Sentences with phrase «sympathisers flocked»

This seems to have been sparked by the row about whether the party's leader, Natalie Bennett, should be allowed to take part in a televised leaders» debate in the election campaign; following initial proposals (later withdrawn) by the broadcasters which would have included the United Kingdom Independence party's Nigel Farage but excluded Bennett, a rush of sympathisers flocked to join the Greens.

This week 45,000 Catalans and their sympathisers flocked to the rainy streets of Brussels to greet their deposed former president Carles Puigdemont and take their fight to the capital of Europe.