Thousands protest in London demanding immediate general elections

Thousands of people came out to the streets of London on November 5 to protest what they called "Tory austerity" and demanded an immediate general election.

As the Guardian reported, the protests are a reaction to the many changes in the government Britain experienced in the last years, including multiple prime ministers and two changes of leadership which were decided upon by the parties alone, without the participation of the public.

The People’s Assembly, the organizer of the “Britain is broken” protest said besides calls for general elections, people were demanding action on low pay and the repeal of “anti-union” employment laws.

The reigning party of the Conservatives, locally referred to as “Tories”, maintains its position on that it has the mandate to form the new government because of its majority in the House of Commons and is therefore not obliged to call a general election until 2024.

Speakers at the rally included the general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, Mick Lynch and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who said that he was joined at the protest by MPs of the party and that the current government would be "forced to listen" to protesters calling for improved pay and workers’ rights.

Anti-racism groups also joined the protests with their demand of removing the home secretary, Suella Braverman, who has been heavily criticized recently for her migrants handling of the crisis at an asylum processing center at Manston in Kent after the news broke that migrants were being kept there under horrendous conditions.