Preston station was the scene of a 60-strong flashmob protest at the height of the Friday rush hour after demonstrators staged a sit-in to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
The group gathered on the ramp leading to the station's central platforms at 5pm, one of the busiest moments of the week. Organiser Michael Lavalette told the Lancashire Post that the intention was to raise awareness, not cause disruption - and so those taking part positioned themselves to ensure that there was still sufficient space for the travelling public to pass by on either side.
>» Preston councillor warns there's 'no place for hate' in the city over the war . A Labour MP, Andy McDonald, is currently suspended from the Parliamentary party for partially quoting the slogan in a wider comment about all people in the region living “in peaceful liberty”, while the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has said that the phrase is 'widely understood' to be a call for the destruction of Israel.
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