The 6th of September 2025 could’ve been a great day for England. On that first Saturday in September, two marches took place in London. To delve deeper into the mystery of this great might-have-been I engaged the help of the Google AI assistant. Apparently, it’s part of the Gemini AI family. Alright, Gemini, get to work: Link the Palestine rally on 6th September 2025 in London with the March for Life:
National March for Palestine and the UK March for Life took place in central London on the same day, Saturday, September 6, 2025. There is no link between the two events in terms of purpose or organisation; they are separate demonstrations with entirely different, and in fact opposing, causes and objectives.
Whoa! Sorry for asking, Gemini! OK then, if you say so. Having been provided with details of purpose, times and locations, I was told in no uncertain terms:
The only connection between the two main events was their coincident timing and general location in central London on September 6, 2025. They were ideologically opposed demonstrations that drew large crowds for unrelated reasons. (AI responses may include mistakes).
Though I attended neither march, I know that one ended on Whitehall, that magnificent neoclassical boulevard running south from Trafalgar Square, and which is home to all the great ministries of the British State, as well as the Horse Guards and the Cenotaph, and off which runs Downing Street itself. Whitehall, the button on the belly of the beast. Meanwhile the March for Life came to its climax in its usual location, at the south end of Whitehall, namely on Parliament Square. So, both in time and in space my much-dreamed-of merger was tantalisingly close. Why the ideological bar to intercourse? ‘Why,’ I ask, ‘do you say that they are ideologically opposed?’:
While they shared the same date and central London location, they are considered ideologically opposed because they represent fundamentally different political and social movements with distinct core values. (more...)
Two Genocides, Two Marches And a Prayer for England
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