Waving mainly British and English flags, thousands marched through central London on Saturday (May 16) for anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson's "Unite the Kingdom" rally.

Protesters chanted in support of Robinson, and some chanted abuse about Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who on Friday (May 15) had accused organisers of "peddling hate and division, plain and simple".

The march was one of two opposing protests happening in the British capital on Saturday, the other was a pro-Palestinian march marking Nakba Day.

Police deployed 4,000 officers, including reinforcements from outside the capital, and pledged "the most assertive possible use of our powers" in what they called their biggest public order operation in years.

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LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 16, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF CROWDS OF PEOPLE WAVING UNION JACK FLAGS AND ENGLAND FLAGS THROUGH CENTRAL LONDON

2. PROTESTERS MARCHING, SIGN READING (English): ‘NO FAR RIGHT...JUST RIGHT’

3. VARIOUS OF STEWARDS IN HIGH VISIBILITY VESTS STANDING IN FRONT OF CROWD

4. PEOPLE CHANTING (English): ‘Keir Starmer’s a wanker’

5. UNION JACK FLAGS, ENGLAND FLAGS AND WELSH FLAGS

6. CROWD MARCHING, WAVING FLAGS

7. POLICE OFFICERS

8. VARIOUS OF CROWD

9. MAN WEARING HAT WITH ‘ENGLAND’ WRITTEN ON IT

10. UNION JACK FLAG WITH WORDS WRITTEN ON IT READING (English): ‘STARMER THE WORST PRIME MINISTER IN HISTORY’

11. CROWD

12. CROWD MARCHING

13. MAN CHANTING (English): ‘Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Robinson’

14. UNION JACK FLAGS, ISRAELI FLAG, AND PRE-IRANIAN REVOLUTION NATIONAL FLAGS

15. CROWD, PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS

16. VARIOUS OF CROWD MARCHING