Patrick Christys delivers an on-the-ground report from London’s pro-Pakistan rally, as demonstrators gathered earlier following India’s missile strikes—with police bracing for potential escalation in the coming weeks.The GB News host spoke to protesters at the rally in the capital following India's strike on Pakistan.WATCH ABOVE.
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00:00Good evening. India and Pakistan are on the brink of war.
00:13Today we got wind of a pro-Pakistan demonstration outside the Indian High Commission in London.
00:19Now there are huge concerns that a war over there might lead to a war on the streets of Britain.
00:25So I went down to have a little look for myself.
00:27It's just gone half past five here in central London and we are at the back of the Indian High Commission.
00:33What you'll be able to see here is police vans, police vans, police vans, police vans everywhere as far as the eye can see,
00:39including down that road there and outside of the Indian High Commission.
00:44Why? Well, we are expecting, in a few minutes' time anyway, many protesters, pro-Pakistan protesters,
00:52to turn up and voice their displeasure at the military assault by India last night.
00:58So let's see how this plays out.
01:00So I'm now outside the front of the Indian High Commission.
01:03The police, as you can see, are everywhere, dotted around armed police on the front door.
01:08They've made a decision, as it currently stands, to not block this road off so people can still come and go.
01:14Now, only time will tell us whether or not that's a wise decision.
01:18But the Indians have just unveiled a whopping great big Indian flag and draped it off the roof and dangled it down.
01:30So they're certainly ready, aren't they?
01:33Eventually, some pro-Pakistan protesters actually turned up.
01:39Peace! We want peace! We want peace! We want peace!
01:44As you can hear, more protesters have been gathering and some of the chants have been,
01:48we want peace, say no to war, India terrorism, Modi is a terrorist, but you can hear now, we want peace.
01:57Maybe I could just try and see if I can speak to the person who's doing most of the shouting.
02:00So you think that if there is a war between India and Pakistan, that that's going to be very bad here?
02:07What could happen, though, do you think?
02:09Because it's a hate speech, hate each other, because the local council is full of Pakistan and Indians.
02:16We need peace in Asia and we need peace in Britain as well.
02:20If we don't bring to the closer in peace and love, it would be very, very difficult for UK politics.
02:27Yeah, I mean, look, hey, I want to make it very clear, he was obsessed with the idea of peace.
02:32The point that he made there was that we have Indian British people and Pakistani British people
02:39on the same local councils, for example, in quite a few areas, and that he's worried that that might kick off.
02:45One woman felt as though Keir Starmer's trade deal announcement yesterday with the Indian leader Modi
02:51was provocative to the Pakistani community.
02:53Modi, the Indian's leadership, with our premiership, Keir Starmer, shook hands on a business deal of 40, 60, 40...
03:02What do you think of this trade deal? Did you find that trade deal quite provocative?
03:05So, as I've spoken to the police officers now, for me it is, because the timing,
03:10the deal is not going to kick in till two years.
03:13So why did you need to announce it yesterday?
03:15Yesterday, and right in the middle of the night, the bombs happened.
03:18For me, the questions are, how dare you? Where do you get the strength to do that?
03:22Hmm, OK. So in 2022, and again last year, there were violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Leicester.
03:30Again, people seem to think that Leicester could be a potential flashpoint.
03:35But they seem to blame the former Indian, British Indian Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for that.
03:41Majority of my friends are all Indians, OK?
03:43We are living in England in harmony and peace. We have no differences. Believe me, Indian and Pakistani will live in harmony.
03:52And I don't think that is going to create any problem. Only problem is going to create in Leicester.
03:57Because the majority of the people are in Leicester are people who've been given visa to come to UK by Rishi Sunak.
04:04But one man, who, by the way, I'd like to give a special shout-out to, because he's an Ava GB News viewer,
04:11has a message for the Indian and Pakistani communities in Britain, urging everyone to just stay calm.
04:17It's important for the people of Pakistan and the Indians to stay calm, because they're all working-class people.
04:23There is no need to cause conflict here.
04:26We are in this country. We are working-class people.
04:29Now, we don't have to do this.
04:31The international community must play a role.
04:33If this carries on like this, it's going to end up a disaster.
04:39So, the latest news this evening is Pakistan has vowed to make India pay for their missile strikes.
04:46So, look, the problem isn't going away, is it?
04:48It's peaceful for now. Let's hope it stays that way.