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Tommy Robinson tells tens of thousands at London rally to prepare for ‘battle of Britain’
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Turnout down at second Unite the Kingdom march featuring Islamophobic and ethnonationalist hate speech and flyers. The far-right activist Tommy Robinson told tens of thousands of supporters to prepare for the “battle of Britain” during a rally in central London on Saturday.Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, drew tens of thousands of supporters on to the streets of central London for the second year running in an event where Islamophobic and ethnonationalist hate speech and flyers were distributed to the crowds. Continue reading...
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