Thousands of Londoners turn out to shut down far-right

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Published 2024-08-08
In this report, producer Laura runs through the events that unfolded in Walthamstow last night.

Londoners turned out in their thousands to oppose far-right rioters, over ten years after the EDL were first chased out of the borough.

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All Comments (21)
  • THOSE WHO ARE RIOTING ARE MOST DEFINITELY NOT DOING THIS IN MY OR MY FAMILY'S NAME.
  • @yc9129
    White English man here very proud of my English patriots out at this protest. The far right have no place in my country. No matter your colour, religion if you love your country be proud to love it and show these thugs how our differences make us great
  • So refreshing to hear sensible normal decent people expressing common sense and empathy. If I was a police officer I would be secretly relieved that they ignored requests to stay at home. I am also dosappointed that Labour didnt do more to call out Tory hate speech while in opposition.
  • Damn, Jo (the first lady they interviewed) really knows how to speak truth to power. We need strong speakers like her to voice this protest and make it clear that the racists of the EDL don't speak for us. Get that woman in a room with politicians as soon as possible.
  • @YDdraigGoch43
    They've proved themselves cowards, for all to see!! Fantastic! šŸ˜‚
  • @whiskeyomega
    I think at this point you're more than a Producer Laura.
  • I sincerely hope the angry rioters out there take a moment to reflect. Those muslim, refugee and immigrant brothers and sisters are standing for a value our country has always held dear. We can disagree on a lot of things but we've gon to war against fascism before and the rioters are currently standing on the wrong side of that fight. Most of them have never even had a proper talk or made connections with their migrant communities. That's where your fear comes from. Integration isn't just something the migrants have to do. We have to do it to so that this disinformation doesn't take hold. Muslims aren't here to steal women or bring "Shariah Law", in fact, many left their homes behind to escape countries where those problems did exist. The best moments of our history have been when we have reached out and taken in people who are in danger. That should be our legacy. Not the long dead sentiments of colonialism and empire.
  • @joejjj4378
    Who put that sick beat at the start? I thought Laura was about to drop a quick 16
  • @SoNoFTheMoSt
    If they didnt go out those businesses would have been destroyed.
  • @kezl3037
    This is the Britan we all love.
  • @mehmetemin4713
    Good to see the real values of ordinary British people out in the public, not shut down by the lines of the political parties, the media and the fascists who peddle their views as our "true" values.
  • @tommckeon5008
    Laura in a red leather jacket with a grime beat in the back ground? Girl is in her thug era
  • @restlesscow2137
    So powerful and wonderful to see so many come together against these fringe lunatics. Maybe now they'll know they are not"the silent majority" but ordinary people are. Only we're not silent any more
  • @krystlart
    The beauty of humanity and unity āœŒļø
  • @johnhughes4631
    What Ricky Jones has said about the stickers on trains at 9.26 can we have proof of this please video evidence would really help to expose these thugs