The #DayOfRage protest has been accused of hijacking Grenfell Tower for political means

The organisers behind the #DayOfRage protest in London have been accused of hijacking the grief surrounding the Grenfell Tower disaster to further their own political agenda.

The demonstration, which was started by the group Movement for Justice By Any Means Necessary (MFJ), is described as a day of action for the victims of the devastating inferno.

Hundreds of people have joined the march, aiming to ‘bring down the Government’.

In an incendiary Facebook post, the MFJ declared there was a ‘class war’ being waged by the Government on the working class, concluding: ‘There will be no peace until this Government is brought down.’

The far-left activists describe themselves as a ‘youth-led civil rights movement’ which fights for ‘justice, equality and respect’, according to its websites.

They have staged a string of anti-Government protests over recent years and in March led an event called: ‘Brexit is Racist.’

But a leading charity that is supporting the Grenfell Tower victims has distanced itself from the march, and slammed the movement as opportunistic.

In a statement, The Clement James centre said: ‘There has been a ‘Day of Rage’ announced for Wednesday, trying to bring London to a standstill.

‘We cannot emphasise enough how against this many of the affected residents we’ve spoken to are and they do not want their grief hijacked for any violent or destructive means.’

The protestors were seen outside Parliament earlier today as the Queen delivered her annual speech to the House of Lords. The protest is believed to have been peaceful so far.

As the march started, Karen Doyle from the Movement for Justice pleaded for unity.

She told the dozen or so protestors gathered: ‘We would never ask them (the Grenfell victims) to stand up here, we are not marching through the community, we are starting here in Shepherd’s Bush and marching to Parliament.

‘But there is an anger here in the wider community and across London and way across this country and this anger needs to be heard.’

Another man, who claimed to be from the Grenfell estate, begged the protestors to remain calm.

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He said: ‘I am begging you, please keep this peaceful, as the minute it turns into something else you have ruined it for the residents. If you are really here for justice and are really here for the residents of my community and the people who live in that tower block, you have got to keep it peaceful.’