Trafalgar Square<\/a>, Whitehall, Parliament Square.<\/p>\n![\"<p><\/p>\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Met-Police-UTK-route.jpeg\")
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The route of the Unite the Kingdom march<\/p>\n
Met Police<\/p>\n
Any speeches or music performed\/played as part of the Unite the Kingdom post-march assembly must end by 5.30pm.<\/p>\n
The Unite the Kingdom assembly must finish by 6pm.<\/p>\n
Organisers and speakers at the Unite the Kingdom assembly must ensure all content displayed and broadcast (including speeches, pre-recorded videos and imagery) does not include content likely to stir up racial or religious hatred.<\/p>\n
Nakba 78\/United Against Tommy Robinson and the Far Right protest <\/p>\n
People taking part in the Nakba 78\/United Against Tommy Robinson and the Far Right protest must remain in Exhibition Road until the march begins.<\/p>\n
Anyone participating in the Nakba 78\/United Against Tommy Robinson and the Far Right march must not deviate from the route shown on the map below which is Exhibition Road, Cromwell Gardens, Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, Piccadilly, Pall Mall.<\/p>\n
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The designated route for the Nakba Day march<\/p>\n
Met Police<\/p>\n
Any speeches or music performed\/played as part of the \u2018Nakba 78\/United Against Tommy Robinson and the Far Right\u2019 post-march assembly must finish by 5pm.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Nakba 78\/United Against Tommy Robinson and the Far Right\u2019 assembly must end by 5.30pm.<\/p>\n
Organisers and speakers at the \u2018Nakba 78\/United Against Tommy Robinson and the Far Right\u2019 post-march assembly must ensure all content displayed and broadcast (including speeches, pre-recorded videos and imagery) does not include content likely to stir up racial or religious hatred.<\/p>\n
How many people are expected?<\/p>\n
Around 50,000 people are expected by the Met to join the Unite the Kingdom protest, and some 30,000 the march to mark Nakba Day.<\/p>\n
What is the Met police\u2019s approach?<\/p>\n
Given the scale of the challenge to keep law and order with two marches on FA Cup Final day, the Met Police\u2019s plan involves \u201cthe most assertive possible use of powers including strict conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Officers from the Met Police Mounted Branch look toward protesters gathered in Trafalgar Square during the “Unite The Kingdom” rally last September <\/p>\n
Getty<\/p>\n
What police resources is Scotland Yard deploying?<\/p>\n
Specialist armed police units will be on standby and police helicopters and drones will watch the marches from the skies.<\/p>\n
Mounted police, dog teams, traffic units, large numbers of police with riot equipment, and detectives will be among the 4,000 officers on the streets.<\/p>\n
Football hooligans warning <\/p>\n
Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harman said: \u201cWe need to be mindful this Saturday of the history of football hooligan groups supporting causes fronted by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speakers who engage in antisemitic, anti-Muslim or other hate speech will face arrest, and organisers of the protests may also be prosecuted under powers being used by the Met for the first time.<\/p>\n
People who use chants such as \u201cDeath to the IDF\u201d or \u201cGlobalise the Intifada\u201d will face arrest, as will individuals who commit anti-Muslim hatred.<\/p>\n
Live facial recognition will be used for the first time as part of a public order operation but not on the march routes.<\/p>\n
Instead, it will be used at a location in the borough of Camden where suspected offenders, on a \u201cwatch list\u201d, may gather ahead of the United the Kingdom march.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Met Police is launching an unprecedented operation this weekend to stop violence and hate speech erupting in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[27,33,3697,1723],"class_list":{"0":"post-36100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-london","9":"tag-police","10":"tag-scotland-yard","11":"tag-tommy-robinson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116572450299419667","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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