UPHD drivers protest unfair congestion charge
London Bridge, London, UK. Mon 11 Feb 2019
UPHD co-Founder and General Secretary James Farrar speaks to drivers
at the rally on London Bridge
A show of hands decides that they will march to protest at CIty Hall
and they move off
James Farrar leads them and reminds them that this is a peaceful protest
and they need to avoid any confrontation
The go down the steps to the riverside walk
'Stop Sadiq's #TaxOnThePoor'
By now it is getting dark - rather darker than these pictures suggest
as they march up to CIty Hall
The protesters are lit by the lights inside CIty Hall as they crowd
in front of its door and glass wall
The protest blocks the door and shouts loudly but is peaceful
Soon police arrive and form a line in front of the building, but there
is no threat to those inside
The drivers have come to make their point, not to cause any damage
UPHD co-Founder and General Secretary James Farrar
A driver from SAPHD - Somali All Private HIre Drivers
The drivers march around CIty Hall
with Tower Bridge in the background
and then turn towards Tower Bridge
and go up the stairway to the road, where a few make their way onto
the roadway, but are quickly brought back
by stewards with a little help from the police
and the march organisers tell everyone to go back down the stairs
The protesters go back down and as they are on their way back to their cars
I turn off to London Bridge station
to make my way home.
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