Some in Whitehall were aggressive, some openly racist – but more still felt this far-right gathering was the only place they could be heardOn the ground with Tommy Robinson’s new supporters – podcastDetermined to get a good spot on Whitehall, the woman from Liverpool had woken her nieces at 3am to travel to London. Her dedication paid off. By the time the march reached her on Saturday afternoon, she was sitting on a wall outside Downing Street, the little girls in camping chairs at her feet, engrossed in their iPads.She had unfurled two banners. One said “Keir Starmer is a wanker” and the other read: “We’re not far right, we are England’s mothers and we will not stay silent. Stop the rape of our children, mothers across Britain are taking a stand.”Helen Pidd is a presenter of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s award-winning daily podcast Continue reading...