© DWPolice and protesters clash in central London
Johnson's Conservatives scored a decisive win in Thursday's general election, winning an 80 seat majority in Parliament on the back of the PM's promise to "get Brexit done." However, droves of protesters turned out on Friday evening to dispute Johnson's victory.
Holding aloft signs saying "Defy Tory Rule" and "Stop Islamophobia," several hundred protesters assembled outside Johnson's residence at Downing Street, before marching to Trafalgar Square and onwards, with no clear end in sight.
The protest drew a heavy police presence, and groups of protesters - some wearing face masks - periodically scuffled with the officers. As the march went on, crowds of protesters bearing the black and red flag of 'Antifa' clashed with police, knocking officers to the ground and chanting "scum."
Speaking outside Downing Street on Friday afternoon, Johnson asked the public to "let the healing begin," before urging them to take a "break" from the pre-election political wrangling and enjoy the Christmas season.
Johnson's statement was an easy one to make, coming on the back of the Conservative Party's most resounding success at the ballot box since 1987. The result frees Johnson up to focus on delivering a Brexit deal, which he has promised to do by the end of January.
However, if tensions in London and massive rows on social media are any indication, the Leavers and the Remainers are far from being busy mending their relations in a divided Britain.
Reader Comments
Best of Luck Britain and please no more coming to Ireland looking for your Irish passports, Habib O’macjadu ubie originally from Nigeria is not happy about this at all, it’s too much he says.
chin chin
I've been having a bit of a gander at Dominic Cummings blog. It's pretty interesting. Whether it's "good" interesting, "bad" interesting, or "indifferent" interesting I haven't quite to grips with yet.
When the politics is fake, voting for anyone is bound to produce a bad answer. The public is incapable of spotting a wrongun, because there are so many dodgy wronguns in public life. No party is more rotten than the rest, it is the rotten media leading the disinformation, supported by rotten political elite. by the way the public hated Jo Swinson, who was probably the most honest of all. What did they do , the voters sacked her.
"Mummy mummy, I just learned a big new word, 'Islamophobia"..... And that's just the politicians...[Link]