From: slider@anashram.com

Protesters in London have been seen taking part in a group hug outside Met Police's headquarters in defiance of the coronavirus lockdown.

The crowd outside New Scotland Yard, close to the Houses of Parliament,
were seen hugging each other as others held signs reading: "My body, my choice."

Another at the protest in central London on Saturday afternoon held a sign saying: "No more lockdown."

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/london-protest-coronavirus-lockdown-scotland-yard-a4430186.html

Around 20 people appeared to be in the crowd, which included young
children.

Gatherings of any sort are banned under the UK's rules to slow the spread
of coronavirus which were rolled out on March 23.

Metropolitan Police has been approached for comment.

The UK has been on coronavirus lockdown for around six weeks, after Boris Johnson ordered Brits to stay at home except for essential work, food
shopping, exercise and medical trips.

The Prime Minister may announce an end to the lockdown for some
businesses, like factories, shops and office-based companies, on May 26,
the Sun has reported.

But this plan is only the "best hope", and could change if the current
slowdown in coronavirus cases picks back up again.

Business Secretary Alok Sharma will set out detailed instructions next
week on how businesses in different sectors should end the lockdown.

The London gathering came after hundreds of people protested against US lockdown rules in California and Michigan despite a rising death rate.

People packed out the streets in the city south of Los Angeles, defying an order to close all of Orange County's beaches which was issued after "concerning" images emerged of large crowds of beachgoers.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, one protester, Andrew Norman, said: "I served in the Army and fought tyrants and dictators overseas and this has
gone too far.

"I didn’t do that to come back here and live under a tyrant in my own country."

California's hospitalisation appears to be improving, according to
Governor Gavin Newsom.

But he condemned the protests, saying: "We can screw all that up. We can
set all that back by making bad decisions," he said. "All of that works
because people have done an incredible job in their physical distancing."

### - lol at this rate they's gonna be letting everyone out again innit...

ok then, back to work you lot & screw the virus!

it's that or the army on the streets?

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