Bristol protests: Arrests amid 'deportation' demo and counter-rally
The vast majority of people are countering UKIP's "mass deportations march", at which the leader of the party was due to speak. Both groups have been held separately from one another by a significant number of police, and loud chants can be heard from either side.
With the demonstration under way in the heart of the city, Bristol's neighbourhood policing team said in a social media post on Saturday morning that it was "aware of demonstrations taking place" which "may impact popular travel routes". "We would advise anyone planning to travel in the area of St Augustine's Parade, Small Street, Colston Avenue and Baldwin Street should allow for extra time," they said.
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The decision by to stand down at next year's Holyrood elections is a personal one and reflects her wishes for her family life. But it also marks the final nail in the coffin of SNP centrism. The Deputy First Minister was the last woman standing for anyone who hoped the Nationalists could cut a more moderate path on the economy, social issues and the constitution. Forbes entered the Scottish Parliament just nine years ago, young and idealistic about independence. Yet she brought a maturity that many political old-timers in the SNP could not match. When she spoke, she understood that her audience was not the flag-waving faithful but the electorate at large, with its doubters and undecideds and people far too busy to have given much consideration to the great issues of the day. Nothing demonstrated that maturity like her handling of the 2020 Budget. 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She was right, as a series of legal cases, culminating in the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland, would go on to verify. Had Sturgeon and Yousaf listened to her, a great deal of division could have been avoided, not to mention costly legal fees. As well as canny discernment, she earned a reputation for cutting putdowns that lingered on opponents. She branded Yousaf the 'continuity candidate' and told him during one TV debate: 'You were a transport minister and the trains were never on time, when you were justice secretary the police were stretched to breaking point, and now as health minister we've got record high waiting times.' Yousaf may have defeated her for the leadership, but he wasn't able to emerge from the shadow of those barbs. That John Swinney chose her as his deputy first minister speaks volumes about her significance as a voice of moderate SNP politics. She stressed that wealth redistribution was only possible if first there was wealth generation. 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