Up to "three million" people had attended "the biggest protest in British history."

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An estimated 110,000-150,000 people marched at a "Unite the Kingdom" protest against immigration in London on September 13, according to official figures from the city's Metropolitan Police. In fact, recent UK protests against Israel's war in Gaza (approximately 300,000), Brexit (several marches generally estimated at "hundreds of thousands") and the Iraq War (up to one million), among others, all attracted significantly larger crowds. Saturday's undoubtedly large event came at a time when immigration is a top political issue in the United Kingdom and amid a heated debate about the use of the British and English flags as symbols. Large numbers of them have recently appeared in public spaces across the UK. While their advocates claim the flags simply express national and patriotic pride, others point out that their pairing with racist violence and abuse implies the symbols stand for more than just that.

Reviewed by Deutsche Welle ↗ · September 16, 2025