I was pleased to see this reported in the Guardian last night:
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in London to march against the far right in the biggest multicultural demonstration in UK history.
Organisers claimed half a million people had travelled to the capital for the Together Alliance march. Police estimated the turnout was closer to 50,000, although they admitted it was difficult to judge the number due to the widespread nature of the crowd. Yes.
Beginning in Park Lane, more than 100 charities, campaign groups and trade unions marched to Trafalgar Square via Whitehall in a show of unity against far-right politics.
Funding the Future was a supporting organisation for this event at their invitation, but I was not able to attend, having come down from Scotland on Friday to a full agenda after yesterday. I am, however, delighted that this show of support happened. There are decent people in this world who believe that politics for people matters.
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Off topic in a way, so no need to respond… I am interested in why the disparity in crowd size ‘guesstimates’. I understand the organisers may be motivated to err on the larger side. But the police …? Could they be concerned about being seen to have committed appropriate numbers of boots to the streets along with other resources … ?
I was there and I’m shocked at the police estimate of the crowd size. It was certainly much larger than a large football crowd. Watching the omnipresent police helicopter showed the size of the march and it was huge.
Being with so many people who stand for togetherness over hate and division was uplifting and encouraging. We are the majority.