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Basically anyone is invited who is pissed off with Tory government polices
Anyone is invited. Is anyone welcome? You will say yes, but the whole presentation of the event is exclusionary. Come and join a masked predominantly white, young, male crowd to be non-directionally angry. Who by the way are also anti immigration. And who cannot understand why anyone would not want to join them unless they're closet Tories.
You said you'd been in contact with BLM. Did they respond?
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By the way unfortunately very heavy rain for around three hours before last years event resulted in a much lower turnout than expected. But the previous year in 2014 at least 4,000 people attended the event. The 9pm finishing time is a time imposed on this event by the police. This event will go on for as long as people want to protest like it does every year which is usually until midnight. There is loads of more information on the Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/485894658146587/ Basically anyone is invited who is pissed off with Tory government polices like austerity cuts, privatisation of public services, benefit sanctions etc.