<p>Met police estimate 110,000 people attended rally, with smaller number of counter-protesters ‘penned in’</p><p>More than a hundred people have gathered outside <strong>Russell Square</strong> before the ‘<strong>march against fascism’ counter-protest</strong> against the <strong>‘unite the kingdom’ march</strong>, featuring far-right activist <strong>Tommy Robinson</strong>, whose real name is <strong>Stephen Yaxley-Lennon</strong>. Both are being held in central <strong>London</strong> on Saturday.</p><p>According to the PA news agency, people in Russell Square milled around with placards that said “refugees welcome” and “oppose Tommy Robinson”. Chants of “say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here” started at about 11.20am, the news agency reports.</p><p>The far right are a menace to the whole of society. Their first targets, asylum seekers and Muslims, are broadening to all migrants, black people and on to trade unionists, all religious minorities and anti-racists.</p><p>This is going to be big, but we are also talking about movement to the right of Reform UK and we still don’t know where it is going.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/13/uk-politics-latest-news-unite-the-kingdom-march-far-right-rally-london-labour-keir-starmer">Continue reading...</a>, Owen, MP for Luton North, is the first British MP of south east Asian heritage. She joined the Labour frontbench under Starmer’s leadership first as an opposition whip before joining the shadow housing team. Until she defied the Labour whip on the ceasefire vote she was the shadow minister for local government and faith. Before becoming an MP , A meeting between Keir Starmer and the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, in London on Wednesday could not come at a more difficult time for either leader, and far from easing British-Israeli relations, the encounter risks setting them back yet further..