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Dozens of arrests have been made as 4,000 officers were on duty for pro-Palestine and Tommy Robinson-led Unite the Kingdom rallies in central London.The Standard spoke to demonstrators from both marches on why they are rallying on the streets of the capital.Keep up to date with the latest news from the protests via our liveblog: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/unite-the-kingdom-march-tommy-robinson-nakba-78-protest-b1282512.html

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00:00Tommy Robinson can go do one.
00:01All these people have got to be wrong.
00:03Horrendous hate marches that he creates.
00:06Dahmer.
00:06He should be locked up in a tower.
00:08He would do if I was king.
00:10What's your message you want to get across to the rest of the country with the march today?
00:13The message is that we will continue protesting,
00:16that we must stand in solidarity with the Palestinians,
00:19that we must have equal rights and justice from everyone that lives in historic Palestine.
00:24Everything needs to change to how it has been.
00:27So the whole country, and that's why everyone's here today,
00:30they just want a whole, complete change of what the whole system's doing.
00:33On the days where we come down to London and outnumber Tommy Robinson
00:36and build a vibrant anti-racist movement that represents everything that he hates,
00:41that's when we knock their confidence, that's when we can take them off the streets,
00:44and that's how we can make a difference.
00:46We've got thousands on our anti-racist block,
00:49and also we were marching on the Together demonstration on the 28th of March,
00:53where we had half a million.
00:54Our movement's absolutely huge.
00:56There've been too many marches going on in London,
00:59that I've watched on the TV that seem to be hostile to British interests, shall we say,
01:06and I wanted to come down and say,
01:07well, there are people who have an alternative point of view.
01:10So today, we've got a big moment of unity
01:12between the Palestine movement and between the anti-racist movement,
01:16who are saying,
01:18I'm not racist, but I mean, all this hotel's full, pain for them,
01:23yeah, England's in trouble, crimes and all that.
01:27One I'm gone, mate.
01:28One I'm gone.
01:29So what exactly needs to change, and what's the issue now,
01:31and what would you like it to change to?
01:32Well, I'd like it to change, so actually,
01:34the country are looking after our own people more than everyone else.
01:37You know, our people are the priority here,
01:40and that's why everyone's here, because they feel the same,
01:43that they need looking after.
01:45Not any special, you know, situation,
01:49but just looking after and treated at least equally.
01:53I don't think you'll change anything very much this March, just today,
01:57but to send a message that people are a bit fed up with the way things are,
02:01especially on the issue of open, well, apparently open borders.
02:05It's very important that we counter these horrendous hate marches that he creates.
02:10The whole thing is being called a racist by being here today.
02:15Like, all these people, apparently, are racists.
02:18You've got people there, you've got Chinese people walking,
02:21you've got people from other countries walking for us.
02:23These streets are ours, they are not his.
02:25Do you have a message to Tommy Robinson and his march today?
02:27Yeah, well, I probably can't publicise or go into your interview
02:32what I really want to say to Tommy Robinson,
02:34but what I want to tell him is that I've grown up in London my whole life.
02:37London is an anti-racist city.
02:39This country is built off of migration.
02:41We wouldn't have the NHS.
02:43We wouldn't have our bus services or our cleaning services without migrants.
02:46So Tommy Robinson can go do one.
02:48There's very many more of us than them,
02:50and we've got no room for racism.
02:52Brilliant, thank you very much.
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