The antilockdown ones resulted in shitloads of arrests, as documented on the last page.
I guess they lived with the BLM one cos they were scared it would kick off, but by doing that they set a precedent of sorts. They should really have adopted the same stance yesterday.
Saying that, my sympathy is low. People are effectively saying their right to be at a vigil for a stranger is more important than my uncle being able to be at his wife of over 50 years' bedside when she died last year.
I guess they lived with the BLM one cos they were scared it would kick off, but by doing that they set a precedent of sorts. They should really have adopted the same stance yesterday.
Saying that, my sympathy is low. People are effectively saying their right to be at a vigil for a stranger is more important than my uncle being able to be at his wife of over 50 years' bedside when she died last year.