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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Pidd

I left the Tommy Robinson rally with the worrying realisation: this movement is only going to get bigger

Protesters gather for the ‘unite the kingdom’ rally in London, 13 September 2025.
Protesters gather for the ‘unite the kingdom’ rally in London, 13 September 2025. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Determined to get a good spot on Whitehall, the woman from Liverpool had woken her nieces at 3am to travel to London. Her dedication paid off. By the time the march reached her on Saturday afternoon, she was sitting on a wall outside Downing Street, the little girls in camping chairs at her feet, engrossed in their iPads.

She had unfurled two banners. One said “Keir Starmer is a wanker” and the other read: “We’re not far right, we are England’s mothers and we will not stay silent. Stop the rape of our children, mothers across Britain are taking a stand.”

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