Thousands march against far right in London in biggest ever multicultural protest

More than 100 charities, campaign groups and trade unions marched in a show of unity against far right politics

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Tens of thousands of people have gathered in London to march against the far right in the biggest multicultural demonstration in UK history.

Organisers claimed half a million people have travelled to the capital for the Together Alliance march. Police estimated the turnout closer to 50,000, although they admitted it was difficult to judge due to how spread out the crowd was.