• HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Typically it takes more than 3,000 people protesting to make BBC News. And I speak as someone who previously marched through central London to remain.

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      1 year ago

      You are going to have to back that up with a source. It sounds pathetically weak to me. The BBC did not even turn up. How would they know in advance how many are attending?

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        If you can find me a BBC News report on a march on a national issue that had 3,000 marchers I’ll. concede. I had a bit of a Google before posting and found nout.

        What’s your source for the BBC not turning up?

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            Good work on finding an example from lockdown when gatherings were illegal. Clearly normal rules applied then 🤦 For context, that demo tooll place on March 21. On March 29 restrictions were relaxed to allow outdoor gatherings (including in private gardens) of either 6 people (the Rule of 6) or 2 households will also be allowed.

            So yes, on March 21 2021 a gathering of several hundred people was newsworthy.

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          There are three sources quoted in the article who were there. It is the whole point of the article.