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Met Police Set Tight Conditions for UKIP and Palestine Marches in Central London Today

Police impose fixed routes with set timings to limit contact between opposing groups.

Overview

  • Public Order Act restrictions set routes, assembly areas, start times and dispersal deadlines to prevent serious disruption or disorder across multiple demonstrations.
  • UKIP supporters must form at Marble Arch, follow Oxford StreetTottenham Court RoadCharing Cross Road to Trafalgar Square, start no earlier than 12:45, end speeches by 15:00 and disperse by 15:30, with entry to Tower Hamlets prohibited.
  • The Palestine Coalition must assemble at Russell Square and proceed via Southampton Row, Kingsway, Aldwych, the Strand and Trafalgar Square into Whitehall, with no start before 12:45, speeches ending by 17:00 and the event concluding by 18:00.
  • Counter-protests are confined to designated zones, with Central London Anti-Fascists restricted to a Whitechapel area and Stop the Hate limited to Aldwych, the latter permitted from 12:00 to a full conclusion by 17:00.
  • Organisers voiced contrasting messages, as the Palestine Coalition warned about UKIP’s Trafalgar Square endpoint near its route while UKIP promoted a religious ‘March With Jesus’, and the Met said it will keep conditions under review with updates on X.