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The beeb with those massive underestimates again. It was 1 million.
The BBC was quoting Met Police figures. The 300,000 figure was also quoted by AP, Reuters and Al Jazera. The Organisers apparently put it at 800,000. Not sure where you are getting a million from.
Rounding error?
Yeah and the freedom convoy in Canada was 2 millions if you were to listen to the morons that were there.
Truth is it's pretty much impossible to have a precise number past a certain point and the people inside are probably the worst people to ask.
1 million would be 1.5% of the country's population or 11% of London's population, I'm sorry but I doubt that.