Overview

• UKIP supporters gathered at St George’s Place for a ‘mass deportations’ march set to end near Liverpool Women’s Hospital in Toxteth, coinciding with Slavery Remembrance Day.
• Hundreds of counter-demonstrators assembled nearby, with officers on horseback, Matrix vans and a helicopter maintaining separation as crowds moved between St George’s Hall and Queen Square.
• Merseyside Police activated a Section 34 dispersal zone from 10am Saturday to 9.59am Monday and a Section 60 order from 10am to 10pm, including 60AA powers requiring removal of face coverings on request.
• Reporters on scene described some detentions during the operation, though it was not clear which side those individuals were from.
• City leaders and cultural groups condemned the march’s timing and route, while an Echo reporter said UKIP leader Nick Tenconi attended and was heard using confrontational rhetoric.