On Armistice Day 2023, a pro-Palestine march was held in London for the fifth time since the beginning of the Israel-Palestine war. As well as demonstrators looking to join the protest, around 2,000 far-right activists and football hooligans descended on London too. Their goal, as members of the UK far right put it, was to “defend”“ the Cenotaph from the pro-Palestine marchers.
Among their number were the former leader of the English Defence League, Tommy Robinson, along with members of both Turning Point UK (the British offshoot of the eponymous US organisation, that aims to promote right-wing politics in UK education) and the British Movement group.
Groups of fans from Chelsea, West Ham and other football clubs joined too. These counter-protesters rallied at Victoria, Westminster and Embankment stations before the march set off.
