Thousands call for UK general election in ‘Britain is Broken’ march through London
- Demonstration was organised by the People’s Assembly, which said protesters are demanding action on low pay and the repeal of ‘anti-union’ employment laws
- Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the government will ‘eventually be forced to listen’ and ‘the people out here are very determined’
Thousands of people have joined a demonstration in London calling for a general election amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis.
A coalition of trade unions and community organisations took part in the “Britain is Broken” protest in central London, which was organised by the People’s Assembly.
Demonstrators marched in the rain from Embankment to Trafalgar Square, where a rally was held with speakers including Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT).
The People’s Assembly said protesters are demanding an immediate general election, action on low pay and the repeal of “anti-union” employment laws.
Protester Adam Robinson said people would “keep shouting” until the Government listened, and likened the movement to the 1990 poll tax riots, which he credited with causing former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s fall from power.
“I’m really starting to feel the pinch, as I know a lot of people are,” the 51-year-old secondary schoolteacher from Maidstone in Kent, who is among those who may go on strike early next year, told said.
