As can be seen in the pictures below, the rally was led by elderly UKIP members on mobility scooters. Some people had brought their dogs and there were parents wheeling their children in pushchairs. It was as the organisers intended it to be, a family day out.
The march had been condemned previously by Nigel Farage, UKIP’s two-time leader and defining figure, who said on his LBC radio show: “If this march goes ahead with Gerard Batten as the leader of UKIP, then UKIP becomes the new BNP.” It can now be seen how wrong he was.
The march ended with a rally in Whitehall where a temporary stage had been erected. The speakers included UKIP leader Gerard Batten; Tommy Robinson; Alan Craig, UKIP's children and families spokesman; Neil Hamilton, the UKIP leader in Wales; UKIP MEP, Stuart Agnew; Carl Benjamin (Sargon of Akkad); Lord Pearson; UKIP immigration spokesman, Paul Oakley and speakers from Northern Ireland and Czechoslovakia. The event ended with a rendition of the National Anthem, led by a young female singer.
