Protestors numbering up to 150,000 took to the streets, bridges, highways, and byways of Greater London on Saturday, September 13, for a rally called “Unite the Kingdom.”
A much smaller crowd of about 5,000 marched in a counter-protest that they called “Stand Up to Racism.” (Doesn’t this sound all too familiar to Demofiend tactics and rhetoric here in the Good Ol’ U.S. of A.?)
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The anti-immigration protest was spurred on by activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson. The protestors also raised signs hailing Charlie Kirk.
Elon Musk, via video link, participated in a Q&A with organizer Robinson.
He told the crowd: “I think there’s something beautiful about being British, and what I see happening here is a destruction of Britain, initially a slow erosion but rapidly increasing erosion of Britain with massive uncontrolled migration.
“A failure by the Government to protect innocent people, including children who are getting gang-raped. It’s unreal the government has failed in its duty to protect its citizens, which is a fundamental duty of government.”
Musk continued: “I really think that there’s got to be a change of government in Britain. You can’t – we don’t have another four years, or whenever the next election is, it’s too long.
“Something’s got to be done. There’s got to be a dissolution of parliament and a new vote held.”
During the rally, some “Unite the Kingdom” protestors hurled bottles and rocks, and 25 arrests were made by police (which seems a rather small percentage of everyone involved). No doubt local telecasts focused on the bottle-throwers and the arrests by police.
Robinson spoke to the crowd and claimed that U.K. courts had decided that the rights of undocumented migrants superseded those of the “local community.”
Robinson, 41, has been an activist in the anti-immigration, free-speech crusade and has spoken out repeatedly against the BBC for what he claims are the media company’s biases. In 2009, he founded the English Defence League, but he left the organization in 2013 because its actions became increasingly violent.
President Donald Trump is set to be a guest of the British Royals on Tuesday and Wednesday. Who knows if protests will continue or re-emerge during his visit, whether related to Trump’s presence or not?