United against hate: England’s counter-protesters left with little to counter

United against hate: England’s counter-protesters left with little to counter

From Newcastle to London to Bristol, anti-racist demonstrators stood up against threat of further racist riots

It was the day that England held its breath. Across the country, and over the Irish sea in Belfast, police feared and were braced for the most widespread night of violence in more than a decade.

Shops were boarded up, theatre performances cancelled and hotels and immigration advice centres closed over fears they were in the crosshairs of the far-right disorder that has laid siege to dozens of towns and cities over the past week.

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