The far-right organisation planning a demonstration at the empty plinth of the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol next weekend have announced they have called it off.
The organisation, which recently welcomed Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - aka Tommy Robinson - as a member in March, had announced it was calling for people to come to the plinth in The Centre in Bristol to demonstrate against Black Lives Matter, calling Colston 'a famous son of Bristol'. The demonstration sparked a backlash in Bristol, with a range of campaign groups and organisations starting to plan their own counter-demonstration at the plinth which was due to start two hours before.
But in a banner headline at the top of For Britain's website on Saturday evening, the group said the demonstration planned for April 9 had been cancelled, although its leader, Anne Marie Waters, said they 'still will protest against Black Lives Matter in Bristol'. There were no further details, and the posts and press releases announcing the demonstration were still up on the website on Saturday night, however in an interview on a livestream, For Britain leader Anne Marie Waters said the demonstration was postponed.
