Emeritus Prof Christopher May1d ago

As always the massive Together Alliance march against the far right already involves a dispute about how many were involved - organisers claim half a million, the police say 50,000 (while admitting they found it difficult to count). That's a pretty big disparity... but film on the Guardian website suggests a big demo, so perhaps we might say the average of the two estimates - quarter of a million?

In any case, great to see people out en-masse demonstrating!

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/mar/28/london-protest-march-together-alliance-against-the-far-right-latest-news-updates

‘The tide is turning’, Green party leader tells crowd at march against far right – live

Organisers claim half a million people are marching through central London, protesting against the rise of the far right

the Guardian
Show threadDaniel Durrans12h ago

@ChrisMayLA6 It felt big, but not as big as the Brexit protests back in the day. Hard to judge if it was bigger or smaller than the ‘Tommy' march. Borderline maybe. Didn't feel like half a million... but much bigger than 50k.

For context I am a protest photographer who often sees both the front and back of protests and have a rough idea how long it takes them all to file into whitehall.

The music event in Trafalgar Square also made judging numbers difficult since people were going into that before the march even arrived.

Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May11h ago

@dan

Interesting; thanks - and boosted

Show threadThe Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉

@dan Wherever you were in the march, your estimate would be way off if you weren't aware there were several separate "feeder" marches from different start points in London, all converging on Whitehall and/or Trafalgar. The Palestine bloc (160-odd orgs) was it's own separate tributary, as was the Jewish bloc. There was a "silent" march for those with sensory issues, a shorter route for those with impaired mobility, etc.

It certainly dwarfed Tommy's fascist carnival last year.

@ChrisMayLA6

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Show threadHarriettMB9h ago
@ApostateEnglishman @dan @ChrisMayLA6 That’s even better, since Tommeh claimed something like three million…..
Not sure the little criminal can actually count, though.
Show threadThe Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉9h ago

@HarriettMB @dan @ChrisMayLA6 Tommy is an even bigger fibber than the London Metropolitan Police - and the press should also be chided for running with 150,000. He attracted no more than 110,000, as careful OSINT work - analysis of the crowds' density in drone footage vs. known capacity of the areas they were occupying - has shown.

That's still an alarming number, but nowhere near as historically large as yesterday's broad coalition of antifascists and anti-racists.