More than 1,000 police officers are being deployed in London today as activist Tommy Robinson holds a “Unite the Kingdom” rally.

A counter-protest, dubbed March Against Fascism, organised by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR), is also due to take place.

The Unite the Kingdom march and rally organised by Robinson , whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, will see demonstrators arrive in Stamford Street near Waterloo Bridge at 11am to march towards the southern end of Whitehall.

He described the event – set to hear from speakers including Canadian psychologist and political commentator Jordan Peterson and Katie Hopkins – as the UK’s biggest free speech festival and said thousands are due to attend.

Commander Clair Haynes, who is in charge of the public order policing operation in London t

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