There's nothing contrary to British tradition in wandering around London demanding political changes. Futile protests make people feel they've done something, then they can go home after a fun day out and get back to supporting the system by working for a living.
The trouble comes when people take notice of these protesters instead of ignoring them, or worse still hold counter-marches so that everybody can have a punch-up with the police (though I suppose that is also in line with British traditions).
Unfortunately, it is inevitable that this will provoke a counter-demo by those who also want the UK to be polarised into "True Brits" and "Immigrant Muslims".
There's nothing contrary to British tradition in wandering around London demanding political changes. Futile protests make people feel they've done something, then they can go home after a fun day out and get back to supporting the system by working for a living.
The trouble comes when people take notice of these protesters instead of ignoring them, or worse still hold counter-marches so that everybody can have a punch-up with the police (though I suppose that is also in line with British traditions).
Unfortunately, it is inevitable that this will provoke a counter-demo by those who also want the UK to be polarised into "True Brits" and "Immigrant Muslims".