Boris Johnson seen at anti-Semitism rally the place Tommy Robinson was held by cops

Boris Johnson joined tens of hundreds of protesters at a march towards anti-Semitism, the place far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson was escorted away by police.

The former Prime Minister and his spouse Carrie, carrying their younger son Frank, attended the demonstration in London, which comes a day after an enormous pro-Palestinian rally demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.

Organisers from the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism had stated Mr Robinson, 40, a former chief of the English Defence League, and his far-right thugs weren’t welcome on the demo. He was noticed amongst counter protesters who clashed with police throughout ceasefire protests held on Armistice Day.

Mr Robinson was seen having a full English breakfast within the Soho espresso store reverse the Royal Courts of Justice, close to the beginning level of the protest. He was escorted away from the march by law enforcement officials.

The Metropolitan Police later revealed {that a} 40-year-old man who refused to depart the realm had been arrested. The drive stated in a press release: “He was spoken to and warned on more than one occasion that his continued presence in the area was likely to cause harassment, alarm and distress to others. He was directed to leave the area but refused to do so.”

Another man was additionally arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated offence as crowds left Whitehall, the drive stated.

Organisers stated it was the most important rally towards anti-Semitism within the capital for the reason that Battle of Cable Street in 1936, when a whole lot of hundreds of individuals blocked a deliberate march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists by an space populated by Jewish households.

Mr Johnson in contrast anti-Semitism to “an old spore of a virus” that had flared up. He stated: “We need to remember that and whatever the whatever the rights and wrongs of what Israel has done, or is doing, I think that the anti-Semitism that we’ve seen in some of these marches around Western Europe and further afield has really confirmed for me the absolute necessity, the human necessity, for Israel to exist.”

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis instructed crowds there had been an “alarming” rise in anti-Jewish sentiment for the reason that October 7 assaults by Hamas. But he vowed: “We will not be intimidated.”

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick and safety minister Tom Tugendhat had been among the many well-known faces, together with Tracy-Ann Oberman, Rachel Riley and Rob Rinder on the march. Mr Jenrick, who stated he was on the march to symbolize the Government, spoke from the stage to warn that “enough is enough”. He stated anti-Semitism was a “stain on our country, it is moral decay”.