JD Vance urges UK anti-immigration activists to keep on going'

JD Vance urged anti-immigration activists in the UK to keep going after tens of thousands gathered in London. He aligned himself with a rally led by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who told supporters to prepare for a “battle of Britain.” Organisers claimed millions attended, while police estimated about 60,000. Hope Not Hate said the movement’s scale remained deeply worrying. At the rally, Islamophobic and ethnonationalist hate speech and flyers were distributed, and nine people were arrested on suspicion of hate crimes. Vance argued that mass immigration reduces wages and harms working people in both the UK and the US, including lower-income Black and Hispanic Americans.

"Vance appeared to align himself with those who attended a march on Saturday where the far-right activist Tommy Robinson told supporters to prepare for the battle of Britain. Organisers claimed that millions had attended his unite the kingdom event, but police estimated the number of demonstrators to be far lower, at about 60,000. The campaign group Hope Not Hate nevertheless said the scale of Robinson's movement remained deeply worrying."

"Addressing reporters at the White House on Tuesday, Vance claimed that all over the west there is this idea that the way to generate prosperity is to bring in millions and millions of unvetted people and drop them into your neighborhoods. And we simply reject that idea, said the US vice-president. To everybody in the UK who rejects that idea, I'd encourage them to just keep on going."

"It's OK to want to defend your culture. It's OK to want to live in a safe neighborhood. Vance framed his support on Tuesday in economic terms, arguing that mass immigration drives down wages and harms working people on both sides of the Atlantic including, he claimed, lower-income Black and Hispanic Americans in the US."

"At Saturday's rally in London's Parliament Square, Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, claimed the event was a turning point for Britain. Islamophobic and ethnonationalist hate speech and flyers were distributed to the crowds at the event, where nine people were arrested on suspicion of hate crimes."

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