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Police are searching for a man who called for Keir Starmer to be killed during Saturday\u2019s \u201cUnite the Kingdom\u201d rally in London, with further arrests expected in the coming days after outbreaks of violence.<\/p>\n
Between 110,000 and 150,000 were estimated by police to have attended the far-right event, organised by the activist known as Tommy Robinson, and which was described by a cabinet minister on Sunday as a \u201cklaxon call\u201d for the government.<\/p>\n
A total of 26 police officers were injured in clashes as projectiles were hurled, and the Metropolitan police confirmed on Sunday that 24 people were arrested for a range of offences including common assault and violent disorder.<\/p>\n
The force added that a post-event investigation was under way, with officers working to identify other people involved in disorder with a view to making further arrests.<\/p>\n
The oldest person arrested was 58, the youngest 19, and the average age of those arrested was 39. Three of those arrested at the protest were women.<\/p>\n
A man who said on camera that \u201cKeir Starmer needs to be assassinated\u201d and \u201csomeone needs to shoot Keir Starmer\u201d, and whose comments were published online, is among those being sought by police.<\/p>\n
A Met spokesperson said: \u201cWe\u2019re aware of a video circulating on social media from the \u2018Unite the Kingdom\u2019 protest on Saturday, 13 September in central London. Officers are investigating and enquiries are ongoing to identify a man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was among those who addressed the crowds from a stage, along with a range of other far-right figures. However, there were no-shows by promised speakers including Steve Bannon, a former strategist for Donald Trump, and Jordan Peterson, the Canadian psychologist and culture warrior.<\/p>\n
Speakers included the owner of X, Elon Musk, who claimed a \u201cdissolution of parliament\u201d was needed and said \u201cmassive uncontrolled migration\u201d was contributing to the \u201cdestruction of Britain\u201d in comments via video link.<\/p>\n
Others who appeared on the same stage included the former Reform UK deputy leader Ben Habib, who is setting up a rival party to the right of Reform known as Advance UK, which Robinson says he has joined. European far-right figures including the former French presidential candidate \u00c9ric Zemmour, as well as Danish and Germany parliamentarians, also took part.<\/p>\n
It was described by the counter-extremism campaign group Hope Not Hate as Britain\u2019s largest ever far-right protest. It added: \u201cSeeing such a big crowd cheering speeches that called for banning all public expression of non-Christian religions, demanded the \u2018remigration\u2019 of legal migrants, pushed Covid conspiracy theories, and claimed Britain is being \u2018invaded\u2019 and its population \u2018replaced\u2019 is unprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n
The business secretary, Peter Kyle, said on Sunday that the turnout at the protest was a \u201cklaxon call\u201d for those in power to redouble efforts to address immigration and other concerns that the public have.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat worries me most is the divisions in our society and other societies and other democratic societies \u2026 it\u2019s not even the left and the right at the moment,\u201d he told the BBC\u2019s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are communities that are being driven further apart, and there are figures such as Tommy Robinson that is able to touch into a sense of disquiet and grievance in the community in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kyle said much of this had its roots in the financial crisis and the impact that had on communities, adding: \u201cSo I think these are moments that are klaxon calls to us in public life to redouble our efforts to address the big concerns that people right across our country have, and immigration is a big concern.<\/p>\n
The rally was opposed by a smaller counter-protest organised by Stand Up to Racism, which estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 had taken part. Organisers said some of them were assaulted by those taking part in the far-right rally and were hit by projectiles.<\/p>\n
At one point the counter-demonstration was broken into two parts while Robinson supporters who had blocked the opposing protesters from leaving Whitehall had to be moved by police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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