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Over 100,000 attend London rally organized by far-right activist, clashes escape
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Over 100,000 attend London rally organized by far-right activist, clashes escape

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By Tycoon Herald 7 Min Read Published September 14, 2025
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A demonstrator stands on the top of the South Financial institution lion that sits on the facet of the Westminster Bridge, throughout a Tommy Robinson-led Unite the Kingdom march and rally in London, on Saturday.

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LONDON — A London march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson drew greater than 110,000 folks and have become unruly on Saturday as a small group of his supporters clashed with law enforcement officials who have been separating them from counterprotesters.

A number of officers have been punched, kicked and struck by bottles tossed by folks on the fringes of the “Unite the Kingdom” rally, Metropolitan Police stated. Reinforcements with helmets and riot shields have been deployed to help the 1,000-plus officers on obligation.

Twenty-six law enforcement officials have been injured — 4 who have been critically harm, together with damaged tooth and a concussion, a potential damaged nostril and a spinal damage. A minimum of 25 folks have been arrested for offenses together with violent dysfunction, assaults and legal harm, and the investigation continues, police stated.

“There is no doubt that many came to exercise their lawful right to protest, but there were many who came intent on violence,” Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist stated. “They confronted officers, engaging in physical and verbal abuse and making a determined effort to breach cordons in place to keep everyone safe.”

The rally drew an estimated crowd of between 110,000 and 150,000 folks, far surpassing expectations, police stated. The rival “March Against Fascism” protest organized by Stand Up To Racism had about 5,000 marchers.

Tommy Robinson speaks during the Unite the Kingdom march and rally near Westminster, London, on Saturday.

Tommy Robinson speaks in the course of the Unite the Kingdom march and rally close to Westminster, London, on Saturday.

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Anti-migrant theme

Robinson, whose actual title is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, based the nationalist and anti-Islam English Protection League and is without doubt one of the most influential far-right figures in Britain.

The march was billed as an illustration in help of free speech — with a lot of the rhetoric by influencers and a number of other far-right politicians from throughout Europe aimed largely on the perils of migration, an issue a lot of the continent is struggling to regulate.

“We are both subject to the same process of the great replacement of our European people by peoples coming from the south and of Muslim culture, you and we are being colonized by our former colonies,” far-right French politician Eric Zemmour stated.

Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO and proprietor of the X platform who has waded into British politics a number of occasions this yr, was beamed in by video and condemned the left-leaning U.Ok. authorities.

“There’s something beautiful about being British and what I see happening here is a destruction of Britain, initially a slow erosion, but rapidly increasing erosion of Britain with massive uncontrolled migration,” he stated.

Robinson instructed the group in a hoarse voice that migrants now had extra rights in court docket than the “British public, the people that built this nation.”

The marches come at a time when the U.Ok. has been divided by debate over migrants crossing the English Channel in overcrowded inflatable boats to reach on shore with out authorization.

Quite a few anti-migrant protests have been held this summer time exterior lodges housing asylum-seekers following the arrest of an Ethiopian man who was later convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old lady in a London suburb. A few of these protests grew to become violent and led to arrests.

Sea of flags

Members within the “Unite the Kingdom” march carried the St. George’s red-and-white flag of England and the union jack, the state flag of the UK, and chanted “we want our country back.”

U.Ok. flags have proliferated this summer time throughout the U.Ok. — at occasions and on village lampposts — in what some have stated is a present of nationwide satisfaction and others stated displays a tilt towards nationalism.

Supporters held indicators saying “stop the boats,” “send them home,” and “enough is enough, save our children.”

On the counterprotest, the group held indicators saying “refugees welcome” and “smash the far right,” and shouted “stand up, fight back.”

Robinson supporters chanted crude refrains about U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, chief of the center-left Labour Celebration and likewise shouted messages of help for slain U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

A number of audio system paid tribute to Kirk, who was remembered in a second of silence, adopted by a bagpiper taking part in “Amazing Grace.”

One demonstrator held an indication saying: “Freedom of speech is dead. RIP Charlie Kirk.”

Crowd coated blocks of London

The gang at one level stretched from Huge Ben throughout the River Thames and across the nook past Waterloo prepare station, a distance of about three-quarters of a mile (round a kilometer).

The marches had been principally peaceable, however towards the late afternoon, “Unite the Kingdom” supporters threw objects on the rival rally and tried to interrupt by means of limitations set as much as separate the teams, police stated. Officers had to make use of power to maintain a crowd-control fence from being breached.

Counterprotesters heckled a person with blood pouring down his face who was being escorted by police from the group of Robinson supporters. It wasn’t instantly clear what occurred to him.

Whereas the group was giant, it fell far wanting the one of many greatest latest marches when a pro-Palestinian rally drew an estimated 300,000 folks in November 2023.

Robinson had deliberate a “Unite the Kingdom” rally final October, however could not attend after being jailed for contempt of court docket for violating a 2021 Excessive Court docket order barring him from repeating libelous allegations towards a Syrian refugee who efficiently sued him. He beforehand served jail time for assault and mortgage fraud.

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