'It was really intimidating': GB News' Katherine Forster left 'shaken up' after harassment from pro-Palestine protesters

'It was really intimidating': GB News' Katherine Forster left 'shaken up' after harassment from pro-Palestine protesters
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Dan Falvey

By Dan Falvey


Published: 25/11/2023

- 20:25

Updated: 26/11/2023

- 10:25

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London to take part in the protest

GB News' political correspondent Katherine Forster was left shaken after being harassed while reporting on a pro-Palestine protest in London.

Reporting live from the scene to update viewers from across the UK on the latest developments, she was surrounded by "persistent" activists who started to try to intimidate her.


Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London today to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Protesters in London marched from Park Lane to Whitehall, with the Metropolitan Police also handing out leaflets to provide “absolute clarity” on what will be deemed an offence.

Katherine Forster Katherine Forster was left shaken by the affairGB NEWS

Katherine said that while the march through London was largely peaceful, a minority appeared to be "out for trouble".

She explained: "This is the seventh consecutive Saturday that there's been a pro-Palestinian protest in central London. I've reported on a few of these.They tend to follow a similar pattern. They start out very peaceful. There's babies and buggies, there's people with dogs, people in wheelchairs, all ages, all ethnicities.

"Things often turn unpleasant a little bit later.

"Of course, there's always people out for trouble, and the police have been handing out leaflets trying to clarify to protesters what might get them arrested. They'd rather not arrest people, but inevitably it looks like there's always a few."

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Outlining what happened, she said that the GB News crew at the protest had "really quite an unpleasant experience".

"A guy on a tannoy shouting at us, wanted to know who you're broadcasting from. He wouldn't go away. He was very persistent," she said.

"Eventually I said GB News. At that point he just - I can't tell you what he said - but it was vile. 'Fascist', 'scum', etc.

"A group of people came round us, all shouting at us. I have to say, it was very intimidating. I was shaking by the end of it.

"We then moved to a completely different place and at the end of that live [broadcast], lo and behold, he appeared again.

"The police spoke to him and he's been moved on. We've been told to to stay here and we're filing a a police report.

"But yeah, most people are very peaceful here, but there's always an element and of course it's really important that the press can bring you the news, can tell you what's going on.

"If it wasn't for the press, we wouldn't even know what was happening in Israel, in Gaza. But intimidating the press on the streets of London? Not okay at all."

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