Brexit, Inclusion London & Fracking: Protests in Westminster I photographed on Monday fifth September 2016 had been for and towards Brexit, Disabled Folks Towards Cuts who had been lobbying at Parliament over the Inclusion London report and a vigil by pagans towards fracking.
Rival Brexit protests at Parliament
Parliament was debating a petition on the EU referendum signed by over 4 million individuals calling for a second referendum as there had solely been a 52% vote in favour of leaving Europe, with 48% voting towards. They argued that this was far too shut for such a significant constitutional change and at the least a 60% vote ought to have been required for the referedum to be decisive.
Spiked journal had organsed a protest by pro-Brexit campaigners in Previous Palace Yard they usually shouted loudly for Theresa Could to ‘Invoke Article 50 Now!
A small group who needed us to remain in Europe had come to Parliament Sq. the place they held flags and banners.
Rival Brexit protests at Parliament
DPAC towards cuts in care & help – Whitehall
Disabled Folks Towards Cuts (DPAC) had come to Parliament to foyer MPs and to current the Inclusion London report which had highlighted the disastrous results of chopping care and help funding for private help by the closure of the Impartial Dwelling Fund in 2015.
After the foyer they posed on the pavement outdoors Parliament for pictures after which on the street reverse.
earlier than marching to Downing St.
In entrance of Downing Avenue the march got here to a halt on the roadway.
Police directed visitors round them as they held a ‘Pop-Up Avenue theatre‘ efficiency there.
There have been quick speeches, poetry and songs from a number of the DPAC members, showcasing the creativity of disabled individuals and the contribution they’ll make to society with correct help.
Others talked about their bodily and psychological well being issues and the difficulties that that they had suffered due to the closure of the Impartial Dwelling Fund.
DPAC had been supported by different teams and people together with Winvisible.
The protest was a part of a sequence of protests concurrently the Rio Paralympics, and a big banner learn ‘Rights Not Video games’.
Extra on My London Diary at DPAC towards cuts in care & help.
Druids vigil towards fracking – Whitehall
On the opposite facet of Whitehall reverse Downing Avenue pagans had been staging a 24 hour vigil towards fracking.
Pagans consider that nature is sacred and discover non secular meanings in pure cycles of delivery, progress and demise and Druidic and different rituals are linked to the seasons. People, animals, timber, crops and all the earth are a part of nature, and fracking disrupts the pure order.
A banner with a tree had the message ‘Druids towards Fracking – One (coronary heart) for Mom Earth‘ whereas one other had extra esoteric symbols with the message ‘We’re Nature defending ourselves‘. One of many Druids was carrying a t-shirt with the sigil ‘The Warriors Name‘, a magic image broadly adopted as an anti-fracking gadget.
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