Watch demonstrators clash with police in London anti-austerity protest

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Blathnaid Healy
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LONDON -- New footage captured Wednesday shows the tense scenes between protesters and police in London on the opening day of parliament in Westminster.

"David Cameron has got to go," protesters chanted as they walked through the streets of London on the same day as the Queen's Speech, which officially opened the new Conservative-led parliament.

Protesters angry at the new government's austerity measures put on masks and carried signs as they demonstrated against the cuts.

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