Armistice Day protests: Pro-Palestine mob plot to 'swarm' five UK cities with demos

It is said activists with Youth Demand joined Just Stop Oil for a gathering successful cardinal London wherever they reportedly discussed plans to origin chaos from Armistice Day, Monday November 11

Pro-Palestine activists are readying to disrupt Armistice Day events crossed the UK with a bid of "highly coordinated" protests adjacent week, according to reports.

More than 50 activists gathered astatine an lawsuit dubbed "Politics is Broken: People's Assembly and After Party" astatine a members-only barroom successful cardinal London past Saturday to sermon plans, it is understood.

Youth Demand, a Just Stop Oil offshoot, is starring the protests, said to hap successful 5 cities crossed the UK, including London. Speaking astatine the gathering past Saturday, Arthur Clifton, a 23-year-old activistic with Youth Demand, told the assemblage said: "This is the commencement of our strategy coming into spot connected November 11. With 5 cities crossed the country, Youth Demand volition beryllium getting retired onto the roads, swarming, causing disruption, [and] getting disconnected earlier arrests are made, hopefully."

Brits volition connected Monday wage tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for our country. Mr Clifton said helium protests would mean "highly coordinated, highly organised disruption connected a nationwide level". He besides hinted astatine further chaos astir Black Friday, a large discount time for British retailers and consumers, held connected the past Friday successful November.

Mr Clifton, believed to hail from London, teased "exciting plans" for the group, cryptically remarking: "That's each I'm saying.", reports Express.co.uk. The work has contiguous exposed the plans pursuing an undercover operation, which saw reporters be the exclusive gathering successful London.

A telephone to arms connected Youth Demand's Telegram transmission dated November 5 urged activists that "in conscionable implicit a week, our nationally coordinated actions volition beryllium popping disconnected each implicit the country."

The message, which could beryllium seen arsenic a veiled menace to Remembrance events successful 5 cities, concluded with: "We cognize we person to unopen it down for Palestine."

Mr Clifton, during his address, did not disclose which cities were astatine risk, and this accusation was besides absent from the Telegram post. Earlier, Just Stop Oil campaigner Sam Griffiths, who spent clip successful Wandsworth Prison successful 2023 for protestation involvement, declared to the assembly: "We are not giving up".

He continued: "The discourse has changed. Yes, we're facing brainsick repression, but bash we inactive person the will, the vigor and the absorption to fight? Yes, the reply is yes... That we tin inactive instrumentality enactment is simply a profound privilege and 1 we indispensable proceed to use."

He besides criticised the Labour government's concern of £2.5bn successful c seizure arsenic a "stupid gamble connected untested technology," arguing that cutting emissions straight is simply a acold superior strategy, hence their committedness to intensify Just Stop Oil efforts by 2030.

Meanwhile, the Royal British Legion expressed their hopes to Express.co.uk that Remembrance events crossed the federation would proceed "without disruption". A spokesperson remarked: "Remembrance is simply a clip for the federation to travel unneurotic to retrieve those who person served successful the British Armed Forces protecting the antiauthoritarian freedoms we each payment from today.

"While we respect the close of radical to protestation wrong the law, we judge the Two-Minute Silence connected Armistice Day is simply a clip for remembrance, and we anticipation Remembrance events tin spell up without disruption."

The Metropolitan Police person warned that immoderate attempts to disrupt Armistice Day events are "entirely unacceptable" and vowed to instrumentality "robust action". Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward stated: "Any effort to disrupt the solemnity and value of Armistice Day events is wholly unacceptable."

He added: "The nationalist would expect america to instrumentality robust enactment against anyone who does truthful and we will. We person policing plans successful spot crossed London to support those attending nationalist events, and you volition spot america intervene swiftly to woody with individuals breaking the law."