WASHINGTON (TNND) — Over 60,000 people took to the streets of Central London over the weekend for a rally organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, known for his anti-migrant and anti-Islam rhetoric.
Called ‘Unite the Kingdom,’ the protestors marched against UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, primarily expressing anger over high immigration levels and economic hardship.
Britain is ready for the fight. People are up, we’re awake and we’re not going to backdown. We want our country back,” Robinson said in a video posted on ‘X.’
The goal of the march, in large part, is to protest mass immigration and demand a political shift in Great Britain. American independent journalist Nick Shirley was among those on the ground and spoke directly with protestors who said they’re being ignored by the government.
I’ve got a granddaughter and in 30 years’ time when she grows up, I want her to recognize the England I was born in and if we keep pouring into this country there’s going to be nothing left,” a protestor told Shirley.
Shirley also caught up with Robinson, who compared the protest to the 2024 presidential election in the United States.
We’re leading a revolution in Britain. You had your revolution for the election ballot box for (President) Donald Trump, we’re having ours now on the street,” Robinson said to Shirley.
Meanwhile, Starmer pushed back. In a social media video, he called the organizers “convicted thugs and racists, peddling hatred and division.”
Their goal is to convince people that Britain’s problems are caused by those living alongside them but that is not the Britain that I know,” Starmer said.
The march comes as Trump ally Nigel Farage and his populist party Reform UK pile intense political pressure on Starmer following historic gains in the May local elections. Fellow independent journalist and author Andy Ngo, who lives in London, told The National News Desk on Monday that many of the Reform’s key areas are very similar to those of MAGA.
In that mass immigration is a topic of discussion amongst the politicians as they campaign,” Ngo said.
Ngo added that he believes the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march, and the counter-pro-Palestinian march that happened the same day, represent the polarization building up in the UK. Especially considering how the Conservative and Labour parties have underperformed in recent elections.
And new emergent parties that are perhaps untested, some could argue radical, are performing very well,” said Ngo.
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CBS News reports that a fifth of all members from Starmer’s own Labour party have urged him to step down as calls for his resignation continue to grow. Four members of his own cabinet have also already resigned in an effort to force him to quit.
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