"With something in the region of 150,000 people attending, the Unite the Kingdom march on the September 13, 2025, was probably the biggest street mobilisation of the extreme right in British history. It was the initiative of Tommy Robinson, one time founder of the English Defence League (EDL) and former member of the British National Party, who now casts himself as a "citizen journalist," championing "free speech" and lamenting "open border mass Islamic immigration.""
"After he left the EDL in 2013 claiming he was on a path to moderation, Robinson had looked like a spent force. But his career was resurrected with the backing of America's far right super rich. Funding from US tech billionaire Robert Shillman and the media platform Rebel News would make Robinson a leading light in the so-called "counter jihad" movement in Europe and North America."
"Musk addressed the rally in a 20-minute interview with Robinson, in which he openly called for a violent revolution. "Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die," he told the crowd. Under Musk's ownership, Robinson has been welcomed back to Twitter/X, and the platform has actively driven audiences to his and other extreme right accounts."
The Unite the Kingdom march on September 13, 2025 attracted roughly 150,000 people and constituted one of the largest extreme-right street mobilisations in British history. Tommy Robinson, former EDL founder and ex-BNP member, frames himself as a "citizen journalist" and has used a claimed martyr status from imprisonment to mobilise supporters. US funding from Robert Shillman and Rebel News revived his prominence within the counter-jihad movement. Elon Musk’s support, a public interview urging violent resistance, and changes to major platforms’ moderation policies under political pressure enabled re-platforming and amplified far-right reach, fuelling summer mobilisation.
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