Anti-racist protesters have attempted to block the route of a planned march through central London by the Democratic Football Lads Alliance, leaving hundreds of the rightwing group’s supporters stuck in Pall Mall, as police formed a barrier between the crowds. Scores of police on horseback and wearing riot gear tried to control the groups with vans attempting to block them in. Reports on social media claimed that black-clad anti-fascist protesters had blocked the DFLA march on Pall Mall. Other pictures and video appeared to show several hundred protesters already at the rally point on Whitehall. The DFLA, a group formed of mainly middle-aged, white male football fans, had planned a mass march from Park Lane to Whitehall.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2018 14:59 UTC