Cops throw ring of steel around Cenotaph as thousands of Tommy Robinson supporters & rival protesters descend on London

COPS person thrown up a immense "ring of steel" astir the Cenotaph arsenic thousands of Tommy Robinson supporters and rival protesters descend connected cardinal London.

Hordes of the governmental activist's followers gathered astatine Victoria Station and marched connected Whitehall today.

Robinson - existent sanction Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - is missing the planned protestation aft helium was remanded into constabulary custody yesterday.

Chants of "Oh Tommy, Tommy" and "We privation Starmer out" were heard up of the Unite The Kingdom rally.

The objection was met with rival protesters from Stand Up to Racism, which has called connected its supporters to "take to the streets" successful a "massive anti-fascist demonstration".

Robinson, 41, is accused of being successful contempt of tribunal aft the airing of a movie astatine a protestation successful Trafalgar Square successful July.

He attended Folkestone constabulary presumption connected Friday wherever helium was remanded up of a proceeding astatine Woolwich Crown Court connected Monday concerning allegations that helium breached a 2021 High Court bid barring him from repeating libellous allegations against a Syrian exile who successfully sued him.

It is understood the airing of a film, titled Silenced, astatine the Trafalgar Square objection is 1 of six actions alleged to person breached the injunction betwixt June and July.

The movie is besides pinned to the apical of his X account.

Robinson was separately charged connected Friday with failing to supply his mobile telephone entree codification to constabulary nether Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, Kent Police said.

The Metropolitan Police and British Transport Police are owed to beryllium supported by officers from different forces crossed the state for the protests connected Saturday, and the Met said determination volition beryllium a "significant constabulary presence" to guarantee the 2 groups are kept apart.

The protest, organised by Robinson, marched from Victoria presumption to the confederate extremity of Whitehall, portion the counter-protest began astatine Regent Street St James's and finished astatine the bluish extremity of Whitehall.

The Met said static rallies are expected astatine the extremity of some marches.

It is understood Robinson volition beryllium held successful custody successful Folkestone until his tribunal proceeding connected Monday.

He was released connected unconditional bail successful July and subsequently near the state - with Adam Payter, representing the Solicitor General, telling the High Court determination "was thing to forestall him from doing so".

Mr Justice Johnson issued a warrant for Robinson's apprehension but ordered that it not beryllium carried retired "until aboriginal October" to let Robinson clip to bespeak that helium would be the adjacent proceeding voluntarily oregon to use to "set aside" the warrant.

Robinson posted a video of himself arriving astatine Luton Airport connected October 20 and said helium was amazed helium had not been arrested.
He applied to acceptable speech the warrant but his exertion was dismissed by Mr Justice Johnson connected Friday.

The abstracted complaint nether the Terrorism Act relates to his apprehension successful July astatine a larboard successful Kent, wherever helium was accused of "frustration" of constabulary counter-terrorism powers.

He allegedly failed to supply his mobile telephone entree codification to officers astatine the Channel Tunnel successful Folkestone.

Under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, constabulary are allowed to halt anyone passing done a UK larboard "to find whether they whitethorn beryllium progressive oregon acrophobic successful the commission, mentation oregon instigation of acts of terrorism".

The idiosyncratic who is detained tin beryllium held for up to six hours, is legally obliged to reply questions and indispensable supply the password oregon entree fig for physics devices, oregon beryllium held to person committed a transgression offence if they refuse.

Robinson said helium objected to a petition from constabulary for the fig to his telephone due to the fact that determination was privileged accusation connected the instrumentality relating to an ongoing High Court case.