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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n**An estimated half a million people gathered in London for ‘the biggest demonstration ever against the far right’, organisers said.**\n\nProtesters carrying placards saying ‘No to racism, no to Trump’, and ‘Refugees welcome’ marched through the capital to Whitehall amid a heavy police presence, with officers lining the streets.\n\nOrganisers said their estimates showed they had successfully outnumbered the Tommy Robinson-led Unite the Kingdom rally in London in September.\n\nThat demonstration – organised by right-wing activist Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – was attended by between 110,000 and 150,000 people, while about 5,000 were involved in an anti-racism counter-demonstration.\n\nThere were several incidents of violent disorder which left some police officers injured on that occasion, and the event was condemned at the time by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who said it had left people feeling ‘more scared than they were before’.\n\nOn Saturday, organisers said people had gathered for a ‘peaceful’ demonstration against ‘hatred and division and racism’.\n\nDemonstrators carry a figure depicting US President Donald Trump (Picture: Reuters)\n\nA person carries a placard as demonstators gather prior to a march against far-right extremism from Park Lane to Trafalgar Square (Picture: Reuters)\n\nPeople take part in a Together Alliance march through central London (Picture: PA)\n\nRally co-organiser Kevin Courtney, chairman of the coalition, told crowds gathered on Whitehall: ‘Our estimate is now that there are half a million people on this demonstration – the biggest demonstration ever against the far right.\n\n‘And it gives us all confidence to carry on. Thank you very much.’\n\nSpeakers included former Labour MP Diane Abbott, who now sits as an independent in Parliament.\n\nShe told a cheering crowd: ‘The turnout today is the largest anti-racist march that I have seen in my lifetime, and you should all be proud of yourselves for coming out in such numbers today.’\n\n##  Latest London news\n\n  * Warning over closure at major London train station during Easter\n  * 'I've banned kids from my pub - why should parents let them run riot unsupervised?'\n  * Two men arrested over 'arson attack' on Jewish ambulances released on bail\n\n\n\n_**To get the latest news from the capital, visit Metro's**  London news hub._\n\nSabby Dhalu, who is joint secretary of the Together Alliance and co-convenor of Stand Up To Racism, said the UK is seeing an ‘unprecedented growth’ in support for far-right organisations – but that she believed the size of attendance on Saturday had ‘intimidated the far right’ away from a counter-protest.\n\nSpeaking before the event, she said: ‘The Tommy Robinson-led Unite the Kingdom demonstration back in September 2025 was the biggest far-right mobilisation in British history.\n\n‘We believe that the majority of British people stand against the hatred and division and racism that was being encouraged at that demonstration and by these types of organisations, and it’s time to act.’\n\nOrganisers said their estimates showed they had successfully outnumbered the Tommy Robinson-led Unite the Kingdom rally (Picture: PA)\n\nAsked if she was concerned about potential counter-protests and disorder, Ms Dhalu said: ‘We’re confident that the size of our mobilisation here today has actually intimidated the far-right, and I think they feel that they are not confident enough to stand against us because they know that we’re going to be out in big numbers.’\n\nSinger Billy Bragg, who ahead of the march criticised US president Donald Trump as ‘a constant reminder of the cruel realities of the politics of division’, performed some protest songs onstage at Whitehall.\n\nHe said while concerns some have about migration might be justified, ‘their solutions are not justifiable in any way or sort’.\n\nHe added: ‘Re migration, the forced deportation of our fellow citizens, we’ve seen what that looks like in the United States of America.\n\n‘And if it does come to that in this country then we will have to be as courageous as the people of Minneapolis who stood in the streets to deny (deportations).’\n\nOrganisers estimated around 20,000 people were gathering in Trafalgar Square for a related event where musical performers include former Little Mix singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock.\n\nAn estimated thousand people joined to march together specifically against Christian nationalism.\n\nThe Bishop of Croydon, Rosemarie Mallett, told a church service ahead of the demonstration that she stood with ‘all people of goodwill who seek to build diverse and inclusive communities’ and she and other Christians are ‘committed to building bridges rather than barriers and to living out Jesus’s command to love our neighbours’.\n\nIn December, Robinson led another ‘Unite The Kingdom’ event in London, with a carol concert claiming to ‘put the Christ back into Christmas’.\n\nProtesters demonstrate during the ‘Together Against the Far Right’ protest in London (Picture: EPA)\n\nEarlier this year, a number of Church of England bishops voiced their rejection of ‘the use of Christian symbols’ by people trying to intimidate others, in the face of community anxiety about the flying of St George’s and Union flags.\n\nAs Saturday’s rally began, there were shouts from a group of around 10 counter protesters. One member of the group was carrying an Israeli flag.\n\nA separate march organised by the Palestine Coalition also took place and joined the route of the Together Alliance before the groups formed up for the rally on Whitehall.\n\nOfficers imposed public order conditions banning the joint rally from continuing after 5pm.\n\nDaniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) – speaking ahead of the Together demo, accused some of those in power of ‘using racism to feather their own nests’.\n\nHe said the ‘toxic climate that is taking place in society festers into schools’, where he said there has been ‘an increase in racist incidents, whether that’s directed towards teachers and support staff, or pupil-on-pupil, so it’s incredibly difficult at the moment’.\n\nMet Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Jon Savell said this will be a ‘busy weekend for our officers but we have detailed plans in place to ensure all groups protesting this weekend can do so lawfully and without causing serious disruption to other Londoners, businesses or visitors’.\n\nAs well as the mass demonstration, a number of protests against the Iranian regime – both static assemblies and marches – were taking place in the Westminster area on both Saturday and Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
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