A reported 110,000 people, and probably many more, poured into central London on Saturday, September 13, for the “Unite the Kingdom” demonstration. It was the largest far-right rally in British history.
For years, the fascist activist Stephen Lennon — Tommy Robinson to his fans — has tried to build a street-fighting right. But his apotheosis was billed as “family-friendly,” a free “concert,” a “festival” with six big screens up and down Whitehall (adjacent to Downing Street). It featured guest speakers like pundit Katie Hopkins, actor Laurence Fox, Brian Tamaki of New Zealand’s fundamentalist Destiny Church, Ezra Levant of the Rebel Media, French far-right politician Éric Zemmour, Dutch activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek, Texas congressional candidate Valentina Gomez — and, via video link, tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Anyone not addicted to apocalyptic racism would normally take the stairs to avoid being stuck in an elevator with such people. Yet for hours, the crowd cheered and sighed as speaker after speaker called for “remigration,” exhorting the crowd to “send them back.” Tamaki called for mosques, shrines, and non-Christian religions to be banned. Gomez urged the English to “fight for your nation” rather than “let these rapist Muslims and corrupt politicians take over.” Zemmour invoked “great replacement” theory and warned that “we are being colonized by our former colonies.” Vlaardingerbroek claimed that England was a tyranny because those who speak out “run the risk of getting thrown in jail for longer than the immigrant who has raped your daughter.” Musk, interviewed by Robinson, told the crowd that the Left was coming to kill them, that Keir Starmer had betrayed his people, and that…
Auteur: Richard Seymour
