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[Published: Sunday December 09 2018]

 London pro-Brexit march sparks counter-protest

 
LONDON 9 Dec (ANA) - Thousands of demonstrators are converging in London on Sunday for a pro-Brexit march, led by far-right figure Tommy Robinson.
 
The "Brexit Betrayal" protest was advertised as a "peaceful and democratic" march against Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed deal to withdraw from the European Union, but Robinson - a former leader of the English Defence League and newly-minted adviser to the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) - made veiled suggestions that it could resemble the "yellow vest" movement which has swept across France in recent weeks in opposition to President Emmanuel Macron and seen protesters clash with police.
 
"Biggest riots in France in nearly 50 years due to anger at the corrupt political class," Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, wrote on Facebook next to a video of burning cars and clouds of tear gas in Paris. "Revolution is coming, Prime Minster May should take note."
 
Robinson has become the figurehead of Britain's far right, capitalising on attacks by Muslim suspects and rape trials involving Asian men to amass over one million followers on Facebook and YouTube.
 
He has long denied accusations of racism or Islamophobia, but has called British Muslims "enemy combatants" and said refugees are "raping their way through" the United Kingdom.
 
A coalition of anti-racist and anti-fascist groups is holding a counterdemonstration.
 
Momentum, a left-wing movement which is supportive of Jeremy Corbyn, the main opposition Labour Party leader, is among the groups rallying against Robinson and the far-right protesters.(ANA) 
FA/ANA/9 December 2018------
 

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