It was really the rarest and quite honestly scariest of scenes.
What kicked it off was UKIP, the right-wing UK Independence Party, announcing a planned march in Whitechapel, a borough in the Tower Hamlets. The party’s announcement proclaimed it as one in a series of events to “reclaim Whitechapel from the Islamists.”
London Metropolitan Police almost instantly caved, banning UKIP from marching. They cited a “realistic prospect for serious disorder.”
And who would cause that disorder? The Met wouldn’t say, but everybody knew.
“There’s no need for that we’re on the same side bruv.”
“No we’re not!”
A taste of what’s to come for the crank left useful idiots. pic.twitter.com/iJSIcfazDk
— Josh Howie (@joshxhowie) October 25, 2025
