Far-right goons plan to confront Black Lives Matter protesters in London next Saturday
People taking part in a Black Lives Matter protest rally outside the US Embassy in London, in memory of George Floyd who was killed on May 25 while in police custody in the US city of Minneapolis
HUNDREDS of football hooligans and far-right activists are planning to confront Black Lives Matter protesters on Saturday in London, campaigners warned today.
The Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA), a network of hooligan groups, has called on supporters across the country to bus down to the capital this weekend and surround war memorials and statues.
Campaign group Hope not Hate warned that it “seems certain” the DFLA event will go ahead after prominent racist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (known as Tommy Robinson) pledged to attend in a video posted on Sunday night.
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