LIVE BLOGGING: #P6 Protest

<p>Welcome to TheGayUK live blog - keeping you up-to-date on the events happening around the world.</p> <p>by TheGayUK Team | 5th Feb 2014</p><p></p><p>7:25PM Protest ends</p><p></p><p>7:20PM: A Petition has been delievered to the head of communications of McDonalds</p><p></p><p>7:12PM: Marc Almond has given his full support for the March today</p><p></p><p>7:00PM Read highlights from our last <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/LIVE-BLOGGING-Russia-Protest-In-London/6315095">Live Blogging from the Protest in 2013</a></p><p></p><p>6:59PM: Paul O'Grady has spoken to the gathered crowd</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4605411079.jpg" width="460" height="345" alt="Picture: Sarah Graham Via Twitter" title="Picture: Sarah Graham Via Twitter"/></p> <p></p><p>6:54PM: Interested to know what readers of TheGayUK think of Sochi Olympic Sponsors? <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/The-Real-Cost-Of-Sponsoring-The-Sochi-Winter-Olympics/7455871">Find out here</a></p><p></p><p>6:52PM: @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheGregMitchell">TheGregMitchell</a> reports- that its not too cold... but the mood is positive. PA System keep breaking down - so hard to hear the speakers</p><p></p><p>6:49PM: Stephen M Hornby Playwright. Artistic Director of VADA LGBTQ Community Theatre. Reviewer for @publicreviews is at the Protests in London</p><p></p><p>6:43PM Peter Tatchell Speaks to the gathered crowd</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4605410297.jpg" width="459" height="339" alt="(Picture via RosyMires Twitter)" title="(Picture via RosyMires Twitter)"/></p> <p></p><p>6:31PM Our correspondent on the ground @<a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/TheGregMitchell">TheGregMitchell</a> has arrived in Whitehall</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4605409710.jpg" width="460" height="613" alt="TheGregMitchell | Twitter" title="TheGregMitchell | Twitter"/></p> <p></p><p>6:30PM Dinojoz has instagrammed <a href="http://instagram.com/p/kC2NaSLxwK/">this picture</a> of protesters in Bologna </p><p></p><p>6:23PM Ben James, BBC Journalist for BBCWorld Have Your Say is on the scene with Protesters in London</p><p></p><p>6:19PM Twitter User <a href="http://www.twitter.com/robd977">@robd977</a> Tweets a picture of Peter Tatchell and supporters in London this evening. Braving the incredibily windy weather! </p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4605408990.jpg" width="460" height="613" alt="@robd977 | Twitter" title="@robd977 | Twitter"/></p> <p></p><p>6:13PM - Maggie O'Brien @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maggiobern">Maggiobern</a> tweets a picture from scene at Downing Street</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4605408605.jpg" width="460" height="259" alt="@Maggiobern Twitter" title="@Maggiobern Twitter"/></p> <p></p><p>6:12PM - Don't forget tonight Channel 4 are broadcasting a Dispatches which takes a look at Gay Hunting Season in Russia</p><p></p><p>6:09PM Twitter user Jim Herrmann ‏@JimHerrmann1 Tweets: There is no place in sports - competition, judging, administration, leadership or fandom - for discrimination of any kind. #P6 #Athleteally </p><p></p><p>6:08PM Many people suffering with the #Tube Strikes in London. Finding it hard to get to the protest? Let us know by tweeting us.</p><p></p><p>6:02PM - Need help getting to the #Sochi #Protest in London? Use our info service: <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/GayProtestInfo">http://www.thegayuk.com/GayProtestInfo</a> Want this info on an app? Download for free </p><p></p><p>-Press refresh-</p><p></p><p>6:00PM On a windy and blustery night and during a 48 hour tube stike, London hosts a #P6 Protest outside 10 Downing Street. Speakers include: Paul O'Grady and Peter Tatchell</p><p></p><p>Got a tip? Call 020 8351 3173 or tweet us <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheGayUK">@TheGayUK</a></p><p></p><p>We are taking pictures in the public domain and from Twitter and crediting where possible. If your picture is used and you wish us to remove it please email: newsdesk@thegayuk.com </p><p> </p>