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		</div><p>The brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was one of several protesters taken away in handcuffs during protests against the coronavirus lockdown.</p>
<p>Around 50 people defied social distancing to gather close together at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park, west London, holding placards with slogans like “<i>anti-vax deserves a voice</i>” and “<i>freedom over fear</i>”.</p>
<p>Dozens of police officers, including some mounted on horseback, patrolled the protest, issuing several fines and arresting at least six people.</p>
<p>Piers Corbyn was taken away after showing up with a megaphone and proclaiming 5G and the coronavirus pandemic were linked, calling it a<i> “pack of lies to brainwash you and keep you in order”</i>.</p>
<p>He also said <i>“vaccination is not necessary”</i> and that <i>“5G towers will be installed everywhere”</i>, adding: <i>“5G enhances anyone who’s got illness from Covid, so they work together.”</i></p>
<p>The astrophysicist was taken away after declining to leave when asked by a police officer and declining to give his details when asked.</p>
<p>A flyer advertising the protest called for <i>“no to mandatory vaccines, no to the new normal, and no to the unlawful lockdown”</i>.</p>
<p>David Samson, 50, who said he works in finance, told the PA news agency he came because <i>“I never thought I’d see in my generation the suppressing of civil rights”</i> over a <i>“fake virus”.</i></p>
<p><i>“This is nothing compared to what’s coming,”</i> he said.</p>
<p>There was a large round of boos whenever protesters were arrested and repeated shouts of “<i>jail Bill Gates</i>”.</p>
<p>Another demonstrator, 62-year-old Catherine Harvey, said she was defying the rules to highlight the<i> “devastation this lockdown has caused”</i>.</p>
<p>The shop owner said: <i>“Developing countries will have no trade, no tourism. I have had to close my shop on Columbia Road Flower Market.</i></p>
<p><i>“The effects of the lockdown are far, far worse than the virus – mental health, domestic violence, shops are closed, theatres, cinemas, restaurants. It’s unnecessary.”</i></p>
<p>Scotland Yard said that as of 2pm on Saturday, six people were arrested in the Hyde Park area.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-155473" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/88419313-6099-4E9E-A3E5-774A5345967E.jpeg" alt="Coronavirus related deaths" width="600" height="462" /></p>
<p>A separate protest in Southampton saw around a dozen protesters gather on Southampton Common, holding placards saying “<i>Stop the Lies</i>”, “<i>Say no to tyranny</i>” and “<i>Fight 4 Freedom</i>”.</p>
<p>A separate protest in Southampton saw around a dozen protesters gather on Southampton Common, holding placards saying “<i>Stop the Lies</i>”, “<i>Say no to tyranny</i>” and “<i>Fight 4 Freedom</i>”.</p>
<p>One protester, Dee, who did not wish to give her surname, said her job in the hair and beauty industry had been hit by the crisis.</p>
<p>She told PA: <i>“I am here because I am worried about civil liberties being taken away.</i></p>
<p><i>“Reading the coronavirus act that has gone through Parliament, it seems there are changes being made which infringe our freedom.</i></p>
<p><i>“And I am worried the media has run away with the Covid-19 thing and blown it all out of proportion.”</i></p>
<p>One protester, Dee, who did not wish to give her surname, said her job in the hair and beauty industry had been hit by the crisis.</p>
<p>She told PA: <i>“I am here because I am worried about civil liberties being taken away.</i></p>
<p><i>“Reading the coronavirus act that has gone through Parliament, it seems there are changes being made which infringe our freedom.</i></p>
<p><i>“And I am worried the media has run away with the Covid-19 thing and blown it all out of proportion.”</i></p>
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