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Free. One, two, three, four. Occupation no more. Large pro-Palestinean crowds gathered in cities and towns across the UK. Free to free, Palestine. Free to free, Palestine. From Leeds to Wolverhampton. We are all Palestinians. Bristol to Oxford. In the islands of Taris Bay. While up in Glasgow, the weather didn't stop hundreds turning out. Free to free, Palestine. In London, there was anger with politicians at several demonstrations held around the capital. What do we want? Seize fire. What do we want it? No. It just seemed like they're deaf. They don't want to hear anything, or they can't see what's going on. All of us as a community want a ceasefire, and no one's listening. Free to free, Palestine. Six weeks on from the atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel, these pro-Palestinian demonstrations continue to attract large numbers, people who do not support the government or the opposition for backing Israel's response. In Tower Hamlets, some Labor voters said they now feel politically homeless. I think that Kirstama has condoned genocide in his words. I left the Labor Party last week. I left the Labor Party last week. I can't vote for Labor anymore. Cease fire now. After a difficult week for the Labor leader, with several of his MPs resigning over his refusal to call for a ceasefire.

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There was anger from protesters in his London constituency. Shame on you, Kirstama. Shame on you. We do need to have public accountability for MP's actions because the actions that they are condoning or allowing for to happen in other parts of the world brings the question of what would they allow to happen to us over here. But as police watched on around the country, many joined in a chant that's widely perceived to be an anti-Semitic demand for the destruction of Israel. From the river to the sea. For the sky, we'll be free. Do you think Israel had a right to defend itself after what happened on April seventh? I can't speak for the state of Israel. It's not that I don't think they have the right to bomb occupied territory. I don't think they have the right to occupy. By the sign. It's a view that's widely held by the many thousands who've taken to the streets, and a view that's impossible to reconcile with the position of both the UK government and the opposition. Becky Johnson, Skye News, Tower Hamlets.