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I saw online yesterday on the Kent news about mass gatherings which are set to take place tom(Sat), but not just in Kent but in fact all over the uk in parks etc.

The posters mention a company called UK Freedom Movement.

They are encouraging thousands of people to turn out, bring a picnic, drinks etc and have fun. Its an anti government gathering, saying the lockdown is illegal, anti vaccine and other things.

Good grief I hope people do not turn out to these gatherings! As if the police haven't enough to do as it is.

Has anyone else heard about this event?

Florence in the hebrides

I don't know any details myself, but I think there is something planned for Folkestone.

My elder daughter and her friend were hoping to meet up ( at social distance ) and resume the walking they enjoyed before lockdown, but have decided to give it a miss in case they come across any of the protesters.
They'll go another day.

Good idea Gwyn. Don't think they would want to get mixed up with whatever will go on.

If any parks have gates, the police should lock them all after 6pm tonight!

Florence in the hebrides

Wouldn't it be good if the ringleaders were rounded up beforehand and taken to help out hospital porters? It won't happen, of course, but they would get their eyes opened if it did.

When one funeral director spoke yestrday of running out of coffins it ought to have been a warning to them and, indeed, to everyone.

Just looked online for information.
Folkestone park does not have a gate. It was gifted to the town back in 1800s It is used for all manner of public events. It's more or less open ground on all sides.
A bit further south is also an extensive coastline, so it is difficult to stop people arriving.
The police and council are aware, so let's hope they can keep things calm.

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/how-police-deal-illegal-anti-18249420

mostly known as the anti-vaxxers

Yes and I dug a bit further. The leader Jayda Fransen was the former dep leader of the Anti Muslim group Britain First. She has 2 homes, 1 in Belfast and 1 in London.

Linked to her also is Nick Griffin who is encouraging people to "smash the lockdown."

Really not a great bunch of people to get involved with.

Florence in thehebrides

Fransen and Griffin are a nasty pair of racists :-|

The irony is, the surname 'Fransen' is of Dutch origin, so she's a hypocrite, as well as being a thick racist!

Just read that 2 weeks ago, Fransen set up a limited company called 'Freedom Movement Ltd', no doubt to encourage 'supporters' to send money to fund the 'company', which will then close.

There are two planned in Edinburgh tomorrow. Mr Owl and I will be inside tomorrow removing our last set of shelves in the living room with hammer and chisel and generally avoiding all of it.

The main organisers are a nasty group of people and we will avoid all of it like the plague.

It will be interesting to see what Nicola Sturgeon says to it all.

The meetings have been advertised quite a bit. I think they recently had a meeting at Glastonbury and Corbyn’s brother was much involved.

If deniers want to spread it amongst themselves - so be it.
However, they should then self-isolate at home - or prison - for 14 days - and not expect help from the NHS.

Ooh, not the prisons, Maggie. We have three in our immediate area and there has been a death in one that we know of. We are not getting any news about them now but we all know that anything spreads like wildfire in prisons. :-(

Anyway, how would the poor little dears cope with life in prison?

Now if we could find an old unused one and dump the idiots in it and let them fend for themselves, that would larn 'em. :-0

A well fenced, dilapidated airfield in tents, perhaps?

Eminently suitable and plenty good enough for them Maggie. :-D

:-D :-D :-D

I gather that Shamina Begum returned home yesterday........

Where did you hear that, Bob?
...because she hasn't.

https://fullfact.org/online/shamima-begum-has-not-secretly-returned-britain/

Ah! i bin mis led....then...

Happens a lot on the internet! :-(

Well well now! It would appear that there were few and far between mass gatherings. No show by protesters in Leeds, Sheffield and Brighton….

Don't you just love it when something backfires..lol

Well done to the public for staying away.

Florence in the Hebrides.

Ps Of course if anyone knows where a demo did actually happen, let us know please just out of curiosity.