How huge London far-right march lifted the lid on a toxic transatlantic soup

<p>Tommy Robinson’s ‘free speech’ protest attracted more than 100,000 people – and it was easy to find links to key political figures and events in the US</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/15/who-were-the-key-figures-at-the-unite-the-kingdom-rally-in-london">Who were the key figures at the ‘unite the kingdom’ rally in London?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/13/unite-the-kingdom-far-right-rally-london-tommy-robinson-police-assaulted">Far-right London rally sees record crowds and violent clashes with police</a></p></li></ul><p>A young man in a suit made of union jacks held up a framed photograph of their hero above his head. The crowd loudly chanted the name. The focus of this acclamation was not Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, the organiser of the so-called “free speech” march in central London last Saturday.</p><p>They were instead shouting themselves hoarse for Charlie Kirk, the murdered political activist from Cook County in the US state of Illinois.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/sep/16/far-right-march-london-transatlantic">Continue reading...</a>