{"id":9898,"date":"2025-09-15T08:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/listing\/tens-of-thousands-march-in-london-in-largest-anti-immigration-protest-of-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:08:52","slug":"tens-of-thousands-march-in-london-in-largest-anti-immigration-protest-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"rtcl_listing","link":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/listing\/tens-of-thousands-march-in-london-in-largest-anti-immigration-protest-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands march in London in largest anti-immigration protest of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ex Guardian Journalist<\/strong><br \/><strong> Sun 14 Sep 2025 07.00 BST<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday in what police described as the largest anti-immigration protest of the year, as anger over Channel crossings, asylum housing and cultural identity erupted onto the streets. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cUnite the Kingdom\u201d rally, organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, drew a crowd estimated between 110,000 and 150,000. Protesters carried Union Jacks and St George\u2019s flags while chanting against the government\u2019s handling of migration. Some called for the resignation of the prime minister, while others invoked patriotism with cries of \u201cGod bless the United Kingdom.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Violence flared when groups of demonstrators clashed with officers after attempting to break away from the authorised route. The Metropolitan Police reported more than two dozen officers injured, four seriously, and at least 25 arrests. Bottles, flares and projectiles were thrown, forcing riot units to intervene. <\/p>\n<p>Behind the march lay a mix of grievances. Record small-boat crossings across the Channel have become a symbol of government failure, despite ministers\u2019 repeated promises to \u201cstop the boats.\u201d Councils say temporary asylum accommodation has strained housing, schooling and healthcare, fuelling resentment in already stretched communities. Organisers also framed the protest as a defence of national culture, warning of rapid demographic change \u2014 rhetoric critics said risked scapegoating minorities and deepening social division. <\/p>\n<p>Politicians across the spectrum condemned the violence, with ministers calling the attacks on police \u201cunacceptable.\u201d Opposition figures and anti-racism campaigners warned that normalising hardline rhetoric could embolden extremist groups. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s march, however, underscored a wider truth: public disillusionment with mainstream politics has created space for movements once confined to the fringes. For some, the rally was an act of patriotism; for others, a dangerous escalation of division. <\/p>\n<p><strong>A nation at a crossroads<br \/><\/strong> The protest will be remembered less for its exact numbers than for what it revealed: a country unsettled over questions of identity, borders and belonging. For some, the chants of \u201cGod bless the United Kingdom\u201d were a rallying cry of pride; for others, they sounded as a warning of exclusion. <\/p>\n<p>Whether this movement hardens into something more dangerous, or forces leaders to confront legitimate concerns with honesty and care, will shape not only the future of immigration policy but the story Britain tells about itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-9898","rtcl_listing","type-rtcl_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rtcl_category-influencers","rtcl_location-england","rtcl_location-exeter","rtcl_location-uk","listing-item","rtcl-listing-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rtcl_listing\/9898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rtcl_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rtcl_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rtcl_listing\/9898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9900,"href":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rtcl_listing\/9898\/revisions\/9900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketplace28.store\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}