Why was it mostly men on the march?

[noblegiraffe]

I've seen quite a few photos of the march yesterday, and they pretty much all look like the one below. Vast majority men. Why is that? Why is Robinson's patriot messaging and call-to-action landing mostly with men and not women?

Voting by sex wasn't massively different in the last general election - men were certainly more likely to vote Reform, but not by a huge amount, so generally politically we're not that different.

I am surprised by the amount of news coverage, considering how usually on big marches the news try not to give it too much publicity

We wouldn't be safe from the counter-protesters. I'd have felt very safe in the main crowd, as I'm sure many people did. This isn't the gotcha you think it is. I'm proud of those who attended, it looked great.

Hilarious post. Such self-deception.

I wasn't commenting on you or how you choose to spend your weekend, I was commenting that your average Tommy Robinson supporter is more likely to hold the view that domestic work is for women.

Yes. So superior to those awful immigrants!

why do people always walk around with their faces covered on those “free Palestine” marches?? They all look like thugs with their faces covered. Wonder why 💭

Indeed. Worth mentioning that the rule TR instigated was NO masks allowed on his march.

I'm not a TR fan, but I did watch the event on various YT accounts and it was heavily stewarded and policed, and all seemed calm until police decided to start kettling at the end.

The counter protesters were peaceful and outnumbered 20:1. It wasn't them you were afraid of...

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I too would prefer to stay at home doing laundry rather than travel to London and follow under the rain some ex convict who can't put two sentences together.

Maybe women are just smarter.

It's not reported as having been peaceful. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwydezxl0xlo

Large crowds ignored police directions and tried to get into secure areas and spots occupied by those participating in the Stand Up To Racism protest.

"When officers intervened to block their path they were assaulted with kicks and punches," the Met said, adding that riot police, horses and dogs were used to keep the opposing groups apart.

Sure, here's a video reposted by Tommy Robinson himself. Does it look completely different to the photo I posted? I don't think so.

https://x.com/ericldaugh/status/1966836842151768504?s=61&t=U9XrcF693-JpMxeIueYG7g

I was in central London yesterday as I work very near Trafalgar Square and unfortunately couldn't get the day off. That's another story but I can tell you that there were a range of ages from kids to grandma's to your traditional demographics. I saw a range of women from late 20's to pensioner age so Tommy has appealed to a wider range this time.

There were some. Not plenty. And most of the children were teenage boys...

Perhaps you could provide photo or video evidence to show this wide demographic?

Because it’s led by their cocks. They all get enraged when an “illegal” is accused of rape, not the same enragement for the women in Oldbury this week whose attackers are described as white and telling her she doesn’t belong here.

DH just told me about a photo he had seen, taken from above, with the caption ‘the issue isn’t free speech, it’s male pattern baldness’

This thread reads like a playground spat. The name calling and lazy tropes are symptomatic of the loss of nuance we have in any debate these days it seems.

Of course not everyone on the march is a meat headed yob. Of course the so called leftists aren't going to be beating people up. If this country has any hope at all we have to stop being so black and white about things.

SOME people on the march would be there to cause trouble, of course. SOME people on the counter marches will take it too far I'm sure. But there are ordinary people on both side, all with valid concerns. Why is it not possible to accept this and stop hurling insults at each other. This happened during Brexit too, remainers just couldn't believe that enough people would be stupid enough to vote leave and instead of engaging in debate with people with opposing views, labelled them ignorant or hateful and look how that played out!

These are ordinary people, on both sides. Not monsters or idiots. Why do people not see this and rush to label anyone with opposing views?

No idea why all men, but was quite happy to see how many. Meant the women in their lives were safe from domestic abuse for a couple of hours. And I know ‘not all men’ but over 40% at last years riots had DV convictions…

Also, can someone enlighten me please? What is the concern about free speech? What is it that people can’t say?

@Digdongdoo You tell yourself that if it makes you feel better. It must sting to know it was generally a peaceful protest. (There are always small pockets of troublemakers, but that applies to pretty much any crowd of this size, unfortunately).

The tide is turning and it makes me happy.

They don't mean free speech. They mean "I want to be racist and sexist and get away with it (preferably with a round of applause too please)"

To be fair, Charlton played Millwall yesterday so that crowd were always going to be around anyway.

Woolwich was gorgeous yesterday. We were there just as carnival was coming through. A beautiful display of multiculturalism and a celebration of so many different cultures who live locally. I really needed to see that yesterday of all days. Just reinforced my faith that London is still fabulously multicultural.

@noblegiraffe As a woman of colour I chose not to put myself at risk by pulling my phone out to start filming marchers. If you don't belive me then that's your choice but I chose not to put myself at risk of a racist attack for taking photos.

If you're interested ask national rail to provide footage of marchers including women with banners & flags at Charing X station.

So tell us again why you were too scared to attend this peaceful protest?

Because they are thuggish types who fancied going on piss up. Coaches were laid on free in many places, a jolly boys outing. I’d lay odds many of them couldn’t name their mp and don’t bother voting!