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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Townsend

Far-right ‘defends’ the Cenotaph to the echo of home secretary’s words

A group of men standing at the side of a road in central London making aggressive gestures.
Counter-protesters taunt police as they arrive in London in numbers to disrupt a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

Never has the Cenotaph, in its 103 years of standing sentry on Whitehall, been “defended” on Armistice Day by a Port Vale fan supping a can of Stella Artois.

“I’m here in case the jihadists get past the police, who’ll probably just let them through anyway,” said Ben Neale, 22, from Tunstall, Staffordshire. “If they do come, they’ll soon wish they hadn’t.”

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