GB News host Martin Daubney was mistakenly arrested at the Downing Street protests whilst attending as a journalist.
This comes after a riot erupted at the gates of Downing Street in the wake of the fatal stabbing of three children in Southport as demonstrators throw objects at riot police.
A few hundred protesters were heard chanting “Rule Britannia”, “save our kids” and “stop the boats.”
Speaking about the incident to Mark Dolan, Martin said: “I work in Westminster, as you know, for GB News, and on my way home to the Underground I saw a sizeable protest of people that were shouting things.
Martin Daubney was arrested at the protest
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“We want our country back. Enough is enough. Save our kids. And as a journalist, I often go down there and film these protests.
“I just stood filming it and a few bottles were getting thrown. I saw about four or five arrests and a female officer came towards me and she slapped her cuff on my right hand and pulled it behind my back.
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“I’ve got to say, Mark, they were absolutely fine about it. I explained I was working as a journalist.
“I work at GB News and a senior officer came up and said, yeah, we know who Martin is.
“I go to quite a few of these things in my capacity as a journalist and they quickly uncuffed me and I carried on filming.
“So, there was a huge frustration on the streets. But I’ll say this Mark, I understand people’s frustration, but I wonder if bottling coppers in London is the proportionate reaction to what we’re seeing on the streets of Southport, Southend and the rest of it.”
Martin Daubney said they let him go when he explained he was a journalist
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Demonstrators have been taking part in the Enough Is Enough protest in response to the frenzied stabbing attack in Southport on Monday at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club.
The attack saw Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, fatally stabbed.
Eight other children were also stabbed, with five children and two adults left in a critical condition.
Beer cans and glass bottles have been launched at a line of police, while flares have been thrown on to the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament SquarePA
This evening, protesters threw cans at police outside Downing Street, while other demonstrators chanted Tommy Robinson’s name around The Cenotaph.
Protesters also shouted abuse at nearby pro-Ukrainian demonstrators and police.
Some campaigners attempted to kick down a fence before being confronted by riot police.
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