Overview
- British police estimated turnout at about 60,000, while supporters online touted claims of two million to signal mass backing.
- TF1 Info confirmed that several widely shared photos were generated by artificial intelligence using Google’s SynthID tool.
- Investigators linked viral videos to a September 2025 march, and police maps showed Saturday’s route did not cross any Thames bridges.
- French activists from the identitarian group Némésis joined the march and wore niqabs to stage an anti-Islam protest.
- About 4,000 officers kept the rally apart from anti-racist and Palestine solidarity counter-protests, a show of force as Reform UK’s recent local wins fuel sharper political fights.