{"id":39057,"date":"2026-05-17T11:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/39057\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:32:08","slug":"dozens-arrested-at-tommy-robinson-march-in-london-elon-musk-calls-britain-prison-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/39057\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens arrested at Tommy Robinson march in London; Elon Musk calls Britain \u2018prison island\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tommy-robinson-march-in-london.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens arrested at Tommy Robinson march in London; Elon Musk calls Britain \u2018prison island\u2019\" title=\"Tommy Robinson march in London\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Tommy Robinson march in London London witnessed one of its largest security operations in recent years as tens of thousands gathered for far-right activist Tommy Robinson\u2019s \u201cUnite the Kingdom\u201d march alongside a massive pro-Palestine Nakba Day rally.The demonstrations prompted a \u00a34.5 million policing operation amid fears of violent clashes between rival groups.According to The Independent, Metropolitan Police said at least 43 people were arrested across both events for a \u201cvariety of offences\u201d, though authorities said the demonstrations were \u201clargely without significant incident\u201d.Police also said several additional hate-crime allegations connected to the pro-Palestine protest remain under investigation.More than 4,000 officers, backed by 660 personnel drafted in from forces outside London, were deployed across the capital.Police horses, dogs, drones, helicopters and armoured vehicles were also used as authorities prepared for what officials described as an \u201cunprecedented\u201d security challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk calls UK a \u2018prison island\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the events, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk reignited his criticism of Britain\u2019s government and free speech laws.Posting on X in response to Robinson, Musk wrote: \u201cThe thousands of British people imprisoned merely for social media posts or speaking their mind need to be released!\u201d\u201cNo more prison island!!\u201d he added.Responding to Musk\u2019s remarks, Robinson wrote: \u201cThank you as always Elon for saving free speech, giving the world an actual 360\u00b0 view of everything. Without X, none of this would be possible. We WILL Unite The Kingdom and the West. The future belongs to patriots.\u201dMusk has repeatedly criticised the UK government\u2019s handling of immigration and free speech issues, previously claiming Britain risks becoming George Orwell\u2019s \u201cworst nightmare\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Union flags, anti-Starmer chants dominate Robinson rally<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of Robinson marched through central London waving Union flags and chanting slogans including \u201cWe want Starmer out\u201d and \u201cTommy, Tommy, Tommy Robinson\u201d.Several demonstrators wore red \u201cMake England Great Again\u201d caps, while others carried wooden crosses and shouted \u201cChrist is king\u201d.Addressing supporters from a stage in Parliament Square, Robinson requested followers to become politically active ahead of the next UK general election due in 2029.\u201cAre you ready for the battle of Britain?\u201d he asked the crowd. \u201cIf we don\u2019t send a message in our next election&#8230; we are going to lose our country forever.\u201dThe event also featured speeches by media personality Katie Hopkins, former TV presenter Ant Middleton, actor-turned-activist Laurence Fox and ex-Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy Robinson march in London London witnessed one of its largest security operations in recent years as tens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[1361,20023,27,5662,5660,20022],"class_list":["post-39057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-elon-musk","tag-far-right-demonstrations","tag-london","tag-london-protests","tag-pro-palestine-rally","tag-tommy-robinson-march"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116589700292461717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39057","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=39057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}