'Battle of Britain': Unite the Kingdom rally and pro-Palestine march draw enormous crowds to London as police make 43 arrests
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Battle of Britain': Unite the Kingdom rally and pro-Palestine march draw enormous crowds to London as police make 43 arrests.
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of London today as the Unite the Kingdom and pro-Palestinian marches commenced in tandem.An estimated 50,000 people joined Tommy Robinson's rally with the organisers of the simultaneous Nakba Day march claiming at least a quarter of a million attended their demonstration, despite the police estimating 30,000 demonstrators for the event.
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A total of 43 arrests had been made by around 7.30pm, with police saying that while the figure "may seem high, both protests have proceeded largely without significant incident".
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Four officers were assaulted during the day and six were subjected to hate crime offences, the Metropolitan Police said.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Around 4,000 police officers were deployed across both marches in what the Met described as one of its biggest policing operations in recent years, expected to cost £4.5million.Huge crowds draped in St George's Cross and Union flags marched from Kingsway along Whitehall to...
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