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Tommy Robinson tapping into disquiet in the country, says minister

Tommy Robinson tapping into disquiet in the country, says minister

After thousands of people marched and counter-protest in London on Saturday, Far-right activist Tommy Robinson is among those tapping into a sense of disquiet in the region, a Cabinet minister told the BBC. After up to 150,000 protesters rallied for United Kingdom and freedom of expression, co-ordinated by Stand Up To Racism, business Secretary Peter Kyle said marchers were protesting freedom of association and expression of expression. However, he told Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday that the small minority who had committed violence would be held accountable. Twenty-six police officers were wounded, according to the police, and 24 people were jailed for a variety of offences.

After appearing at Elon Musk's inauguration via video link on Saturday, Kyle chastised him for fight back or die, protesters told protesters. The minister said, "I thought that they were barely incomprehensible remarks that were completely inappropriate. The tech billionaire also spoke about massive uncontrolled migration and called for a change of government in the United Kingdom.

Kyle said that times like these were klaxon calls for those in power to redouble their efforts to address the key issues people have, including immigration.

The biggest thing for me is the gulfs in our society and other cultures and other democratic societies.
It's not even the left and right at the time,he said on the show.Touch into a sense of disquiet and resentment in the community of our society,Robinson said.A lot of it goes back to the roots of the financial crisis and the impacts that it had on communities around the country, and we haven't been able to bring our communities back together again," Kyle continued.

On Saturday, a massive policing operation was in place in London, with the Met deploying 1,000 officers and drafting in support from other forces around England. Officer Matt Twist said,

There is no doubt that many people came to exercise their constitutional right to protest,
but there were others who wanted to protest violently, but there are others who went out of their way to protest.
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon,
he told the crowds that he had chastised politicians for
parroting He also stated that UK courts had ruled that the rights of undocumented migrants superseded those of the
local community. The Court of Appeal overturned an injunction blocking asylum seekers being housed at The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, last month.

Robinson was released from jail earlier this year after being sentenced to repeating inaccurate information about a Syrian immigrant, who had successfully sued him for libel.

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