Supporters of far-right British figure rally as anti-racism demonstrators mount counter-protest

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Supporters of Tommy Robinson, the founder of the far-right English Defence League, held a protest march in London on Saturday under the motto of ‘Uniting the Kingdom’.

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00:00Thousands of supporters of jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson marched through London

00:07as anti-racism demonstrators mounted a nearby counter-protest.

00:11The so-called Unite the Kingdom march, planned by Robinson and supposed to feature him as

00:16Speaker, led to calls for his freedom, after his arrest Friday on a warrant for contempt

00:21of court.

00:22The march was countered by thousands of people organised by the group Stand Up to Racism,

00:27who held signs saying Refugees Welcome and opposed Tommy Robinson.

00:32Robinson is the founder of the Nationalist and Anti-Islamist English Defence League and

00:36remains one of the most influential far-right figures in Britain.

00:40He has been blamed for stirring up protests that turned into a week of violent disorder

00:44across England and the north of Ireland after social media users falsely identified the

00:49suspect in a stabbing rampage that killed three young girls in the seaside community

00:54of Southport as an immigrant and a Muslim.

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