Overview

• Scotland Yard put attendance near 110,000, far below organisers’ claims of more than a million, with about 5,000 at an antiracist counter‑protest.
• The Metropolitan Police deployed roughly 1,000 officers plus reinforcements, reported projectiles and assaults on officers, and later confirmed 25 arrests with inquiries continuing.
• Officials reported more than twenty police injuries during clashes near Whitehall, including from bottles and flares thrown at lines holding back rival groups.
• International figures featured prominently, with Éric Zemmour and Steve Bannon in London and Elon Musk addressing the crowd by video with calls to dissolve Parliament.
• Though branded a freedom‑of‑expression rally, coverage and on‑the‑ground accounts highlighted anti‑immigration slogans, tributes to Charlie Kirk, and calls for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign.