So, the only “hate” here was from the people opposed to a ceasefire! Time for Braverman to go.

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    It was more than 300k, I’m no expert but my reference was the Anti-war protests that opposed the Iraq intervention, and whilst it wasn’t bigger than that, it was close.

    Also it was totally peaceful, no police around. Police presence increased near the end, on Vauxhall bridge road, but just to block people from spilling into some sidestreets (not all).

    Police were friendly to be fair. Looks like all the trouble they had was with Cruella sympathisers. Go figure.

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    One of the biggest march in British history. Its honoring remembrance day to see that peace is truly a British value. Hope politicians will get some clues.

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    Happy to see and hear that the world doesn’t want to see other humans dying when it can all be prevented.

    As a Canadian who has his complaints about our mother country … I’m proud of what the British people are showing.

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    A lot of the hate came from confused EDL types rather than pro-Israel people.

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    Do the anti-semitic chants by some on the pro-Palestine march not count as hateful then?

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      Yes, which is why around 150 people on the main march were arrested for either that or vocal supprt for Hamas

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        The 150 arrests were mostly Tory party sympathisers, who came out after the home secretary’s kind words about the homeless, immigrants, and Palestinians.

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            Confusing strategy to make a claim that’s so easy to prove wrong. Did you:

            a) Not look at the actual police report, and either a.1) uncritically repeat a claim you saw on, I don’t know, Stormfront, or a.2) make up a number?

            b) Look at the police report, but hope by not providing a link to it that nobody would bother to check?

            For clarity:

            Counter-protesters made up the “vast majority” of 126 arrests made, police said, while nine officers were injured.

            Those officers were injured on Whitehall as they prevented a violent crowd getting to the Cenotaph while a remembrance service was taking place, he said.

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        Indeed.

        OP seemed to be suggesting that the only hate was from the far-right agitators.