'I'm sick of the racism!' Protesters gather outside The Guardian headquarters over 'antisemitic' article

The protesters outside The Guardian’s HQ are accusing the publication of "rationalising" attacks on a Jewish-owned business, following an article on a number of attacks at a Gail's site in Archway, north London.

In the article, writer Jonathan Liew described the arrival of the Gail's, 20 metres away from Palestinian-owned Cafe Metro, as "symbolic" and "an act of heavy-handed high-street aggression". The article has since been edited.

Speaking to GB News host Patrick Christys, Free Speech Nation presenter Josh Howie hit out at The Guardian, a publication he once worked for, declaring they are "not anti-racist".

He stated: "I'm here because frankly, I'm sick of the racism that has been justified by The Guardian.

"The Guardian, a paper that I proudly used to write for and read, has now got to a place where they're actually publishing articles that says, 'oh, it's okay if there's a bakery that had a Jewish founder that doesn't even own it anymore, you can smash the windows in there because that's totally fine, because Israel and Gaza'.

"They're supposedly the anti-racists, and they're not."

Speaking to one of the members from the demonstrating campaign group Our Fight, Kirpa Patel accused The Guardian of "downplaying" the attacks on Gail's site.

She said: "What we're seeing in Britain with Miznon and now Gail's, they're attacking Jewish businesses and it's atrocious that The Guardian's article literally downplayed what really happened at Gail's.

"Windows were smashed, there was graffiti on the wall, it was a pure attack on the Jewish community yet again, and The Guardian just completely twisted it."

Questioned by Patrick on whether she believes the Jewish community are safe in London anymore, Ms Patel disagreed.

She stressed: "No they're not, they're not. We saw the Manchester attack, we've seen attack after attack, Bondi Beach, we've seen more attacks since the war with Iran.

"And throughout the world, Jews are just not safe wearing their Star of David, they're not safe having a business, going out openly being Jewish.

"It's not British to be antisemitic, and I'm surprised that the British haven't woken up to this."

Expressing his outrage at The Guardian, another protester at the demonstration accused the publication of "fuelling the rise of antisemitism" in the UK.

He told GB News: "We're here because of the emergence of antisemitism over the last few decades, and much of it has been fuelled by The Guardian.

"And it's really been growing, way before October 7, and probably since 9/11, where the Left suddenly decided that the Palestinians were the uber victims and Jews were the villains.

"Conspiratorial antisemitism exists on the left and the right, and it's The Guardian that has done more than anybody to promote it on the left."

In response to the accusations, a spokesman from The Guardian has said: "This article was amended on 17 March 2026.

"A reference to the arrival of Gail’s feeling like 'an act of heavy-handed high street aggression' has been repositioned to clarify it meant to refer to the described fears about the chain’s impact on small traders.

"Also, a comment contrasting activism that is capable of influencing global events with 'small acts of petty symbolism', which was not intended to minimise local vandalism but rather to suggest its misdirected futility, has been removed to avoid misunderstanding."