{"id":210691,"date":"2020-07-21T07:46:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T07:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210691"},"modified":"2020-07-23T06:24:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T06:24:01","slug":"i-will-be-not-be-masked-tested-tracked-or-poisoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210691","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I will be not be masked, tested, tracked or poisoned&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Demonstrators raised placards\u00a0reading: &#8216;I will be not be masked, tested, tracked&#8217; as part of today&#8217;s protest<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>One dressed as plague doctor while another had vest saying: &#8216;Save human rights&#8217; during Hyde Park gathering<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>The protest countered an announcement that masks must be worn in shops and supermarkets from July 24<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Government toughened its stance on wearing of face coverings in public places in England earlier this week<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>It follows similar rules for wearing face coverings while travelling on public transport, which started in June\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>James Gant and Luke May \u2013 Daily Mail July 19, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_210692\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hundreds-of-protesters-ignored-social-distancing-rules-during-the-demonstration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210692\" class=\"wp-image-210692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hundreds-of-protesters-ignored-social-distancing-rules-during-the-demonstration-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hundreds-of-protesters-ignored-social-distancing-rules-during-the-demonstration-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hundreds-of-protesters-ignored-social-distancing-rules-during-the-demonstration-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hundreds-of-protesters-ignored-social-distancing-rules-during-the-demonstration.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-210692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of protesters ignored social distancing rules during the demonstration. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Hundreds of activists have descended on Hyde Park in central <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/london\/index.html\"><strong>London<\/strong><\/a> to protest the wearing of face coverings, which will become compulsory in shops and supermarkets from Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Demonstrators raised signs reading &#8216;I will not be masked, tested, tracked&#8217; and &#8216;no mask&#8217; as they gathered for the Keep Britain Free march from 1pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The movement was founded by Simon Dolan, an aviation tycoon worth around \u00a3200million, who earlier this month lost a High Court bid to overturn the government&#8217;s lockdown rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_210693\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A_police_officer_speaks_to_a_crowd_of_anti_mask_protesters_at-the-demonstration-in-Hyde-Park.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210693\" class=\"wp-image-210693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A_police_officer_speaks_to_a_crowd_of_anti_mask_protesters_at-the-demonstration-in-Hyde-Park-768x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A_police_officer_speaks_to_a_crowd_of_anti_mask_protesters_at-the-demonstration-in-Hyde-Park-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A_police_officer_speaks_to_a_crowd_of_anti_mask_protesters_at-the-demonstration-in-Hyde-Park-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A_police_officer_speaks_to_a_crowd_of_anti_mask_protesters_at-the-demonstration-in-Hyde-Park.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-210693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A police officer speaks to a crowd of anti-mask protesters at the demonstration in Hyde Park. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Launching the movement on July 6, the Essex-born entrepreneur said: &#8216;I believe in freedom of choice for all and the protection of personal liberties. The Government\u2019s actions are crippling the economy, denying children education, and trampling over human rights.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">One man wore a plague doctor costume, another had a mask with the front ripped out and one donned a vest saying: &#8216;Save human rights. No to 5G. No to vaccinations.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The protest was to counter the government announcement that masks must be worn in shops from July 24, which organisers branded a &#8216;liberty-sapping regulation&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The march, which started in Speaker&#8217;s Corner and moved to Marble Arch, also looked to repel\u00a0&#8216;the erosion of freedoms in the UK&#8217; brought in during lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Two months after attending a similar protest in Hyde Park, Piers Corbyn, brother of former Labour leader Jeremy, travelled to a demonstration in Nottingham today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It comes as the UK government toughened its stance on the wearing of face coverings in public places.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Passengers have had to use them on public transport since June 15 and they will be made compulsory in shops and supermarkets in England from July 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Rule breakers will be hit with a \u00a3100 which can be reduced to \u00a350 if paid within a fortnight.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_210694\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/One-man-wore-a-plague-doctor-style-costume.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210694\" class=\"wp-image-210694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/One-man-wore-a-plague-doctor-style-costume-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/One-man-wore-a-plague-doctor-style-costume-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/One-man-wore-a-plague-doctor-style-costume-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/One-man-wore-a-plague-doctor-style-costume.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-210694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One man wore a plague doctor-style costume while another wore a vest which said: &#8216;Save human rights. No to 5G. No to vaccinations&#8217;. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8538465\/Hundreds-anti-mask-activists-march-Londons-Hyde-Park-wearing-plague-doctor-costumes.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of anti-mask activists march on London&#8217;s Hyde Park to protest the mandatory use of face coverings in shops <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":210694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[105,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210714,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210691\/revisions\/210714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/210694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}