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London lockdown protest today1/7/2024 ![]() ![]() The demonstration, called We Do Not Consent, comes a week after a separate event during which more than a dozen officers were injured when a “small minority” targeted police and more than 32 arrests were made.Īhead of Saturday’s protest, the Met said they had been engaging with organisers throughout the week to remind them of their legal obligations and explain that the events could be in breach of coronavirus regulations. “This agenda is to give people fear and push the death rates up.” Paul McLeish, 53, who had travelled from Ashford, said he was there because of what he believed was a plan to oppress people for the benefit of the ruling class. She said: “What I see happening is fear and negativity being propagated.” Vinothini Apok, 40, from north London, who said she used to be a doctor, stated she was there because “people should be given a choice”. ![]() Now we can see it’s just around the corner, we’ve never been closer.” I’ve been shouting that mandatory vaccines are coming, no one believed me. ![]() Prior to the police intervention, Kerry Dunn, 41, from Bath, said she was there to warn about the dangers of vaccines, saying she believed her son, Beau, had suffered serious adverse affects after he was vaccinated. We don’t feel that the mask is effective,” they said. “We don’t agree with the mandatory masks, especially when the virus is smaller than the mask. Mayor of London (gov.uk/coronavirus) September 26, 2020Ī spokesperson for StandupX, one of the groups that helped organise the demo, said they were protesting because they “were not happy with the government restrictions”. Large gatherings are banned for a reason - you are putting the safety of our city at risk. He also took to Twitter to condemn the protest, saying “I urge all protestors to leave now … you are putting the safety of our city at risk.” “We cannot let the sacrifices Londoners have made be undermined by the selfish behaviour of a small number,” Khan said. In a statement, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, accused protesters of “reckless and violent behaviour” towards police. Placards saying “Think before it is illegal” and “Obey” were held aloft, with some advertising the QAnon conspiracy theory. The words of speakers were met with roars of “Freedom!” from the crowd, while others chanted, “We will win”. And we know that distancing is daft because you need to get close to people and hug them to improve your immune systems and feel happy.”Ĭorbyn cited a number of conspiracy theories, which he described as “tomorrow’s truths”, and called on MPs to more comprehensively explain the science behind government restrictions. Masking is mad, it’s like asking a fly to not fly through a fence, it’s stupid. “There is no justification in any terms for the lockdowns and the Covid rules, they are a complete hoax,” he claimed. Piers Corbyn, one of the organisers and brother of the former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, also addressed the crowd in Trafalgar Square and implored people to hug others within their family groups. Leave our health care workers alone.Police with batons drawn are now scuffling with protesters after trying to break up the #NoNewNormal #lockdown protest crowd /cBS0kvKaQQ- Damien Gayle September 26, 2020 “They don’t deserve this kind of treatment - not now, not ever. “Our health care workers have sacrificed so much to keep us all safe during this pandemic,” Ford wrote. Premier Doug Ford ripped Monday’s nationwide protests as “selfish, cowardly and reckless” in a post on social media. She also slammed policies she said isolate new mothers at a critical time. rally nurses were being threatened for speaking out or holding contrary views but said that would not stop them standing up for the truth. Nagle, a registered nurse since 2006, said at the D.C. An investigation into her conduct wrapped up by mid-January, and she was fired. She was put on paid leave from her job at London Health Sciences Centre for actions “not aligned” with her employer’s values. Last November, Nagle was charged for organizing rallies in violation of Ontario’s public health measures. 6, the same day pro-Donald Trump agitators stormed the Capitol building. She has long been active in protests against public-health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic and attended a rally in Washington on Jan. John’s, are organized in part by Kristen Nagle, a London nurse who was fired from London Health Sciences Centre earlier this year. The protests, scheduled for cities from Victoria to St. “Peaceful protest is a right, but patients and our health-care heroes do not deserve to be intimidated or obstructed from accessing or delivering care.” I’m at the corner of Commissioners and Wellington for the latest anti-mask, anti vax protest… oh look, there’s Henry Hildebrandt from Aylmer’s Church of God….- Jane Sims September 13, 2021 ![]()
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