Activists troll far-right UK rally with giant pro-immigration clip

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 17, 2026 · 65 words

Immigration Debate Political polarization Political Activism

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Activists troll far-right UK rally with giant pro-immigration clip Activists troll far-right UK rally with giant pro-immigration clip Activist group Led By Donkeys has snuck a big screen streaming pro-immigration messages into a far-right Unite the Kingdom…

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Topics 3

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Why it matters

The stunt prompted boos from the crowd and attempts to shut the screen down.

Common ground

Tens of thousands of people attended the rally.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Activist group Led By Donkeys has snuck a big screen streaming pro-immigration messages into a far-right Unite the Kingdom march.”

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Two independent news sources (Independent TV and Metro News) confirm that the group Led By Donkeys placed a screen streaming pro-immigration messages ('immigration makes Britain brilliant' and 'we are all immigrants') at the Unite the Kingdom march.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donkey Kong is a series of video games published by Nintendo since 1981 and created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Donkey Kong and Mario have both had the roles of protagonist and antagonist in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Donkey_Kong_characters

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pyrenean, French: Âne des Pyrénées, is a French breed of domestic donkey. It is distributed in a large area of south-western France, covering the whole of the regions of Aquitaine, Midi Pyrénées a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenean_donkey

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Unite to Remain (Welsh: Uno i Aros) was a campaign and electoral pact during the 2019 general election. It involved three parties that supported remaining in the European Union: the Liberal Democrats,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_to_Remain

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Claim 2: “Tens of thousands of people attended the rally.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm the attendance was in the tens of thousands. Nypost reports 'tens of thousands', the Met Police estimate 'about 110,000', and other web results mention 'tens of thousands' joining the rally.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It compr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since March 2025, protests against immigration have taken place in parts of the United Kingdom, some of which have led to violent disorder. At least 41 police officers have been injured and over 180 p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_Kingdom_anti-immig…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a trade union in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Union

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Claim 3: “The stunt prompted boos from the crowd and attempts to shut the screen down.”

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While sources confirm the screen was present and described as 'trolling' the protesters, none of the provided evidence explicitly mentions the crowd booing or attempting to shut the screen down.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2024 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, won a landslide victory over the go…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_el…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Roman Kingdom, also known as the Roman monarchy and the regal period of ancient Rome, was the earliest period of Roman history, when the city and its territory were ruled by kings. According to tr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kingdom

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