People attend an anti-Boris Johnson demonstration, in central London, Friday (Picture: AP)

Police clashed with protesters as they marched in central London chanting ‘not my Prime Minister’ in despair over Boris Johnson’s landslide election win.

The demonstrators, brandishing signs that read ‘Defy Tory Rule’ and ‘Refugees Welcome’, walked at speed from outside Johnson’s Downing Street residence to Trafalgar Square.

The Mirror reports police had to separate some demonstrators who clashed with pro-Brexiteers.

Videos on social media show a huge crowds pushing against the police, who had their batons drawn.


One showed police with trying to push back protesters on Parliament Street, striking out at people as they warned ‘get back or you will get hit’.



Eyewitnesses at the scene described the protests as ‘chaotic.’

At least one demonstrator’s face was bloodied during the brief exchange, the Guardian reports.

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Police have batons drawn as they push back crowds at the bottom of Parliament st pic.twitter.com/U7DxIMjUSo — Damien Gayle (@damiengayle) December 13, 2019

Roads around Whitehall were closed as protesters made their way to other parts of Central London.

Separate marches were organised by Stand up to Racism, Love Music Hate Racism and Antifascist Action (Antifa), who were confronted by pro-government groups.

Damien Gayle, a Guardian reporter, said there have been confrontations between left protesters and right wing supporters of Boris Johnson outside Downing Street.

One anti-Boris protester told him: ‘I’m crestfallen and I’m p*ssed off. But this is day one, this is the start; I’m not going to be browbeaten.’

He said the police response ‘seems chaotic as protesters march at random around Westminster backstreets.’

Police were seen escorting some protesters away from the scene.

Police response seems chaotic as protesters march at random around Westminster backstreets. Each time they attempt to get in front of the march to stop it they are pushed out of the way. pic.twitter.com/34ji78d4XN — Damien Gayle (@damiengayle) December 13, 2019

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People scuffle with police during an anti-Boris Johnson demonstration, at Trafalgar Square in central London (Picture: AP)

Protesters demonstrate following the landslide Tory win (Picture: Reuters)

Boris Johnson’s winter election gamble paid off as voters gave the UK prime minister a commanding majority to take the country out of the European Union (Picture: AP)

Remainers and anti-tory protesters took to the streets tonight (Picture: AP)

From Trafalgar Square, the protest progressed onto Haymarket.

Protesters cried ‘Save our NHS; as police sealed them in on Victoria Street, and sat on the floor as officers formed a line to block off the scene.

Boris Johnson won a comfortable 74 seat majority as voters backed his promise to ‘get Brexit done’ and take the country out of the European Union by 31 January next year.

Despite making the biggest gains for the Tory party since Margaret Thatcher’s victory in 1987, protesters have taken to the streets holding banners stating ‘Boris Johnson not my Prime Minister’.

Other placards said ‘say no to racism’ and ‘vote Conservative to end the NHS’.

The chaos brought traffic to a halt in Haymarket.

Protesters brandished anti-racist placards outside Parliament after the Boris Johnson election victory (Picture: AP)

The protest comes after Boris Johnson vowed to bring the nation together (Picture: AP)

Police remove a protester from the scene after a scuffle (Picture: AP)

Placards read power beyond parliament and ‘Tories kill the working class’ (Picture: AP)

Boris Johnson opponents don’t trust his policies on the NHS (Picture: AP)

Police pushed back crowds of protesters with their batons (Picture: AP)

Boris Johnson has urged the nation to ‘let the healing begin’ in his first speech as the UK’s re-elected prime minister.

Speaking outside Downing Street after his landslide election win, the PM said he hoped the results of last night’s vote will help ‘everyone to find closure’.

He said he will work to ‘unite and level up’ the whole of the UK under his ‘one nation Conservative government’ to lead us out of the EU by the end of January.

The PM thanked everyone who again voted Conservative and to those who did for the first time whose ‘pen might have wavered’ over the ballot paper.



He added that it had become clear to him during the campaign that ‘the overwhelming priority of the British people is that we should focus, above all, on the NHS’.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was time for the country to heal in his acceptance speech Picture: EPA)

The Met police have said they are facilitating the protest at this stage. Two arrests have been made but a spokesperson confirmed there had been no charges.

Demonstrations also took place in Glasgow.

Huge crowds marched through the streets shouting ‘Boris Johnson’s got to go’.

The Prime Minister has ruled out granting the country a second vote on independence, despite the SNP making huge gains at the election.

Massive impromptu #FCKBORIS demo in Glasgow. Thousands of young people have taken over Buchanan street #NotMyPM pic.twitter.com/pqpHehDKza — Bryan Simpson (@BrySim88) December 13, 2019