Britons were attending the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally in London today and have told GB News that the UK “needs to get its identity back”
GB News‘ Dougie Beattie was forced to interrupt the news programme as he spoke to Britons attending today’s “Unite the Kingdom” march. Thousands of demonstrators are in attendance at today’s rally in the capital, which has been organised by Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Dougie was reporting live on the streets of Waterloo to gauge the atmosphere and spoke to a group of individuals who revealed why they had come to the march. One person told the GB News reporter: “Enough is enough. We’re not racist. We’re not against immigration. We’re not against people living in this country and working, but we’re just fed up with what Keir Starmer is doing.”
Another individual shook his head and confessed to Dougie: “I feel ashamed. I feel ashamed to fly the flag, and I’m not proud to be British anymore. We’re losing our identity as a nation. MPs and everyone else are not looking after the people that live here.”
GB News’ Dougie Beattie spoke to numerous protestors during the march (Image: GB News / X)
The Metropolitan Police has sent more than 1,600 officers to the capital. Reflecting on conversations with demonstrators, Dougie said: “You can hear people have all sorts of reasons, there are all sorts of ethnic minorities here also.
“People want their culture and rights to come first. We have seen flags being shunned in recent weeks. We saw that in Northern Ireland by Tony Blair’s Government in the 1990s. It’s good to see that flag here among the other flags. People here want their freedom of speech, they want the boats to stop, they want their own rights first.”
One person replied in the comments section on X, “I feel proud to fly my flag. It doesn’t belong to the government or even the royal family; it belongs to us, the people.”
A second also said: “Yes we certainly do need to safeguard our culture and our values they are gradually fading away and we can’t allow that to happen. It is very sad to not recognise the once wonderful country we had come to love.”
However, one person disagreed and ranted: “If they’re ashamed why are they all wearing flags and pinning them to lamp posts? Little snowflakes are desperate for attention and to play victim for the afternoon.”
The march to Whitehall began at Stamford Street in Southwark before it heads to Westminster Bridge and then onto Horse Guards Avenue.
