In the midst of a week marked by violence on the streets of the United Kingdom, the British government has deployed an unprecedented operation to contain the protests of far-right groups that have caused disturbances in several cities in the country. With 6,000 officers mobilized in the main cities, the police have managed to control the situation, while theAnti-racist counter-demonstrations are multiplying, raising our voices against hatred and intolerance.

London has been the epicenter of this tense situationwhere a far-right agitator tried to provoke the participants of an anti-racist demonstration. However, his attempt was in vain. The demonstrators, instead of responding to his provocations, chose to film him and laugh at him, an attitude that upset the provocateur, who was finally expelled by the police. Despite his insistence on returning, he did not manage to disturb the peaceful gathering.

Meanwhile, in other cities such as Newcastle and Liverpoolthousands of people gathered in support of diversity and against fascism. Among the chants that echoed through the streets, one could hear a unified and firm “Nazi scum, get off our streets!”, and “Stop the fascists now, now, now, now!”. The demonstrations were marked by flags, many of them Palestinian, and signs with messages such as “love the migrant, hate fascism”, making clear the rejection of hateful ideologies.

Police, meanwhile, have stepped up their response to the unrest. In recent days, raids have been carried out on the homes of the main instigators, resulting in numerous arrests. Keir Starmer, The UK Prime Minister has convened the Cobra security committee for the third time in a week, saying that “some of the people involved in the riots have received sentences of up to three years. That has sent a very powerful message.”

The firmness of the government and the strength of the counter-demonstrations appear to have contained far-right violencealthough the future remains uncertain. For now, the United Kingdom remains on alert, seeking to prevent the flames of hatred from being rekindled.