"A young man in a suit made of union jacks held up a framed photograph of their hero above his head. The crowd loudly chanted the name. The focus of this acclamation was not Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, the organiser of the so-called free speech march in central London last Saturday. They were instead shouting themselves hoarse for Charlie Kirk, the murdered political activist from Cook County in the US state of Illinois."
"Protesters carry a Charlie Kirk placard during the Unite the Kingdom London march. Photograph: James Willoughby/Sopa Images/Shutterstock Thousands of British patriots just fell silent in honor of Charlie Kirk in London, tweeted Eric Daugherty, an assistant news director at the conservative Florida's Voice website (Honest political reporting to Florida, minus the mainstream talking points'.) It is said that when America coughs, Britain catches a cold."
A crowd of an estimated 110,000–150,000 gathered in central London for a so-called free speech march organized by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson). Protesters chanted Charlie Kirk's name and displayed his photograph, despite Kirk being a relatively unknown figure in the UK who was recently murdered at Utah Valley University. Clips of an almost entirely white, predominantly male crowd were amplified on US-based social media accounts, and a minute's silence was observed. The UK version of Turning Point USA has not taken off, but US conservative networks and personalities are feeding into and reinforcing British mobilization.
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