Thousands of Kill the Bill activists march through central London and huge crowds gather at Hyde Park as police brace for weekend of chaos with more rallies set to take place in towns and cities across UK
- Protestors gathered in Hyde Park and Parliament Square, London, as part of a demonstration in capital today
- Many waved placards daubed with a variety of Kill the Bill and anti-sexism slogans
- It comes after series of ‘Kill The Bill’ protests held in opposition to Government’s proposed ‘anti-protest’ bill
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Thousands of Kill the Bill activists have descended on London as police brace for weekend of chaos with more rallies set to take place in towns and cities across the UK.
Protestors have gathered at Hyde Park today chanting, banging drums and waving placards daubed with Kill The Bill slogans.
A separate group in Parliament Square have been demonstrating with anti-sexism slogans, including ‘educate your sons’ and ‘misogyny is the virus’, as they walked through the streets and chanted ‘women scared everywhere, police and Government do not care’.
There have been a number of ‘Kill The Bill’ protests held to show opposition to the Government’s proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021, which would give police in England and Wales more power to impose conditions on non-violent protests, including those deemed too noisy or a nuisance.
Protesting is now legal in England following a change in Covid-19 lockdown rules which came into force on Monday, but organisers are required to submit risk assessments and ensure social distancing.
Thousands of Kill the Bill activists have descended on London as police brace for weekend of chaos with more rallies set to take place in towns and cities across the UK. Pictured: Protestors in Parliament Square
Protestors have gathered at Hyde Park today chanting, banging drums and waving placards daubed with Kill The Bill slogans
A separate group in Parliament Square were demonstrating with anti-sexism slogans, including ‘educate your sons’ and ‘misogyny is the virus’
Protests and demonstrations are expected to take place across England this weekend on what is forecast to be a is the first to benefit from the easing of ‘stay at home’ lockdown restrictions.
Organisers reminded demonstrators to stay socially distanced as crowds gathered opposite the Houses of Parliament to hear speeches.
At the Kill The Bill protest in Hyde Park, environmental protest group the Red Brigade, often seen at Extinction Rebellion demonstrations, were also in attendance.
And, close by, anti-lockdown demonstrators staged their own protest, supported by Piers Corbyn, brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
At the protest in Parliament Square, several women addressed the protestors and shared their own personal experiences of suffering abuse and being drugged.
There have been a number of ‘Kill The Bill’ protests held to show opposition to the Government’s proposed Police, Crime , Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021. Pictured: Crowds in central London today
Several women addressed the crowds at the protest in Parliament Square and shared their own personal experiences of suffering abuse and being drugged
Meanwhile, several hundred people gathered beneath Grey’s Monument in Newcastle for a similar Kill the Bill protest.
There was a low-key response to the city centre gathering from Northumbria Police.
Protesters cheered as a singer with a guitar performed in opposition to the proposed bill as another attendee held up a placard saying: ‘We will not be silenced.’
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