More than a thousand people here in Trafalgar Square at the latest #StandUpX #Lockdown demo
Police are apparently picking off people from the #NoNewNormal demo, telling them they’re breaking the “rule-of-six”
“Choose your side.”

Police with batons drawn are pushed back by the crowd on the margins of the #NoNewNormal demo.
Police horses here too now. Police on foot have got their NATO helmets on.
Face off outside the national gallery between police and #NoNewNormal protesters
Things are becoming more heated now between police and protesters #NoNewNormal
“This is about peace ... we don’t want no hooligans ... don’t come now and mess it up.”

A #NoNewNormal protest organiser appeals for calm.
Some young people perform a song to calm the mood (@rastajay92 on Instagram) #NoNewNormal
Meanwhile @MetTaskforce bully vans are lining up behind police lines. #NoNewNormal
Police have launched a surprise attack on the #NoNewNormal demonstration
At 4pm police came running from the north west end of Trafalgar Square towards the rear of the #NoNewNormal stage. They were blocked by protesters who surged forward to meet the surprise attack.
Police now snatching people from a considerably thinned crowd #NoNewNormal
Someone has apparently been knocked unconscious. How it’s happened is unclear but he’s now surrounded by police.
And that looks like about it from today’s anti-lockdown demo
Another man has been knocked unconscious, apparently by police. Seem there are a number of injuries following the police attack on the demo.
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