British nationalist Tommy Robinson held his first ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally on September 25, 2025. Official figures place the number of people at a smidge over 100,000, but the aerial street views look like so much more.
The throngs were just stunning.
London is preparing for one of the largest and most complex policing operations in recent years as tens of thousands are expected to attend two major demonstrations taking place on the same day in the capital.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that live facial recognition (LFR) technology will be deployed at a rally organised by Tommy Robinson, but not at a nearby pro-Palestinian march marking Nakba Day, which commemorates Palestinian displacement and loss during the creation of Israel and the Arab-Israeli war in 1948. The decision has prompted criticism and fuelled claims of “two-tier policing” from political figures and commentators.
When Sir Christian Turner, a career diplomat, was made Britain’s new US ambassador after Lord Mandelson’s sacking, his priorities were clear. First, he was to act as a safe pair of hands, preserving what was left of the special relationship. Second, he was to dispel the notion that Britain had become a woke hellhole, where knife gangs and Islamists run amok, and where critics are locked up.
“I won’t shy from debate,” Turner vowed in his opening speech in February. “I will tell you why London is the safest city in the G7 – fact – why we’re not curtailing free speech – fact– and I want to hear how you see it too.”
Gary made sure he got to Whitehall early for the “unite the kingdom” (UTK) outdoor carol service in the run-up to Christmas. After about 150,000 people turned up for the last rally called by Tommy Robinson in September, the leader of the anti-migrant far-right movement, he wanted to be sure of a prime position.
He needn’t have worried. About 1,500 people – perhaps 1% of September’s turnout – came to Whitehall to sing carols and hear preachers in the twilight of a mid-December day. Robinson had publicly insisted the event was a non-political celebration of Christmas; maybe that deterred some of movement’s more ardent activists.
Crosses and flags were on display, but there was little overt talk – either from the preachers or people in the crowd – of Robinson’s favoured political themes. One did complain loudly that her grandchildren were “banned from celebrating Christmas” at school; another group of women handed out leaflets calling for communities to be “protected from illegal immigration”.
Tommy Robinson has had yet another day in court.
This time, he appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ on the 6th of November in order to answer a charge under Schedule 7 of the UK Terrorism Act 2000, no less. He had been stopped, in July 2024, at the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone. When asked by ports police—specialist counter-terrorism officers—to disclose his phone’s pin number, Robinson refused, claiming that journalistic material was stored on it. Under the Terrorism Act, this refusal is, in itself, an offence.
Was Tommy Robinson a victim of unfair policing?
Tommy Robinson’s acquittal this morning on a charge under the Terrorism Act 2000 is significant not just legally, but as a matter of principle. More than that, it poses thorny questions about border security.
Last year, the activist was stopped at the Channel Tunnel terminal in Folkestone under the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act. Alleging that Robinson was being evasive when questioned, carrying a large quantity of cash, and driving a car not registered under his name, officers ordered him to provide the PIN to his telephone. Robinson refused. This, the prosecution argued, constituted an offence under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act. The defence suggested it was an example of police overreach, and “a fishing expedition”. Former MP George Galloway was stopped by police at Gatwick last month under the same legislation after visiting Moscow.
British right-wing activist Tommy Robinson arrived in Israel on Wednesday and held a tour in southern Tel Aviv focused on the issue of illegal infiltration. The tour was led by Sheffi Paz, an activist with the “Front for the Liberation of South Tel Aviv,” together with Dudu Laniado, a Likud member of the Tel Aviv City Council, Israeli rapper Hatzel, Im Tirtzu activists, and others.
Diaspora Affairs Minister defends decision to invite British activist Tommy Robinson for an official visit to Israel, despite objections by British Jewish establishment.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews condemned comments by Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, who announced his intention to host right-wing activist Tommy Robinson in Israel later this month.
According to the Board, “Tommy Robinson is a bully representing the worst of Britain. His presence undermines the sincere efforts of those genuinely working to combat Islamic extremism and foster community cohesion.”
The ‘Board of Deputies of British Jews’ seems akin to the ADL suicidally left wing at heart.
I am not sure what allies the ‘Board’ expects to gain by ostracizing Tommy Robinson.
The ‘Board’s’ opposition is to my view dismissive of working class concerns regarding the toll population replacement scale migration has wrought on their lives.
Tommy has many well documented faults but he remains immensely popular especially among the white working class.
Condemning him will be perceived by many as identical to the ADL’s vicious smear of Charlie Kirk.
They best tread carefully or the silence will roar as never before.
“Tommy Robinson is a thug who represents the very worst of Britain. His presence undermines those genuinely working to tackle Islamist extremism and foster community cohesion. Minister Chikli has proven himself to be a Diaspora Minister in name only. In our darkest hour, he has… https://t.co/BswfB4mXZ6 pic.twitter.com/LZ1rkPFzOe
— Board of Deputies of British Jews (@BoardofDeputies) October 4, 2025
YESTERDAY’S Unite The Kingdom protest march and rally was a truly historic event – a people’s revolt led by their folk hero, Tommy Robinson, a 21st century Wat Tyler.
Watching him from the side of the stage, it was hard to believe that just months ago he was in solitary confinement, behind bars, having lost his appeal for release. Yet here he was, unbroken, made stronger by his ordeal, lucid and in command, addressing hundreds of thousands of people – possibly more than a million – who had arrived in central London from all corners of the country to hear him, plus many more watching online from home and from abroad.
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Someone in the media gets it…@TrevorPTweets pic.twitter.com/c3ut0Wwwgp
— Adam Brooks AKA EssexPR (@EssexPR) September 14, 2025
Tommy Robinson will not face charges over an alleged assault at St Pancras station last month.
The Crown Prosecution Service concluded that “there was not a realistic prospect of conviction”, according to the British Transport Police.
Police said that after an investigation, the victim of the attack “did not want to provide a statement”.
A family say their lives have been ruined after a video of a black man and his brother playing in the park with his white granddaughters was shared by Tommy Robinson and weaponised by the far right.
Olajuwon Ayeni, a musician from Redcar, North Yorkshire, has been racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile in the week since the family video was stolen from the TikTok account of his wife, Natalie, whom he married five years ago, and shared by extremists online.
Tommy Robinson has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm in an alleged assault at St Pancras station last month.
The activist, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was detained on arrival at Luton airport at 6.30pm on Monday, the British Transport Police said. Officers were made aware that Robinson had boarded an incoming flight from Faro, Portugal.
“As far as I am aware, he is on mainland Spain,” said Barry Armstrong, a convicted fraudster and longtime friend and benefactor of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson.
It was difficult to fit with what the staff at Robinson’s favourite breakfast place in Costa Adeje, in southern Tenerife, had said just that morning. “He was in here yesterday,” a member of the waiting staff said of Robinson.
Neither did it quite tally with Armstrong’s own Facebook postings. “Have you seen your mate we aren’t supposed to talk about on Facebook?” a friend asked of Armstrong. The response was a thumbs up emoji from the retired businessman from Newcastle.
TOMMY ROBINSON KNOCK OUT MAN WHO AGGRESSIVELY CONFRONTED HIM
– Tommy has a cut above his head as the man attacked him first
FAFO pic.twitter.com/hzuoBTqVsE
— Basil the Great (@Basil_TGMD) July 28, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
Police investigating an alleged assault of a man at a London train station are hunting for the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who is understood to have taken a flight out of Britain shortly after video was put online showing him near the injured man.
The video shows Robinson claiming the man had attacked him, and was filmed at London St Pancras station where he had been leafleting earlier in the day. Robinson is 42 and originally from Luton.
British Transport Police said they were called just after 8.40pm on Monday to reports of an assault. They said the injured man was in hospital “with serious injuries, which are not thought to be life-threatening”.
TOMMY ROBINSON KNOCK OUT MAN WHO AGGRESSIVELY CONFRONTED HIM
– Tommy has a cut above his head as the man attacked him first
FAFO pic.twitter.com/hzuoBTqVsE
— Basil the Great (@Basil_TGMD) July 28, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
