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UKIP's Protest Ban Sparks Controversy in Tower Hamlets
10/22/2025
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- The Metropolitan Police banned a United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) demonstration in Tower Hamlets on October 25.
- The event was part of a “mass deportations tour” aiming to reclaim Whitechapel from the Islamists.
- UKIP criticized the ban, saying it infringes democratic rights and capitulates to Islamist pressures.
- Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman backed the ban, citing disruption and intimidation, and announced a diversity counter-march.
