Thousands of British patriots waving English and Union Jack flags took to the streets over the weekend to fight back against the country’s growing immigration crisis.
Sky News Australia reported the protests, organized by the activist group Britain First, were held outside hotels that are currently being used to house immigrants. Shouts of “send them home” can be heard in the video below.
The Daily Mail reported that a group of British mothers gathered for a peaceful protest outside the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, London, on Sunday. They were dressed in pink clothing to “raise awareness of how women and young people are being ‘let down’ by the migrant crisis.”
One of the women told the Mail, “I live in this area, I have kids and grandkids and it needs to be safe for them to live. We don’t know them [asylum seekers], we don’t know what they’ve done. My son can’t get a house; he has been on the council list since he was 17.”
The demonstration was interrupted when a group of “up to 30 … masked thugs hijacked” the event. They set off smoke bombs and chanted “Keir Starmer is a w*****.” The thugs tried to breach the fence surrounding the hotel. Unsuccessful, they tried to run away, but were intercepted by the police, the report said.
As per the Mail, the protest was held at the Britannia because:
On Saturday, people believed to be asylum seekers appeared to move into the four-star hotel in London under the cover of darkness.A coach full of suspected migrants was seen arriving at the Britannia International Hotel at around 1:40 am on Saturday morning.Tower Hamlets Council confirmed the Government intends to use the hotel – which has around 500 rooms – for asylum seekers in a move that has angered anti-migrant protesters and guests whose bookings have been cancelled.Footage of the passengers getting off the coach showed they were all men with the vast majority dressed in matching grey tracksuit tops and bottoms.They were helped by masked security guards, some of whom appeared to be wearing body cameras.Last week, workers were seen hauling beds and mattresses into the hotel in preparation for the arrival of ‘hundreds’ of asylum seekers.A barricade of metal fencing was placed around the hotel by the Metropolitan Police after anti-migrant demonstrators protested the plan for immigrants to be housed there.
Following the chaos, police banned people from protesting outside the Britannia for 28 days. One British man explained in the social media post below why the government is putting the “feelings of foreigners” ahead of the “rights of citizens.” He wrote, “The government is afraid. Only a scared government turns to totalitarianism.”
Over the past several years, the UK government has repeatedly overstepped its bounds — whether through expanding state surveillance, tightening speech regulations, or incrementally eroding civil liberties. Through it all, much of the British public remained quiet, hesitant to push back. Even as traditional British culture began to be diluted by unchecked immigration, the silence persisted.
But symbolic shifts speak volumes: When “Muhammed” becomes the most popular name for newborns in England and Wales, you know you have a problem. It’s a clear sign of dramatic demographic change, one that many feel has happened without consent or open debate.
Most recently, changes to the 2023 Online Safety Act intended to shield children from harmful online content, such as pornography, came into effect. On its face, the motive appears noble: protecting young people in the digital age.
However, the new rules actually go much further: They impose broad restrictions on access to information and introduce new powers that allow the government to actively monitor and police online speech about immigration.
Now, as citizens begin to grasp the full impact of these policies — that their free speech is being curtailed and their homeland fundamentally transformed — many are finally beginning to stir from their political apathy.
In the X posts below, users are saying that Britain is finally awakening from its “long, long slumber.”
As heartening as it is to see Britons finally standing up to the creeping tyranny of their globalist government, I can’t help but wonder: are these protests too little, too late?
Elizabeth writes commentary for Legal Insurrection and The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Please follow Elizabeth on X or LinkedIn.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL VERSION OF THIS STORY