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Massive nationalist rally shows MAGA-fueled movement’s appeal in U.K.
The Washington Post ^ | September 14, 2025 | Leo Sands

Posted on 09/14/2025 3:35:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Tens of thousands of anti-migrant protesters marched through the center of Britain’s capital in record numbers over the weekend, showcasing the grip of nationalist sentiment across Europe and the growing appeal here of MAGA-style politics.

According to police estimates, around 110,000 joined the Saturday protest — an unexpectedly high turnout that anti-extremism group Hope Not Hate said represented the largest far-right protest in the country’s history.

The weekend rally was marked by extremist anti-migrant rhetoric and violent assaults against police officers, 26 of whom were injured as some of the protesters kicked, punched and launched projectiles, the Met Police said in a statement. In an email Sunday, police said they arrested 21 men and three women for offenses including affray, violent disorder, assaults and criminal damage. The long-planned rally was organized by the British anti-migrant extremist Tommy Robinson, who announced last week that it would double as an exercise of free speech in memory of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was shot dead Wednesday in Utah. His killing sent shock waves throughout not just the United States but also the populist right globally.

Speaking to a rowdy crowd, Robinson used racially charged language to frame himself as an outspoken opponent of immigration and to repeat the white supremacist “great replacement” theory — which baselessly argues that a shadowy group of leaders is working to displace White people — while also framing himself as a British ally to MAGA.

“There’s only one country in the world, one government, that’s fighting for all of our free speech. It’s not our government. It’s certainly not the European Union. It’s the Republican Party in the United States.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: mbga; mukga; patriotic; patriotism
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1 posted on 09/14/2025 3:35:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

“MUKGA” ???

/s


2 posted on 09/14/2025 3:38:20 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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Robinson tapping into disquiet in the country, says minister
3 posted on 09/14/2025 3:38:49 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is turning into an international issue.

Very encouraging! Let common sense prevail!


4 posted on 09/14/2025 3:41:03 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: MV=PY

Global Left vs the West.


5 posted on 09/14/2025 3:41:50 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: logi_cal869

MEGA is great tag but they are afraid to use because European media has totally slandered what MAGA actually means.


6 posted on 09/14/2025 3:46:02 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: MinorityRepublican

Reminds me of the movie, “V”. If you’ve never watched it, it prescient for the UK.


7 posted on 09/14/2025 4:00:23 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: MinorityRepublican

No bias in this article (sarc).


8 posted on 09/14/2025 4:08:10 PM PDT by wrcase
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“According to police estimates, around 110,000 joined the Saturday protest”

As most here already know, the turnout was more like 3 million. Helicopter footage shows a crowd of immense size that goes on for what seems to be forever. Starmer’s government needs to go away.


9 posted on 09/14/2025 4:08:36 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: MinorityRepublican

So sick of this “far right” label.

Today it means nothing more than “normal” IMHO.


10 posted on 09/14/2025 4:10:01 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: MinorityRepublican

I truly hope the UK and Germany save themselves.

The leftist ideology intrenched in the schools, media and government burocracy are difficult forces to overcome. At this point they are outright persecuting and oppressing those on the right, at least those that are truly conservative minded.

France, not to sure they can be saved.

Funny thing is, on the right we respect those on the left expressing their freedom of speech. I can’t stand Michael Moore and he took advantage of us troops in Iraq to make money (Farenheit 9-11). Even if I don’t like the message, I accept that others have a right to their opinion and to express this. But when the left is in power, things are very different.


11 posted on 09/14/2025 4:26:26 PM PDT by Red6
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I can’t stand Michael Moore and he took advantage of us troops in Iraq to make money (Farenheit 9-11).

His delivery was wrong. Maybe not the best message. But was he wrong regarding Iraq?

12 posted on 09/14/2025 4:29:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: 1066AD

How often do you hear the MSM refer to anyone as “far left?”

Yeah, those don’t exist apparently.


13 posted on 09/14/2025 4:30:29 PM PDT by Red6
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To: MinorityRepublican

Everything Conservatives do is Far Right. What used to be main stream is now Far Right. Everything Liberals do is called moderate and centrist. Nobody on the left is ever called Far Left. That mamdanny guy in New York is as far to the left as you can get but he doesn’t get any label.


14 posted on 09/14/2025 4:45:23 PM PDT by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words? )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Good point, not really.

He was pretty much right.

But even so, though the spirit of 9-11 was alive and people were still stirred up, you had a conservative President... I think few on the right advocated to “censor” him.

The left hits the mute button really quick.


15 posted on 09/14/2025 4:47:19 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Chewbarkah
As most here already know, the turnout was more like 3 million. Helicopter footage shows a crowd of immense size that goes on for what seems to be forever. Starmer’s government needs to go away.

I have an elderly relative from England who says the crowds weren't that big for VE Day in 1945.

And the King addressed those crowds.

16 posted on 09/14/2025 5:03:13 PM PDT by Pilsner
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But even so, though the spirit of 9-11 was alive and people were still stirred up, you had a conservative President.

You could argue that strategically it was the right thing to invade Iraq.

After the invasion, the Royal family in Saudi Arabia started to behave and they stopped financing terrorist groups.

And there were rumors that we were involved in the mysterious deaths of a couple of Saudi Princes in the aftermath of 9/11. It wouldn't surprise me. We may have told the Saudis if they wanted to keep their Kingdom, certain Princes had to go. And they had to look the other way.

17 posted on 09/14/2025 5:37:42 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Bkmk


18 posted on 09/14/2025 5:59:44 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: MinorityRepublican

And what is wrong with nationalism?


19 posted on 09/14/2025 6:34:43 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. D)
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To: MV=PY

It’s a Revolution, and President Trump has led it!


20 posted on 09/14/2025 6:54:12 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." )
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