Protesters, many of them pensioners , have entered their ninth hour of a sit-in at Parliament Square in protest at the ban on the Palestine Action group .

As night fell, protesters lit candles and gathered in a circle for a singalong of ‘We Shall Overcome’, surrounding three demonstrators seated on the grass. Meanwhile, police continued to move on those remaining – with between 100 and 200 still sitting down in the square.

Volunteers brought tall privacy tents to assist protesters so they could relieve themselves without leaving their spot. As the evening grew colder, they handed out foil “space blankets” as well. Many remaining have been sitting for more than eight hours now.

The demonstration against the banning of Palestine Action as a terror group has been “the picture of peacef

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