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• Far-right activists, football firm members, and nationalist groups gathered in Whitehall to "defend" monuments like the Cenotaph and the Winston Churchill statue.
• Some participants were filmed performing Nazi salutes, making racist chants, and clashing violently with police officers by throwing bottles, cans, and flares. Over 100 people were arrested.
• August 2020 / Subsequent Demonstrations:
• Similar far-right and anti-immigration demonstrations ("Enough is Enough" or associated rallies) led to further clashes in Whitehall.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer and political leaders publicly condemned the behavior, explicitly highlighting the presence of a "Nazi salute at the Cenotaph" and violent attacks against police.