It was more than 300k, I'm no expert but my reference was the Anti-war protests that opposed the Iraq intervention, and whilst it wasn't bigger than that, it was close.
Also it was totally peaceful, no police around. Police presence increased near the end, on Vauxhall bridge road, but just to block people from spilling into some sidestreets (not all).
Police were friendly to be fair. Looks like all the trouble they had was with Cruella sympathisers. Go figure.
One of the biggest march in British history. Its honoring remembrance day to see that peace is truly a British value. Hope politicians will get some clues.
Happy to see and hear that the world doesn't want to see other humans dying when it can all be prevented.
As a Canadian who has his complaints about our mother country .... I'm proud of what the British people are showing.
A lot of the hate came from confused EDL types rather than pro-Israel people.
The beeb with those massive underestimates again. It was 1 million.
The BBC was quoting Met Police figures. The 300,000 figure was also quoted by AP, Reuters and Al Jazera. The Organisers apparently put it at 800,000. Not sure where you are getting a million from.
Rounding error?
Yeah and the freedom convoy in Canada was 2 millions if you were to listen to the morons that were there.
Truth is it's pretty much impossible to have a precise number past a certain point and the people inside are probably the worst people to ask.
1 million would be 1.5% of the country's population or 11% of London's population, I'm sorry but I doubt that.
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