Volunteers selling poppies at Victoria Station were forced to move their stall when pro-Palestine protesters surrounded them. Video shows the activists staging the demonstration in close proximity to the stall before police arrive on the scene.
Footage shows dozens of protestors surrounding the poppy sellers yesterday. The volunteers are forced to move from the area due to the ongoing disruptionVolunteers selling poppies at Victoria Station in London were surrounded by protestors during a pro-palestine sit in yesterday.
It comes as Royal British Legion volunteers across the UK were left too 'scared' to go out and raise money earlier this week amid fears over pro-Palestinian protestors. John O'Rourke, Chairman of the Royal British Legion for Thamesmead and Abbey Wood, took over a poppy stand at Abbey Wood station on October 26 at around 10am before his wife arrived an hour later.
Mr O'Rourke said similar incident occurred earlier in the week when a woman tried to steal a collection box before a volunteer fought her off. Last weekend, a trio of poppy sellers at Charing Cross Station in London were surrounded by pro-Palestine protesters, preventing them selling poppies READ MORE: Hunt for 'hate crime' suspects at pro-Palestine march: Police post images of protesters carrying anti-Semitic placards and men wearing Hamas-style headbands after hundreds of thousands took to streets of London on Armistice Day Advertisement 'I noticed how relatively few people are wearing poppies this year. On asking, one told me he couldn't find a poppy seller while another said he was nervous being seen in London with one due to the demonstrations.
A spokesman said: 'We have thousands of brilliant individuals who volunteer to collect donations for the Poppy Appeal each year, across cities, towns, villages and communities. We are reliant on the generous time these volunteers offer and we arrange Poppy Appeal collections as widely as possible but cannot provide volunteer cover at all locations throughout the whole appeal.
David Poynter said hundreds of people had stopped to buy a poppy - with no sign of the abuse suffered by other sellers in the run up to Armistice Day
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