doing a good job today. 👍

Message deleted by Gransnet. Here's a link to our Talk guidelines.

I thought the BBC report was very even handed and it was very interesting but so so awful as in a divided UK to read it all. I feel sorrowful it's come to this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d2ryyz0jzo

I really, really find the take over of our national flags by the far right horrendous.

It's like -the flags have ceased to be for us all, and how do we ever go back to when they were.

GrannyGravy13

Oops sorry I omitted to say they were referring to Robinson/Yaxley-Lennon

Much as YL disgusts me, chants such as these disgust me too.

Honestly, what’s wrong with (*some*) people?

Wyllow3

I thought the BBC report was very even handed and it was very interesting but so so awful as in a divided UK to read it all. I feel sorrowful it's come to this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d2ryyz0jzo

I really, really find the take over of our national flags by the far right horrendous.

It's like -the flags have ceased to be for us all, and how do we ever go back to when they were.

Sad times

Hmm. Only one set of demonstrators wearing face coverings I see….

How dare Starmer be so one sided. No wonder he’s nationally reviled. Apart from anything else, it just emboldens them.

I’ve just seen that there were much lower attendance numbers for both the marches than the leaders claimed there would be, the police commentator estimated about 60,000 for the Unite rally, and 20,000 for the Palestine one. Perhaps people were put off by the prospect of violent clashes and decided not to risk attending.