Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
Protestors stage a temporary sit-in in Oxford Circus, blocking all traffic as tens of thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered to demand an immediate ceasefire of the Israel - Hamas war.On Sky News this morning, Barclay made clear his opposition to the march, but stopped short of calling for it to be banned.
″It’s important that we have the right to protest. I just think on Armistice Day, when the country comes together to think about those who gave their lives, it’s provocative to have a protest like this on Remembrance Day.”shares his thoughts on the words"Free Palestine" being painted across the Cenotaph in Rochdale and planned demonstrations set to take place on Armistice Day.
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