Fascists and Others - High Street to Whitehall

 

Back in the 1970s, the Tom Robinson band recorded a song called "Up Against the Wall", which contained a line of contemporary significance. Here's part of the lyrics, with the said line in italics;

"Consternation in Mayfair
Rioting in Notting Hill Gate
Fascists marching on the high street
Carving up the welfare state".

Well as we saw yesterday, the Fash don't just march on the High Street any more, they now feel free to march in Whitehall. With dismay, I saw the large numbers of marchers - up to 150 000, some say. Now, I am not saying that every one of yesterday's marchers was an avowed Fascist or National Socialist. In fact, if you look carefully at the photo above, you can make out the face of a lady of colour. A lot of commentators hold the view stated here by Sky News:

"...it's clear that simply writing off protesters as far right doesn't really capture what's going on either. The audience is too broad to fit just that label".