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Market13 Sep 2026

Does Portsmouth see a third weekend protest with arrests by 21 Sep?

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Resolved: NO

No arrest at a Portsmouth protest on 19 or 20 September 2026 was reported by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, BBC News or the Guardian by 21 September. The charge reported by the BBC on 21 September relates to the 6 September protest.

Resolved 21 Sep 2026
How this resolves

The market resolves on Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary statements at hampshire.police.uk, published on the day: YES if the force reports at least one arrest at an anti-immigration protest or its counter-protest in Portsmouth on 19 or 20 September 2026; a protest with no arrest, or arrests made on those days for the 6 or 12 September events alone, resolves NO. If the force has not published, BBC News and the Guardian settle it, and silence on all three by 23:59 BST on 21 September resolves NO.

The pattern behind it

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Two of the three protest series that came back for a second weekend went on to a third with arrests or disorder: Epping and Canary Wharf in August 2025. Knowsley in February 2023 did not. Three cases, one short of the four rule.

We looked for anti-immigration protests in Britain since 2023 where the same town saw protests on two weekends in a row, and the first weekend had arrests or disorder reported by police. Then we checked news reports of the weekend after, looking for a protest in the same place with arrests or disorder. We found three such cases, one fewer than the four our method asks for, so the record is thin.