Hundreds yesterday lined Regent Street, opposite City Hall, to demonstrate against the implementation of the metered parking system but what was intended to be a silent, apolitical protest by the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM), saw tempers flare after a hostile counter-protest was organised by those backing the project.
“Peaceful picket” was printed on the tags of some of the 50-plus who stood in front of City Hall shouting in support of the parking meter system but many of them were aggressive towards those who were gathered to protest it.