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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn and Chris Osuh

Far-right activists barred from UK before Tommy Robinson rally

Mounted police officers on grey horses face protesters with union jacks amid pink smoke and debris on a wet street
A Unite the Kingdom rally on 13 September. Live facial recognition will be used on Saturday for the first time as part of a protest policing operation. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/EPA

Eleven foreign far-right activists have been blocked from entering the UK before a rally by Tommy Robinson supporters as Keir Starmer accused Robinson of “peddling hatred and division”.

The archbishop of Canterbury urged people to “choose hope” and faith leaders spoke out before the rally on Saturday, the second of its kind, after more than 100,000 attended one last year.

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