UK Prime Minister says his government will not “surrender” the national symbol to Unite the Kingdom demonstrators.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has criticized anti-government protesters in London, telling them to keep their hands off the national flag, which he said represents “diversity,” not the “division” they promote.
Tens of thousands attended the “Unite the Kingdom” rally on Saturday, organized by right-wing activist Tommy Robinson, who described it as “the UK’s biggest free speech festival.” Demonstrators marched through the city with Union flags and St. George’s crosses, carrying placards reading “Stop the Boats” and displaying images of conservative American influencer Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week.
Police deployed around 1,000 officers and imposed restrictions to separate the estimated 150,000-strong crowd from a counter-protest of approximately 5,000 people. Clashes broke out when some demonstrators attempted to breach a cordon near the main stage, resulting in at least 26 injuries and 25 arrests.
People have a right to peaceful protest. It is core to our country’s values.
But we will not stand for assaults on police officers doing their job or for people feeling intimidated on our streets because of their background or the colour of their skin.
Britain is a nation…
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) September 14, 2025
In a post on X on Sunday, Starmer condemned the “assaults on police officers” and accused the rally of “intimidating” residents of different backgrounds and skin colors.
“Britain is a nation proudly built on tolerance, diversity, and respect. Our flag represents our diverse country, and we will never surrender it to those who use it as a symbol of violence and division,” he wrote.
Robinson said the rally also aimed to defend British heritage and culture. Some rally-goers expressed anger over immigration, describing it as an “invasion.”
Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the turnout — which organizers claimed numbered in the “millions” — was a “klaxon call” for politicians to address immigration and other public concerns.
The rally came one year after anti-immigration riots erupted in several UK cities. It also follows government efforts to ban the Palestine Action group and the arrests of peaceful protesters, as well as growing controversy over Britain’s strict hate speech and online safety laws, which critics say police “wrong” opinions on social media.
Oh its your flag is it? I thought it belonged to all the people of the UK? Guess no one is taking any notice anyway and the stooges who tried to block the protesters, didn’t fair so well either. Too bad.
Enjoy your time in office, I doubt there will be a re-run.
Starmer needs to read up on the history of the Union flag. The three crosses on the flag represent the Christian saints of St George (England), St Andrew (Scotland)and St Patrick (Ireland). Wales is not represented on the flag as it was deemed part of England back in the day.
Quite how Starmer believes this Christian inspired flag represents diversity (muslims) is beyond me.
This creature needs therapy.
What therapy I’m unsure. Is he really opting for ‘treasonous politician therapy’?
St Patrick is an interesting one. He was supposedly a French priest, although there is a possibility he is a fictitious character and completely made up. The ancient Irish had their own church before the Normans invaded in the 13th century and completely crushed it, killed an estimated 5-8 million Irish and replaced the Irish church with the church of Rome.
The Normans were great story tellers.
Thhank you for that interesting snippet. Will have to do some reading up on that history.
Tis a murky subject indeed where the victors wrote the history, although there are indigenous Irish “records” of the event which have survived – although they didn’t write history the same way back then. Here’s an example which includes some Norman incursions…
https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100013/text006.html
He simply wants to antagonise as many people as he can, he is a child.
And…he’s a Shabbos Goy and Zionist, as his wife is J3wi$h and has been calling the shots of UK / GB foreign policy behind the closed doors of #10…
The Union Jack represents the union of England, Scotland and Wales under the reign of Charles I.
It does not represent diversity.
‘Diversity’ is a cute euphemism. ‘Diversity’ has been misappropriated as the buzzword for sharia law. Looking at X, I saw a clip of a lady preacher being arrested by four big, burly policemen at this demo, purportedly because she said there is no place for sharia law in the UK. This is what Starmer the charmer represents: sharia law for all bar the ticket holders to the elite parasites’ enclosure.
Tens of thousands lol more like a million.The aerial views show the true extent. So many that the 3000 odd hateful commies were surrounded & couldn’t leave & had to stay for the whole 5 hrs instead ot the usual hour or so they usually do lmao. Most pro England supporters couldn’t see or hear what was being said including the impromptu call in by elon.
Tens of thousands lol more like a million.The aerial views show the true extent. So many that the 3000 odd hateful commies were surrounded & couldn’t leave & had to stay for the whole 5 hrs instead ot the usual hour or so they usually do lmao. Most pro England supporters couldn’t see or hear what was being said including the impromptu call in by elon.
Can AI count people in a photo/video?
Rubbish, tens of thousands, it was 1 million plus with some estimates of up to 3 million, like New Zealand the UK is well and truly awake to the rubbish the English media print. Enjoy your time as Prime Minister Stammer, it will be the last we see of Labour
🚨 This Was the Line… (And They Just Crossed It)
https://www.bitchute.com/video/yMCnYyLPg6Jy
Hypocrisy off the charts
Starmer really is what lies on the other side of the bottom of the barrel