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Police and organisers have warned that those who attend the May Day Monopoly event's Gay Pride are likely to run into violence.

The annual Gay Pride march has been arranged to coincide with the event. The event is being organised by "like-minded''individuals but there is no central co-ordinator.

Organisers say the event is for anarchists and anti-capitalists who are gay and also to highlight the issues that gay people face under capitalism, reports British news site, Ananova.

While the exact route of the march on May 1st has not been disclosed or the number of people expected to take part, the "main focus" will be at Oxford Circus at 4pm.

According to Ananova, a spokesman for Class War, one of the groups who will be present during the demonstrations said: "It is perfectly acceptable to damage the property of oppressors. I don't think there's anything wrong with that whatsoever."

A representative of the May Day Monopoly, known as Jeffrey, told gay website Rainbow Network: "Nobody in the collective wants to organise violence," but added, "We have no control over what happens on the day. Everybody is responsible for orchestrating their own action."

However, Metropolitan Commissioner Sir John Stevens warned that violent protestors would be arrested. "If that's the way they want to play it they will be arrested and taken before the courts. They've got to understand that they will not be able to get away with that activity and they are one of two or three organisations who are hell-bent on causing injury and mayhem."

He added that it was necessary to deploy a high number of heavily armed police officers on London's streets on Tuesday.

While London Mayor Ken Livingstone has urged people not to take part in the demonstrations. the city will not take any chances. All police leave has been cancelled and about 5,000 officers from the Met, City of London and British Transport Police will be deployed.

Last year's 10 hours of mayhem caused the city more than �500,000 of damage.