Overview
- Masked protesters dressed in black and wearing balaclavas marched in east London displaying Palestinian and Bangladeshi flags.
- The Metropolitan Police imposed Public Order Act conditions that curtailed UKIP’s planned demonstration, while a Stand Up To Racism gathering proceeded in Whitechapel.
- A speaker at the counter-protest said UKIP had targeted Islam and vowed to 'stand firm' in defending the local community.
- Reports described chants of 'Allahu akbar' and anti‑Zionist slogans, and a community member was said to have sold £5 balaclavas urging 'no face no case.'
- Nigel Farage denounced the scenes as intimidating and 'terrifying,' alleging calls to wipe out Jewish people, a claim reported as his characterization without independent verification.