"I remember my father marching against the National Front in the 1970s. It felt like it was a minority. The majority of people are still decent. But now, the far right seems legitimised and popular, Dabinderjit Singh, a retired senior civil servant said. Singh was reacting to Tommy Robinson's 13 September far-right unite the kingdom rally, which drew 110,000 people to London."
"The Home Office inexplicably refused to renew her and her husband's British passports in the 1970s and 1980s, forcing them to leave the country for St Lucia for decades. She now fears, amid talk of remigration from the far right, hardening attitudes to legal migration in Westminster and a government struggling to convey a positive message of unity, that another Windrush scandal could happen."
Tommy Robinson's 13 September Unite the Kingdom rally drew about 110,000 people to London and heightened perceptions of far-right legitimacy and popularity. Attenders voiced varied concerns, while some ethnic-minority Britons saw the scenes as reminiscent of far-right marches from 50 years ago. Hetticia McIntosh received a WhatsApp safety alert advising ethnic minorities to avoid London and recalled Windrush-generation memories of skinheads and racial graffiti. The Home Office previously refused to renew McIntosh and her husband's passports in the 1970s and 1980s, forcing them to live in St Lucia for decades. Rising remigration rhetoric, asylum hotel protests, and flag campaigns have increased fear and reports of targeted harassment.
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