With every stop on the Victoria Line, another Palestinian flag appears. Draped over shoulders, painted on faces, stuck between knees – by the time the Tube pulls into Green Park, the carriage has transformed into a sea of red, white and green. Still characteristically silent, but with a tangible sense of something shared.
Perhaps it is defiance – these people, young and old, of different colours and creeds, were last week branded “hate marchers” by the now-former home secretary Suella Braverman, who was today sacked by prime minister Rishi Sunak amid a Cabinet reshuffle.
