Football hooligans and anti-lockdown protesters are among the 'thousands' of Tommy Robinson supporters to descend on central London today calling for the resignation of Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley.
While Robinson, who professes to be a journalist, said the event was about 'celebrating...our culture and values', videos shared online by sources supportive of the event suggested those present were chanting Islamophobic slogans. Protester with a small England flag sticker on his forehead joins the crowd as it marches through the capitalMembers of the public gather in Whitehall to protest against Tommy Robinson and The English Defence LeagueAt Parliament Square, Robinson took to the stage where he was applauded and cheered by supporters.
He said: 'We have real problems, none of the mainstream parties are going to solve these problems we are going to have to do it ourselves. Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon, set off from Victoria around 1pm with a large group toting Union and England. Officers said that they had arrested 'a number' of protesters from activist group Youth Demand, who breached conditions not to leave the pavement.
Decked out in Stone Island, the 41-year-old was joined by actor Laurence Fox who told the crowd: 'I am proud to be British. The most important freedom of all is the freedom to speak our minds. We must protect our right to speak above all other rights.''British lives with British values matter too', he said.A woman then sang a version of Emeli Sande's Read All About It, which afterwards Robinson said: 'That's beautiful, mate.
'While we are grateful to the main organiser of the protest for comments he has made publicly discouraging violence on Saturday, we do have concerns about the number of those believed to be attending who have links to football disorder.
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