Pro-Palestine protest in Remembrance march in chaos over Tube line closure

Plans for more pro-Palestine protests have been thrown into chaos as Transport for London (TfL) is closing five Underground lines simultaneously next Saturday for several hours.

This has raised concerns for those wishing to observe Armistice Day, as well as the controversial pro-Palestine march scheduled for the same day.

There will be no service on the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Jubilee line until 3pm on Saturday, November 11.

TfL has said that replacement buses will be in operation.

One of those planning to march to support a ceasefire in Gaza was stunned by the mass closure, and questioned TfL’s reasoning.

@ZEAmorr on X posted: “Londoners, when has this ever happened?

“@TfL are closing these lines until 3pm on Saturday 11th November on the day of the planned the Million March for Palestine.

“If Orthodox Jews can walk miles to central London on the Sabbath in solidarity, so can we.”

Fellow demonstrators slammed TfL’s decision, as @ShellOnTheVerge responded: “So, they are going to stop ALL travel for everyone??”

@and_thenshe simply said: “People will find there way, they have no idea.”

A new signalling system is being installed on the day across the Underground.

Meanwhile, organisers of the pro-Palestine march through London next weekend have insisted they have no plans to disrupt the 11am silence on Armistice Day and their route will avoid the Cenotaph.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned that there was a “clear and present risk that the Cenotaph and other war memorials could be desecrated” by the march next Saturday.

Douglas Murray, a leading conservative voice, posted on X: “They plan to defame our war-dead and desecrate the Cenotaph itself.

“This is the tipping point. If such a march goes ahead then the people of Britain must come out and stop these barbarians.”

Ben Jamal, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, hit back at these claims, saying: “This is a march calling for a ceasefire in order to stop the current slaughter in Gaza.

“To highlight this democratic action taking place on November 11th, well away from Whitehall, as disrespectful is dangerous and disingenuous politicking that defames many hundreds of thousands of people who want the current violence to stop.”