Croydon, Abortion & Windrush – I started work on Saturday fifth of Could with a late Could Day march in Croydon, then got here to Westminster the place abortion rights protesters have been assembly to oppose a ‘March for Life’ anti-abortion march and rally. At Downing Road there was a rally towards the racist assaults by Theresa Could towards the Windrush technology, which later marched to proceed on the Residence Workplace, the place I ended the day after photographing the anti-abortion march.
Croydon march for Could Day – Saturday fifth Could 2018
Though Worldwide Staff Day is well known internationally on Could 1st, in Croydon there was a march and rally on the next Saturday.
Croydon is simply quarter-hour by public transport from the centre of London, and those that have been ready to take action had in all probability joined the primary London march on Could Day, whereas others could have needed to await the weekend to have a good time, so the march and rally on Saturday made sense.
It wasn’t an enormous march, although likely extra made their technique to the rally later at Rusking Home, the place the audio system have been to incorporate Ted Knight, as soon as the chief of Lambeth council after which one of many best-known Labour politicians, derided within the press of the day as ‘Purple Ted’. One of many largest teams on the march was the supporters of the native Maintain Our St Helier Hospital marketing campaign combating towards proposed cuts there.
Extra photos at Croydon march for Could Day.
Girls protest anti-abortion march – Parliament Sq.
Feminists within the abortion rights marketing campaign held a rally in Parliament Sq. earlier than the annual March for Life UK by pro-life anti-abortion campaigners was to reach for his or her rally.
They opposed any enhance of restrictions on abortion and referred to as for an finish to the harassment of girls going into clinics and referred to as for girls in Northern Eire to be given the identical rights as these in the remainder of the UK, in addition to supporting the Irish referendum to repeal the eighth modification to the structure relationship from 1983 which successfully banned abortion in Eire.
Extra photos at Girls protest anti-abortion march.
Anti-Abortion March for Life – Whitehall
I walked up Whitehall to fulfill the a number of thousand anti-abortion campaigners, primarily Catholics, marching to their rally in Parliament Sq..
They argue that even at conception the fertilised egg needs to be awarded an equal proper to life as the lady whose physique it’s in, and name legalised abortion the best violation to human rights in historical past.
This was the primary London march by ‘March for Life UK’ who had beforehand held marches in Birmingham and got here just a few weeks an Irish vote was anticipated to repeal the eighth modification and permit abortion in Eire, and a few posters and placards referred to as for a ‘No’ vote on this.
Extra photos at Anti-Abortion March for Life.
Windrush rally towards Theresa Could – Downing St
I remained on Whitehall to hitch a rally at Downing St organised by Stand As much as Racism calling for Theresa Could’s racist 2014 Immigration Act to be repealed and an instantaneous finish to the deportation and detention of Commonwealth residents, with these already deported to be purchased again to the UK.
It demanded assured safety or all Commonwealth residents and for these affected to be compensated for deportation, threats of deportation, detention, lack of housing, jobs, advantages and denial of NHS remedy and an finish to the ‘hostile atmosphere’ launched by Theresa Could.
Audio system additionally condemned the bizarre strikes by the Tories in ways in which threaten the conventional working of Parliament to try to maintain details about the Windrush scandal secret. Aong these talking have been Shadow Residence Secretary Diane Abbott, commerce unionists, and folks from organisations standing up for immigrants and opposing immigration detention together with Motion for Justice who introduced two ladies who had been held in Yarl’s Wooden to talk.
After the rally at Downing Road protesters marched to the Residence Workplace for an extra rally there.
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Downing Road: Windrush rally towards Theresa Could
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