9 h. ago Holly Valance praises Tommy Robinson's 'redemption' as she marches at anti

The former Neighbours star, 42, posed with the far-right activist at the Unite the Kingdom rally in London and called the left ‘immoral and weak’

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12 h. ago Holly Valance poses with Tommy Robinson as she praises 'Unite the Kingdom' anti

Ex-Neighbours star Holly Valance was photographed with her arm around former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson at the 'Unite the Kingdom' rally in London on Saturday.

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31 h. ago What I saw at Saturday’s rally was racism, pure and simple. Labour won’t tackle it until we can call it what it is | Diane Abbott

Silence about the bigotry inherent in events like Tommy Robinson’s march will be seen by the thugs as tacit approval of their messageI have been on a great many political marches in my time. But Saturday’s rally, facing up to Tommy Robinson’s 110,000-strong “unite the kingdom” march in London, was the only one where I actually felt threatened.I was on the anti-racist counter march and we were outnumbered 20 to one. This was startling: on anti-racist marches, we usually easily outnumber the racists. The march organised by Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was billed as “a free speech rally”, but free speech in this case seemed to mean people saying anything they wanted about only one subject: immigration.Diane Abbott has been the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters sectio...

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34 h. ago UK PM Starmer says people have a right to 'peaceful protest' after anti

UK PM Starmer says people have a right to 'peaceful protest' after anti-migrant march  Reuters

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51 h. ago Police officers assaulted in clashes on London streets, as 110,000 march in anti

Police officers assaulted in clashes on London streets, as 110,000 march in anti-immigration protest  MSN

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53 h. ago Tommy Robinson supporters call for Sir Keir Starmer to be killed during huge anti

In an interview with ex-Tory councillor William Coleshill, one protester said: 'Keir Starmer needs to be assassinated, someone needs to shoot Keir Starmer.'

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54 h. ago Most shocking moments from Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' rally

The far right march descended into violence with police and anti-racism protesters attacked in London’s streets

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54 h. ago Controversial adult star says 'get them out' in tiny bikini as she joins London protests

It is unclear what exactly Lana Wolf wanted to 'get out' as she marched alongside 110,000 anti-immigration protesters gathered in central London to listen to Tommy Robinson speak

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56 h. ago Tommy Robinson protesters hurl missiles at police before officers fight back and arrest nine as 110,000

The met announced it is to deploy some 1,600 officers as Robinson supporters and opposing anti-racism demonstrators, who are hosting a 'March Against Fascism' stage rival rallies.

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57 h. ago Tommy Robinson protesters hurl missiles at police who fight back as 110,000

The met announced it is to deploy some 1,600 officers as Robinson supporters and opposing anti-racism demonstrators, who are hosting a 'March Against Fascism' stage rival rallies.

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63 h. ago London protests LIVE: Tommy Robinson supporters gather in Waterloo for march as thousands to join anti

Right-wing activist Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom protest will be countered by a Stand Up to Racism march on Whitehall

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65 h. ago London protests LIVE: Tommy Robinson march to begin in Waterloo as thousands to join anti

Right-wing activist Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom protest will be countered by a Stand Up to Racism march on Whitehall

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2 w. ago I never thought my race would be under scrutiny here. After the March for Australia protests, how do I feel safe? | Jafrin Kabir

As an immigrant woman of colour, every day I walk next to the same people who were chanting hate speech. The weekend’s rallies shows how far we still need to goWhen I moved to Australia more than five years ago, I experienced for the first time the pleasures and safety of being able to go on a night stroll by myself – something I had never done in my home country. Then as I heard the stories of violence against women, on the streets and homes across Australia (and the world), I realised that as a woman you don’t get to feel a sense of belonging in most places. I learned to accept that.On Sunday, as I walked the street outside my humble, one-bedroom, overly priced Melbourne apartment in broad daylight, I felt unsafe again. This time, not because of my gender but because of another part of my identity that I have control no over, nor did I ever think would be under scrutiny in this beautiful multicultural country: my race. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police officer ‘punched in face’ as four arrested at London anti

Met reports ‘small number’ of aggressive masked protesters at what began as peaceful demonstration at Canary Wharf A police officer was allegedly punched in the face and four people were arrested at an anti-immigration protest march in London on Sunday.The Metropolitan police said they had been facilitating a peaceful demonstration along Manchester Road and Westferry Road on the Isle of Dogs before “a small number of masked protesters then became aggressive towards members of the public and police”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I’m holding his political wake’: the trumpeter waiting to mark Bolsonaro’s judgment day

Brazil’s ex-president is expected to be convicted over failed coup – and Fabiano Leitão, who has provoked him for years, is readyWhen Jair Bolsonaro was Brazil’s far-right president, the guerrilla trumpeter Fabiano Leitão would stalk him around the capital, Brasília, to taunt him with renditions of the anti-fascist anthem Bella Ciao.In March, when Bolsonaro was charged with plotting a coup, Leitão changed his tune and began provoking the ex-president by serenading him with Chopin’s Funeral March. “It symbolises his political demise, which is what we want to see,” said the 46-year-old musician. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Protesters gather outside London asylum hotel where ‘masked men’ attempted to enter

Five people have been arrested in west London relating to disorder after two anti-asylum groups marched to the Crowne Plaza hotel in West Drayton on Saturday, 30 August.

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2 w. ago Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel

Two anti-asylum groups marched to Crowne Plaza before attempting to enter building at rear, Met police sayFive people have been arrested at a protest in London where a group of masked men attempted to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers on Saturday.At about noon, two anti-asylum groups marched to the Crowne Plaza in Stockley Road, west London, and a group of men in masks attempted to enter the building through the rear entrance and damaged security fences, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The case against Kilmar Ábrego García is a study in sadistic absurdity | Moira Donegan

In its allegations against the Maryland man, the Trump administration is claiming authority over reality itselfIn a way, you could think of the brief stint that Kilmar Ábrego García spent in a Tennessee jail after his return from a Salvadorian prison camp in June as a kind of protective custody. Ábrego, a Maryland resident who had never been charged with any crime either in the US or in his native El Salvador, became a symbol of the Trump administration’s ambitiously sadistic anti-immigration efforts when he was kidnapped by I agents in March and sent without due process to Cecot, a massive prison in El Salvador from which few detainees are ever released, as a result of what representatives for the Trump immigration authorities called an administrative error. Ábrego became a symbol for the several hundred men who had been deprived of their liberty and deported to the distant foreign prison without due process and in defiance of both American and international law.It was only after e...

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