Extra 4,000 officers in London as police brace for far-right and pro-Palestine marches – live
Police will be monitoring both Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march and also the annual ‘Nakba day’ pro-Palestine march The Metropolitan police is preparing for what it described as potentially “one of the busiest days for policing in recent years ” as tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on central London for two major demonstrations. Armoured vehicles, horses, dogs, drones and helicopters will be deployed along with 4,000 officers to police the far-right Unite the Kingdom
Police monitoring both Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march and also the annual ‘Nakba day’ pro-Palestine march
We have some early images on the newswires of demonstrators gathering in Kingsway in central London for Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally:
Sir Mark Rowley, commissioner of the Metropolitan police, used a separate article in The Muslim News, a UK-based outlet, to insist that both protests are being policed on exactly the same basis, under the same legal framework, with similar conditions and timings and the same expectations.
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- Extra 4,000 officers in London as police brace for far-right and pro-Palestine marches – liveGuardian - World · Taz Ali in London · May 16, 2026, 10:21 AM
- Thousands descend on London for far-right and pro-Palestine marches – liveGuardian - World · Taz Ali and Hamish Mackayin London · May 16, 2026, 11:14 AM
- Tens of thousands descend on London for far-right and pro-Palestine marches – liveGuardian - World · Taz Ali and Hamish Mackayin London · May 16, 2026, 11:49 AM
- Tens of thousands march through London for far-right and pro-Palestine protests – live
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