some 110,000 people gather in the capital.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Metropolitan Police have deployed some 1,600 officers in the city and formed a ‘sterile zone’ between Robinson’s nationalist protestors and counter-protests from Stand Up To Racism.<\/p>\n
The separate marches were located on opposite sides of the Thames but converged on Whitehall, close to Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament.<\/p>\n
Reports from PA described a tense scene as opposing protestors ‘stared each other down’ just metres apart.<\/p>\n
It is at this sterile zone, manned by police with riot shields, that scuffles have broken out, with a ‘number of officers assaulted’ and projectiles thrown, according to the force.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, the Met Police wrote: “A crowd of \u2018Unite the Kingdom\u2019 protesters attempted to enter the sterile area on Whitehall that is place to keep the two protests apart.<\/p>\n
“Officers were attacked with projectiles and have had to use force to avoid their cordon being breached.”<\/p>\n
After acknowledging a ‘very large turnout’ for the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally, they added in a later post: “Officers are having to intervene in multiple locations to stop Unite the Kingdom protesters trying to access sterile areas, breach police cordons or get to opposing groups.<\/p>\n
“A number of officers have been assaulted.”<\/p>\n
Attendees of Robinson’s rally far outnumber the group of counter-protestors, estimated to be around 5,000.<\/p>\n
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The ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally (Image: PA)<\/p>\n
Westminster Bridge and Whitehall are closed and police have asked counter-protestors to stay put on Whitehall as ‘Unite the Kingdom’ supporters have gathered on adjacent roads, PA reported.<\/p>\n
Both protests have featured speakers to address the crowds. Independent MP Diane Abbott told counter-protestors the event showed ‘fascists cannot walk the streets of London unopposed’.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Robinson’s rally featured a number of right-wing commentators including Katie Hopkins and Laurence Fox.<\/p>\n
“We understand peoples frustrations at not being able to get near the stage or the PA system,” Robinson wrote on X.<\/p>\n
“We are asking all of you, everyone who is understandably frustrated, to please remain calm and peaceful. Let’s keep things safe and civil.”<\/p>\n
Before the march, Robinson urged his supporters not to drink alcohol or wear face coverings, and cautioned against aggressive behaviour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robinson urged his supporters to ‘keep things safe and civil’Protesters clash with Police officers during the “Unite The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,2465,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-421643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115198219268541326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Protesters clash with Police officers during the “Unite The Kingdom” rally in Westminster(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n