BNP demonstration opposite parliament |
When I left the ant-fascist demonstration was in two parts with the first, mainly young, arrivals clustered around BNP but separated from them by a line of police. The later arrivals, who included many trades unionists, were separated from the others by police vans.
I spoke to an officer just before I left who said that the police were trying to negotiate with the BNP and anti-fascists for each to march in a different direction - but so far there was stalemate.