A noose dangled from a sturdily built gallows on Parliament Street today amid Ukip flags and placards declaring “Brexit means exit”. A few hundred yards farther down Whitehall, banners vowed to “smash fascism” and defend “free movement for all”. Two opposing marches converged on Westminster this afternoon as thousands of demonstrators rallied in support of Brexit and Tommy Robinson, the English Defence League founder, while thousands more turned out to protest against him. There had been three arrests by mid-afternoon. A man giving his name as Laukan Creasey from Stevenage brought a gallows and noose to the Brexit Betrayal march Sam Blewett/PAOne group, many wearing yellow vests…

Source: The Times December 09, 2018 18:00 UTC