Israel — and Britain’s Hard Right — May Be Losing Their War in the UK

Lucas, Scott (2023) Israel — and Britain’s Hard Right — May Be Losing Their War in the UK. Birmingham City University, Centre for Brexit Studies Blog.

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Abstract

The overhead image is of the packed London streets from Park Lane to the US Embassy on the south side of the Thames.

The Metropolitan Police estimate of the crowd on 11 November was more than 300,000, but participants believe it was larger — much larger. Organisers claimed 800,000, the second-largest turnout (after the February 2003 protest against War in Iraq) in modern British history.

There were Muslims. There were Jews, including children of Holocaust survivors. There were people of all faiths, and of no specific faith. There were the elderly, and teens in their first demonstration.

They had gathered — loudly but peacefully — to call for an end to the mass killing of Gaza’s civilians. In this gathering was a notable shift in the response from those over the previous cycles of violence in the Strip: in 2008, 2014, 2018, and 2021.

Item Type:	Other
Dates:	Date Event 16 November 2023 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Centre for Brexit Studies, CBS, Brexit, BCU, EU, European Union, UK, Birmingham City University, UK Government, UK politics
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-03 - politics > CAH15-03-01 - politics
Divisions:	Research, Innovation, Enterprise > Centre for Brexit Studies
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2024 14:49
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2024 14:49
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15104

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