The best-wing protesters who marched on Saturday describe themselves as “patriots”, and say Britain is underneath risk from migrants and Islamification. Their critics, together with most lawmakers, say their quantity contains racists, far-right supporters and soccer hooligans bent on violence.
Yaxley-Lennon, who was accused by some media and politicians of inflaming tensions which led to the July riots, was not current on the march as he’s being held in police custody forward of a contempt of courtroom case to be heard on Monday.
On Friday, he was additionally charged underneath terrorism legal guidelines with failing to supply his cell phone PIN code when he left Britain in July.
Saturday’s protests got here as official figures confirmed the variety of asylum seekers crossing the Channel this 12 months from Europe in small boats – a difficulty that has angered many in Britain – had hit 29,578, greater than for the entire of 2023.
