London, Europe Brief News – Thousands of protesters took into London streets, calling for a general election amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis in the UK.
Under the slogan the “Britain is Broken”, thousands of protesters participated in the march. They demanded immediate general elections, 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 then-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 teacher from Maidstone in Kent, who is among those who may go on strike early next year.
“The current government is an absolute shambles, it is damaging our country. I think it’s important that we stand together to make our voices heard and to say that we’re not going to put up with this stuff any more.”
Similar protests have also been taking place in Berlin in recent weeks, sometimes leading to isolated reports of violence.
Earlier last month, the European Commission and EU ministers presented and approved a plan to cut gas consumption over the coming months.
That includes businesses, the bloc’s 447 million citizens and of course, themselves.
