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Marchers with signs demanding ‘arrest Matt Hancock’ after he was caught cheating while preaching Covid rules to the rest of UK

  • Tens of thousands of anti-lockdown protesters marched through central London today calling for ‘freedom’
  • Crowds demanded an end to all Covid-19 lockdown regulations after Freedom Day was delayed from June 21
  • People held signs reading ‘freedom is not for trade’ and ‘mask wearing zombies wake up or comply and die’
  • Protesters held placards calling for police to ‘arrest Matt Hancock’ after he was caught breaching Covid rules
  • Health Secretary was accused of hypocrisy over a video showing him kissing married aide Gina Coladangelo
  • Crowds threw tennis balls at Parliament before descending on Downing Street, where they started booing

Kate Dennett – Mail Online June 26, 2021

Tens of thousands of anti-lockdown protesters marched through central London today demanding the ‘arrest’ of Matt Hancock after he was caught breaching Covid rules by kissing his married aide while preaching the restrictions to the rest of the UK.

Anti-lockdown protesters were seen marching along through central London before descending on Downing Street on Saturday as they called for ‘freedom’ and the end to all Covid lockdown regulations after Freedom Day was delayed from June 21.

As well as demanding the end to lockdown, protesters brandished placards that demanded police ‘arrest Matt Hancock‘ after he was caught breaching Covid safety regulations by kissing his married aide – despite asking the rest of the country to follow the strict restrictions.

The health secretary, 42, has been accused of hypocrisy over images and a subsequent video clip showing him kissing Gina Coladangelo at the Department for Health, despite championing draconian restrictions on ordinary citizens.

The crowds lobbed hundreds of tennis balls with ‘not very nice’ messages written on them towards the Houses of Parliament before gathering on Downing Street, where they started chanting ‘shame on you’ and pointing towards Number 10, followed by prolonged booing.

Tens of thousands of protesters had earlier marched through Oxford Street, Regent Street, Hyde Park and Northumberland Avenue as they held placards reading ‘the Boris variant’, ‘no to Covid vaccine’ and ‘no to Covid passport’.

Demonstrators then packed the streets outside Downing Street, where flares were set off and tennis balls were thrown towards Number 10, while loud chanting, whistling and music continued.

Members of the demonstration began dispersing at around 4pm, although many dedicated marchers still remain outside Downing Street and in Parliament Square.

Reclaim party leader Laurence Fox was among the tens of thousands of anti-lockdown protestors who attended Saturday’s protest and was seen shouting into a speaker as he stood on a barrier outside Downing Street.

 

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