On Saturday 16 May, far-right racists will once again flood London’s streets as part of violent fraudster Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ hate march. In response, campaign group Amnesty UK has put out a new video giving three reasons explaining:
here’s why it’s worse than you think.
Of course, it’s unlikely that anyone needs a reminder of the danger these fascist scum pose after their performance last year. That said, more reasons to oppose Robinson and his ilk will never go amiss. Let’s take a watch.
Three reasons why the “Unite the Kingdom” rally this Saturday is worse than you think…@ElonMusk a little something for you at the end. pic.twitter.com/pkrOb7OZ1L
— Amnesty UK (@AmnestyUK) May 14, 2026
Amnesty — ‘Anyone else remember this?’
The Amnesty video begins with the presenter asking “Does anyone else remember this?” It then plays a clip of Elon Musk – tech entrepreneur and owner of likely the world’s largest platform for AI child sexual abuse imagery – saying:
Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die.
The video also showed simultaneous footage of last year’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ hate march. Musk addressed the 2025 rally via video link, adding that there should be “a change of government in Britain” along with a:
dissolution of Parliament and a new vote held.
Apparently, moving on to the UK is the natural next step after meddling in the US elections to get a far-right piece of shit installed as president.
‘Funded by billionaires’
We then move on to take a look at another of the racist billionaires behind the march:
Number one – the Unite the Kingdom march this Saturday is funded by billionaires with dangerous anti-rights agendas. Ever heard of Robert Shillman? He’s a US tech billionaire who funds Islamophobic figures from across the globe like Katie Hopkins and Geert Wilders, as well as Tommy Robinson. He dug deep this year and has donated 100,000 bucks to make this rally happen.
What is it about US tech billionaires and the inevitable slide into fascism? Someone needs to test the fucking water in Silicon Valley. Just kidding, we know it’s the ‘billionaire’ bit that leads to complete disdain for human life.
Shillman has been bankrolling Robinson since at least as far back as 2017. He even helped transform the far-right thug’s presentation into a slicker, digital-friendly package.
Robinson also received an £85k-per-annum ‘Shillman fellowship’ to far-right Canadian website Rebel News. Other recipients of the same cash bung include noted far-right conspiracists Katie Hopkins and Laura Loomer.
Likewise, as the Observerreported:
Shillman, a former board member of Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces, hosts a pro-Israel podcast and also funds fellowships through the DHFC thinktank. Its founder, David Horowitz, was an anti-Muslim ideologue described as the “intellectual godfather” of the Trump administration in an obituary when he died in April this year.
Amnesty: the march is ‘spreading racist, divisive and violent views’
Next up, Amnesty moved on to some of the other speakers at the march:
Number two – apparently, to be invited to speak at the march, you need to be really good at spreading racist, divisive and violent views. Last year this bloke, Brian Tamaki from New Zealand, called for a ban on non-Christian places of worship. Or this Eva Vlaardingerbroek calling for ‘remigration’, which by the way is a fancy way of saying ‘mass deportation’.
Now Eva and six of their speakers have been banned from coming. This year, they’d be joining anti-trans activist Posie Parker and controversial US commentator Glenn Beck.
Posie Parker has become something of a poster child for the close ties between the white-supremacist and anti-trans hate movements. As Hope Not Hate reported, she regularly appears alongside and expresses support for far-right figures, and:
In August 2024, Keen-Minshull appeared to express support for the National Front because it historically campaigned against a paedophile group. Several months later, she reposted – and then deleted – an altered version of the Fourteen Words white supremacist slogan.
Meanwhile, Glen Beck is a shock-jockey who peddles in unfounded conspiracy theories, particularly regarding Jewish Billionaire George Soros as the secret “puppet master” of the world. Likewise, the Islamophobia Network reported that:
The most egregious example of false reporting—fueled by straightforward profiling—was the instance when Beck spent days on his radio program falsely claiming that a Saudi student, Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi, was a terrorist operative who had planned and collaborated in the Boston Marathon bombings.
Charming.
‘Unite the West’
Last but not least, the Amnesty video concluded with:
Number three – This hateful movement is growing and spreading. Robinson is calling the march ‘Unite the West’, as well as ‘Unite the Kingdom’, and meeting with far-right agitators from across Europe and the US, building a network of racist and anti-rights activists. They’re trying to bring to the UK and Europe what’s happening in the US.
Back on 11 May, as part of his post-election speech, Keir Starmer made a big song and dance about blocking far-right agitators from coming to the UK for the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally.
So far, we know that the Home Office has blocked seven visas. Five of the names remain unknown to the public. However, the two known figures are Joey Mannarino and Valentina Gomez, both MAGA talking heads.
A government spokesperson stated that their right of entry was revoked because their presence isn’t “conducive to the public good”.
Of course, it’s not just Robinson who’s trying to bring American-style fascism to the UK. Last year, and continuing his bid to become Britain’s sad imitation of Donald Trump, Nigel Farage forged ties with an American fundamentalist Christian group that’s seeking to ban abortion in the UK.
Meanwhile, as the Canary’s Ranjan Balakumaran wrote, US plans to fund MAGA-aligned think tanks in Europe could reshape debates over Britain’s Online Safety Act and global platform regulation.
Amnesty ended with a warning, and a message of hope:
Those who want to take away our rights are organised – but so are we. Share this video before Elon tries to take it down.
Once more, via YouTube, for good measure:
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