The social media is flooded with videos reportedly showing a huge crowed participating in the “National March for Palestine” in the central London on Saturday. The march was organised after a two-minutes’ silence was observed at The Cenotaph war memorial to remember Britain’s war dead on Armistice Day.
According to AFP, huge crowds of protesters waved black, red, white and green Palestinian flags and held aloft placards proclaiming “Stop Bombing Gaza”. As the march set off, protesters shouted “free Palestine” and “ceasefire now”.
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The march on Saturday generated concern because it coincided with Armistice Day. This day commemorates the end of fighting in World War I in 1918 — and political criticisms about the policing operation.
Several social media users posted videos showing hundreds of people “literally storming the Cenotaph on Armistice Day”. Many held UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman responsible for the incident and called for her resignation.
A user shared one such video on X, formerly known as Twitter, and said, “Yes these are far right nationalist thugs literally storming the Cenotaph on Armistice Day. Suella Braverman whipped up this frenzy. I call on her to resign, immediately.”
SkyNews even reported that a scuffle broke out “people shouting ‘England, till I die’ attempted to reach the Cenotaph”.