David Kurten, a former UK Independence Party member turned social conservative, has been a member of the London Assembly since 2016. YouTube deleted a video of Kurten speaking at a Freedom Rally in London, in which he empowered listeners to say "no to the new normal!" and criticized the erosion of civil liberties brought on by the pandemic. Kurten criticized justification for continued lockdowns, mask orders, destruction of small businesses, do not resuscitate orders, and the 'Rule of 6' in his speech.