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A massive pro-Palestine protest that started at 12pm on October 21 saw the attendance of some 100,000 people, the Met Police said, with many groups pledging their support to Palestinians. Among them were representatives of the LGBTQ+ community. But a video widely shared on social media appears to show uneasiness and lack of unity among some of the factions attending the event. The clip, filmed in Trafalgar Square where the "March For Palestine" ended, initially shows a Progressive Pride Flag being waved. Shortly after, the flag representing the LGBTQ+ community can be seen falling to the ground. As people surrounded...

Trafalgar Square is being turned into #TrafalgarPrayer on 9 June as thousands of Christians from across London unite in prayer and worship. The event on Pentecost Sunday will mark the culmination of Thy Kingdom Come 2019, the annual prayer campaign launched by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, in which Christians are invited to pray for their friends and family to know Jesus Christ. Last year saw churches from over 65 denominations in 114 countries taking part in the 10 days of prayer, from Anglicans to Roman Catholics, and Orthodox to Methodists. This year even larger numbers are expected to...

LONDON – Thousands of Trump supporters and right-wing activists took to the nation’s capital on Saturday — a day after anti-Trump protesters had dominated the city. While the displays of right-wing support were nowhere near as large as the enormous anti-Trump march that demanded the international media’s attention the day before, it was still a significant show of support for Trump from those eager to counter the claim that Trump had been unanimously rejected by Britons. The day started with a small pro-Trump rally outside the U.S. Embassy, featuring numerous red “MAGA” hats and U.S. and U.K. flags -- as...

IT WAS like being Moses, save that the sea parted more reluctantly. Not the Red Sea, but the Red and White Sea: an ocean of flag-waving humanity with a single purpose in mind. They were there to rejoice — three quarters of a million of them — and at times they flowed so thick that they brought the buses to a halt and the police horses had to march ahead and part them, so that once more the England team might go forward. This was the day the England rugby union team paraded through the West End of London, bearing...

It may be too early to know how George W Bush’s state visit to London, the first ever by a US President, will playback in Peoria. But it seems that part of the America media, focusing on sporadic anti-American demonstrations in London, has decided to present it as a symbol of “global anger against the United States.” What has happened in London in the past few days, however, is more complex. To be sure, London has witnessed a series of demonstrations in the past week or so. None, however, attracted more than a few hundred people, although the “final bouquet”,...

Sometimes events hundreds of miles apart coincide to illuminate a bigger central truth. President George W. Bush was in London on the day when Islamic fanatics struck British targets in Istanbul. Their bombs were detonated as tens of thousands of people were gathering to march through London to flaunt their contempt for the American President and their opposition to the coalition's mission in Iraq. Most of the marchers were decent people - even if we happen to think they are misguided - and it is good to see crowds assemble peacefully to enjoy the freedoms that we take for granted,...

They were anti-war, anti-American, and anti-globalization activists; pro-Palestinian, pro-animal rights, and pro-environment advocates. Tens of thousands of demonstrators, some say hundreds of thousands, poured into Trafalgar Square late Thursday afternoon to ignite a firestorm of hatred. What united the disparate groups was irrational and unreasoning hatred of the visiting US President George W. Bush – and, of course, of Israel. Protesters might be excused for appearing somewhat perplexed as they arrived to the sight and sound of a muezzin calling the faithful to spontaneous prayer under the shadow of Nelson's Column. As the cry echoed around the darkening square, members...

Here's a webcam view of Trafalgar Square. It updates every five seconds, so you might need a lot of bandwidth. Dude! Where's my protest?!

LONDON -- A throng of at least 50,000 demonstrators moved through the heart of London to send an anti-war message to President George W. Bush. The march set off from the University of London and passed parliament and the prime minister's residence. Thousands more gathered ahead at Trafalgar Square. Demonstrators moved to the beat of drums, their chants mixed with the blasts of foghorns. A towering effigy of Bush holding a missile was toppled in an effort to mirror the toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue when Baghdad fell to U.S. forces this spring. The march began hours after deadly bomb...

Organisers of today’s huge demonstration in London against the controversial visit of President George Bush say that up to 150,000 people joined the protest. The numbers taking part in a march and others waiting in Trafalgar Square for a rally were a record for any weekday protest in the UK, it was claimed. Stop The War Coalition said 130,000 people were on the march, which started close to Euston Station and was passing the House of Commons and Whitehall before ending at Trafalgar Square. Around 15,000 people lined the route of the march, waiting to join in, while thousands more...

A massive demonstration against George Bush drew up to 200,000 marchers on the streets of London today. Organisers of the march, ending in a rally at Trafalgar Square, said the number was a record for any weekday protest in Britain. With a huge police presence the Met reported no incidents of violence and the march passed off peacefully. "This phenomenal response shows the depth of feeling of the British public towards this visit," said a spokesman for the Stop The War Coalition. The march started near Euston Station and went past the House of Commons and Whitehall before finishing at...

Here is the link to the webcam that is focused on Trafalgar Square. Doesn't look like tens of thousands to me. Looks like a small gathering. Also I heard Bush will not be even in the vacinity of the protestors today he will be in Blair's home town. HEH HEH!!!

Traffic was brought to a standstill in central London as 3,000 protesters against a war on Iraq marched on Parliament.Of course none of these people have jobs, nor are trying to find them, meaning they don't care what inconvenience they cause the rest of us - Ivan They paralysed a large area around Trafalgar Square during the rush hour by sitting in front of traffic. Too bad more drivers weren't tempted to run them over - they'd be indistinguishable from the speed bumps we have in many places anyway - Ivan The group had marched from Trafalgar Square to Downing...

At a rally in Trafalgar Square in London today about 50,000 people gathered from of all walks of Jewish life and including many non-Jews. Their message was 'No to Terror-Yes to Peace' and general support for Israel and victims of anti-Semitism. Besides speeches, Psalm 122 was recited and a prayer was said for the victims of terrorism. Opposite in the main square a few hundred Palestinian sympathisers gathered to protest against Israel. They were addressed by Rabbi A Grohman of the Neturei Karta in London who called to loud cheers for an end to the Zionist state. He was accompanied...