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  • Demonstration has been organised by Save Our Rights UK for Brighton and Hove
  • It comes despite banning of demonstrations for duration of second lockdown 
  • Brighton and Hove Police said action ‘may be taken’ against protestors
  • Police in centre of Liverpool as demonstrators march through city to protest
  • Residents in Leipzig in Germany also gathered in thousands to protest lockdown

Amelia Wynne – Mail Online Nov 7, 2020

Anti-lockdown protesters march through Liverpool city centre. Click to enlarge

Hundreds of maskless anti-lockdown protestors are marching in Brighton and Liverpool this afternoon on the first weekend after stricter restrictions were brought back in.

The demonstration in Brighton has been organised by Save Our Rights UK for Brighton and Hove – an anti-lockdown campaign group – and is taking place on Hove seafront.

Sussex Police officers are lining the roads at the scene and said enforcement action ‘may be taken’ against protesters.

There is also a police presence outside St George’s Hall in the centre of Liverpool as demonstrators march to protest the lockdown just after the launch of mass testing across the city.

It comes despite Priti Patel banning demonstrations duration of the second lockdown which will run until December 2, in line with rules that you can only meet one other person outdoors in a public setting.

In Brighton the anti-lockdown protestors – who include people of all ages as well as children – began their demonstration at the Statue of Peace next to Hove Lawns and began to march towards Brighton.

Before the group set off, the rules for the protest were laid out by a demonstrator on a megaphone who said: ‘We have been asked to walk in pairs only.

‘We’re not going to hang around, we’re going to keep marching. We’re not going to do any speeches.

‘We’re just going to walk, we’re going to make some noise and we’re going to let this Government now, we’re not taking it any more.’

In Liverpool huge crowds were making their way to the Albert Dock to protest the lockdown and the closure of non-essential businesses.

 

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