Overview
- Video shows protesters charging the Whitehall entrance as Royal Navy officers arrived Friday, with a small group of police forming a line to hold them back.
- The march set off from the Strand, moved along the Embankment, then reached Whitehall, where the Ministry of Defence raised blast doors as a protective step.
- Reporters on the scene said officer numbers were thin and described police as playing catch-up, and the Metropolitan Police were asked for comment.
- Footage captured heckling of uniformed Navy personnel, drawing sharp condemnation from a Home Office minister and other MPs.
- The MoD said staff safety is the priority and that security measures are in place, a stance that reflects rising concern over protests targeting service members after a recent march was banned.