Overview

• Met Police estimated about 110,000 people took part in the 'Unite the Kingdom' rally led by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, moving from south London toward Whitehall.
• Roughly 5,000 counterprotesters rallied in Russell Square for an antiracism and pro–asylum seekers march organized by Stand Up To Racism.
• The Met deployed around 1,600 officers and installed barriers through central London to separate the opposing crowds and maintain public order.
• Police said several officers were assaulted as some participants tried to breach cordons, with bottles and flares reported thrown, and nine arrests made.
• Protesters targeted small-boat Channel crossings and the use of hotels to house asylum seekers, and participants paid tribute to the slain U.S. activist Charlie Kirk as foreign right-wing figures such as Éric Zemmour and Petr Bystron were billed to speak.