Police have launched a surprise attack on the #NoNewNormal demonstration
At 4pm police came running from the north west end of Trafalgar Square towards the rear of the #NoNewNormal stage. They were blocked by protesters who surged forward to meet the surprise attack.
Police now snatching people from a considerably thinned crowd #NoNewNormal
Someone has apparently been knocked unconscious. How it’s happened is unclear but he’s now surrounded by police.
And that looks like about it from today’s anti-lockdown demo
Another man has been knocked unconscious, apparently by police. Seem there are a number of injuries following the police attack on the demo.
I don’t think the police have joined @JustStop_Oil , but it looks like it. A dozen or so climate protesters currently blocking Horseguards, at the back gate to Downing St
Police currently stopping anyone from crossing the road in Parliament Square - to make sure no one stops in the middle @JustStop_Oil
Last autumn’s climate campaign, @InsulateLove, is back on the streets in Westminster as part of the @JustStop_Oil coalition
Back in the City, where #ExtinctionRebellion are on the march again, attempting to raise awareness of rising sea levels, as their latest rebellion draws to a close.
#ExtinctionRebellion’s protesters have paused in front of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market.
“Lloyds of London is an insurer of fossil fuel projects at a vast scale across the world and it’s the turning of the wheels of finance driving more and more of these destructive projects.”
#ExtinctionRebellion activist George Barda, from Bristol, on why protesters are here.
Several hundred #ExtinctionRebellion protesters blocking the road outside the Bank of England.
Today’s #ExtinctionRebellion protest is a mass breach of bail conditions, with rebels arrested over the past two weeks breaking their conditions by returning to the City of London.
“I’ve been arrested over 200 times in many different countries, I don’t think one more time is going to make much of a difference.”
Veteran peace campaigner Angie Zelter, 70, who is breaking a bail condition stipulating that she stays out of the City. #ExtinctionRebellion