march for europe - london - saturday 2nd july

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There we are then ARum

I don't think a march itself incites civil unrest - plenty of marches happen all the time without that. However, some racists and extremists could retaliate and there is a small chance that it could go sour and lead to some fighting.

So I probably would be a bit cautious with kids, but I wouldn't not take them - I'd just hang back and let the others take the lead. I think if I were a kid I'd find it quite exciting at first and then very boring indeed, so another reason to stick towards the back would be it's probably easier to get out if you needed to.

We're still the UK - still England, still British.

The thought that protests are automatically associated with unrest is deeply disturbing ....

Given how much contempt the Tories have for other peoples liberties and rights (they can't get enough of their own) and their track record, the last thing we need is an excuse for them to make a gathering of 3 or more illegal (again).

Speak for yourself Lurking, I'm Welsh...

Still England, still British.....vom

Maybe that's why your protesting this weekend, no Euro match for you

^ImGoingToTeabagYourDrumKitDale*

Speak for yourself Lurking, I'm Welsh...

and determined to misread everything everyone says, it seems.

I didn't call anyone English. I did say "British".

I was saying this is England (where the march is taking place).

Does your job as professionally offended Welsh person pay much ?

Yes very well, two archers and a pot of French gold coins .

dyna annwyl 'n glws

teabag i'm beginning to think you secretly want to come on the march actually but you just can't admit it to yourself .

Ahh Lurking you don't half live up to "twll dyn, pob sais". Nawr os wyt ti, eisiau parhau i siarad efo fi yn ngymraeg, does dim ots i fi.

Nah I can't be there, I have to wash my hair that day. Maybe next time

mi naill na'r llall. Onid grand technoleg . Nawr Ffrangeg neu Eidaleg ...

I hate to break it to you but Google translate often gets grammar incorrect for Welsh. But top effort

If you want French that's also fine but I won't need translate for that either or Russian.

Wishing all MNers who are able to go along tomorrow a peaceful and productive demo. Family Situated are with you in spirit.

So Lurking, happy to finish this pissing contest now?...if you want I'll send you a good luck card in the post if it will make you feel better?

The fact is that most violence at protests/demos/marches is caused by far left agitators/anarchists, actually very rare for right wing types to get violent/riot. Don't use your kids as political tools in potential dangerous situations.

Mums, so great that you are all going to the #MarchforEurope. On this day we mourn the 1,000s of dead in the Battle of the Somme. Sad that we still have to protest for peace and against nationalism, but we must do it.

Mums, so great that you are all going to the #MarchforEurope. On this day we mourn the 1,000s of dead in the Battle of the Somme. Sad that we still have to protest for peace and against nationalism, but we must do it.

How patronising.

How about you stop using the Somme for your own political gain.

I'd have absolutely no problem taking kids to this one. The vast vast majority of people are peaceful - it's obvious if there are some out to cause issues, so you just move away. Any issues at marches tend to be right at the end after most people have gone home.

I wasn't going to say anymore, but like a fly to shit, I'm pulled back in again

It's funny how last week "the old" that is those immediately affected by war were chastised for voting leave (that is as children during the war, or through service), but now it's all honour their dead relatives to push a political campaign

I wish I could go, I'm furious that my EU passport is going to be taken off me and my children. I'm going to fight as hard as I can not to loose my rights to free movement to live and work in the EU. Leave voters might be happy to throw their children's rights in the bin but I have every right to be angry that you want to throw my children's rights in the bin as well.

What an idiotic comment happy to throw their children's rights in the bin

Please tell me how leaving the EU, and stopping free movement of people will not throw the rights of my children to live and work in the other 27 EU countries away? If you have a solution for me I'd be very grateful to hear it because I haven't found a way to protect these rights for them. I have no EU ancestry to hand down and short of moving to the EU before the door is slammed, I don't know another way.

"Personally I can't think of a more fitting memorial than seeing democracy in action ? With the added poignancy that the poor sods who died in Europe in a war they didn't understand would most likely support anything to prevent those horrors again.

I know it's not perfect, but if the EU has helped prevent that, it was worth any number of straight bananas."

Yes to this!

I am surprised that people cannot see that there is a huge problem equating rule by referenda with democracy - especially in a country that has been run on the basis of parliamentary (representative) democracy for more than 400 years.

There is a reason why referenda are the preferred tools of charismatic demagogues.

Leavers organised and won the EU ref W8woman.
You are only "in the shit" if you indulge in a negative attitude.
Economies are built on confidence. So yes this continued sniping against democracy and the future of the country is getting more than tiresome. You are literally damaging all our future by constant griping and fear mongering.

Economies are built on confidence.

A lot of truth on that.