Protesters be an anti-immigration rally organized by British anti-immigration activistic Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, besides known arsenic Tommy Robinson, successful London connected Sept. 13, 2025.
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Thousands of demonstrators packed London streets for respective blocks Saturday for a march organized by far-right activistic Tommy Robinson.
The "Unite the Kingdom" rally got underway arsenic overmuch smaller numbers of counterprotesters, organized by the Stand Up To Racism group, were gathered nether the banner of the "March Against Fascism."
More than 1,000 constabulary officers were connected work to patrol the dueling demonstrations and determination was a buffer portion to support the 2 from engaging with each different adjacent the halls of government.
Robinson, whose existent sanction is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and is known for his nationalist and anti-migrant views, billed the march arsenic a objection for escaped speech, and besides said it was successful defence of British practice and culture.
The marches travel astatine a clip erstwhile the U.K. has been riven by statement implicit migrants crossing the English Channel successful overcrowded inflatable boats to get connected enactment without authorization.
Numerous anti-migrant protests were held this summertime extracurricular hotels lodging asylum-seekers pursuing the apprehension of an Ethiopian antheral who was aboriginal convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old miss successful a London suburb. Some of those protests became convulsive and led to arrests.
Participants successful the "Unite the Kingdom" march carried the St. George's red-and-white emblem of England and the national jack, the authorities emblem of the United Kingdom, and chanted "we privation our state back." U.K. flags person proliferated this summertime crossed the U.K. — astatine events and connected colony lampposts — successful what immoderate person said is simply a amusement of nationalist pridefulness and others said reflects a tilt toward nationalism.
Some Robinson supporters held signs saying "stop the boats," "send them home," and "enough is enough, prevention our children."
Members of the run radical Stand Up to Racism show against a rally organized by the British anti-immigration activistic Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, besides known arsenic Tommy Robinson, successful London connected Sept. 13, 2025.
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At the counterprotest, the assemblage held signs saying "refugees welcome" and "smash the acold right," and shouted "stand up, combat back."
Robinson supporters chanted crude refrains astir U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and besides shouted messages of enactment for slain U.S. blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk.
One demonstrator held a motion saying: "Freedom of code is dead. RIP Charlie Kirk."
Robinson had planned a "Unite the Kingdom" rally past October, but couldn't be aft being jailed for contempt of tribunal for violating a 2021 High Court bid barring him from repeating libelous allegations against a Syrian exile who successfully sued him. He antecedently served jailhouse clip for battle and owe fraud.
Robinson founded the nationalist and anti-Islamist English Defence League and is 1 of the astir influential far-right figures successful Britain. He urged followers not to deterioration masks, portion booze oregon get violent.
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