But it was anti-fascist activists who were out in greater numbers, holding rallies in cities up and down England including London, Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool and Newcastle.
“Whose streets? Our streets!” chanted protesters at a few-thousand strong gathering in Walthamstow, northeast London, where some held banners saying “Stop the far right”.
“I live in the borough and we don’t want these people on our streets … they don’t represent us,” Sara Tresilian, 58, told AFP of the far-right.
“You have to turn out to give that message … I think it’s important that you show up for your friends and neighbours.”
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