Overview
- Hundreds of counter-protesters outnumbered roughly 50 UKIP supporters outside the Metropolitan Cathedral.
- The planned procession was stopped within seconds of its 1pm start, later moved only briefly under police lines, then supporters left toward Lime Street Station.
- A Section 60 order operated from 8am to 9pm, with Section 60AA enabling officers to require removal of face coverings and seize them for non-compliance.
- Police reported six arrests, with three taken into custody: a 45-year-old on suspicion of breach of the peace, a 26-year-old for breach of bail, and a 24-year-old for failing to comply with Section 60AA.
- Merseyside Police deployed a large operation, including a helicopter, to separate groups as church leaders and the council rejected the event’s association with cathedral space.