How huge London far-right march lifted the lid on a toxic transatlantic soup

Tommy Robinson’s ‘free speech’ protest attracted more than 100,000 people – and it was easy to find links to key political figures and events in the US

Who were the key figures at the ‘unite the kingdom’ rally in London?

Far-right London rally sees record crowds and violent clashes with police

A young man in a suit made of union jacks held up a framed photograph of their hero above his head. The crowd loudly chanted the name.

The focus of this acclamation was not Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, the organiser of the so-called “free speech” march in central London last Saturday.