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A new street movement, heading in an old direction
Events in Britain and the United States are spurring a loose alliance of anti-lockdown protesters, conspiracy theorists and the far right. DAVID RENTON takes a look
Anti-lockdown protesters, who believe that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, gather at the 'Unite For Freedom' rally in Trafalgar Square, on August 29

OVER the past month, a strange alliance of demonstrators has been seen on the streets.

After several thousand people attended a demonstration through Nottingham on August 22, journalists at the local Nottingham Post tried to explain to readers what the march had been about.

They did so by looking at the flags the protesters brought.

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