"The far-right activist Tommy Robinson attracted many more people than the authorities had expected to his Unite the Kingdom rally last weekend despite his several criminal convictions and reputation for inflammatory language. But why did thousands of people travel miles to the heart of Westminster to march with a man reviled by mainstream politics carrying a banner calling for Remigration Now?"
"Suzanne Philpott from South Wales was one of those who got in contact. So we went to meet her and her husband Sam, who had both travelled nearly 200 miles from their pub to go to the march. Suzanne said she'd never attended a protest before but was compelled to go because of freedom of speech. She told us the atmosphere they found had been that of a family festival."
""I didn't go because Tommy Robinson was leading it. It just so happened that he did. I went because I could see from conversations with friends that this was going to be a big event and that people were standing up for being British.""
A heavy drizzle and quiet streets in Ystalyfera contrasted with the large, noisy Westminster protest where police estimated 110,000–150,000 attendees. The far-right activist Tommy Robinson drew many more people than authorities expected to his Unite the Kingdom rally despite criminal convictions and a reputation for inflammatory language. Research from British Future and More in Common indicates his core support has not grown in over a decade, but greater visibility has attracted other very discontented people. More than 700 attendees and counter-protesters contacted Your Voice Your BBC News with views. One couple traveled nearly 200 miles motivated by freedom of speech and described a family-festival atmosphere.
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