UK far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson holds London rally | International

LONDON, Sept 13, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - About 1,000 police will be deployed in London on Saturday to control rival demonstrations, one called by far-right activist Tommy Robinson and a counter-protest by anti-racism campaigners. Robinson is calling his gathering "the UK's biggest free speech festival", but organisers of the Stand Up to Racism rally have dubbed it "Robinson's festival of hate". London police say some officers have been drafted in from other forces to keep the two rallies apart. The force has also placed conditions on the routes and timings of the protests, insisting that they both end by the evening. Robinson has been organising his latest "Unite the Kingdom" event for months, as he increasingly fuses his vehemently anti-Islam, anti-immigration...