Police, protesters scuffle as 110,000 join London rally

LONDON — More than 100,000 protesters marched through central London on Saturday, carrying flags of England and Britain and scuffling with police in one of the United Kingdom's biggest rightwing demonstrations of modern times.

London's Metropolitan Police said the "Unite the Kingdom" march, organized by anti-immigrant activist Tommy Robinson, was attended by around 110,000 people, who were kept apart from a "Stand Up to Racism" counterprotest attended by around 5,000.

The police appeared to be taken by surprise by the size of the turnout, describing the rally as "too big to fit into Whitehall" — a wide street lined with government buildings — on the approved route of the march.