The Left has long been Islamists' useful idiot. But this level of coordination feels new - Alex Armstrong

Alex Armstrong
Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:45:54 +0000
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A day out for lefties who want to “stop the far-right” turned, predictably, into a march of hate, when the unholy and dangerous alliance of the far-left and Islamists joined forces, once again.

Last weekend, I took to the streets of central London reporting on the Together Alliance march, billed as a noble stand against the far right in the name of love, hope, and unity. Organisers boasted half a million attendees; the reality felt closer to 100,000 at best. What unfolded shocked me to my core.

From the very start, I asked participants a simple question: if you want to stop the far right, shouldn’t we stop the far left too?

The response was jaw-dropping but not unsurprising. Almost everyone shrugged and said, “Why? There’s nothing wrong with the far left”.

Only a tiny handful pushed back. That casual dismissal revealed everything. This was only a march of unity for those who agreed. So much for “Together”.

As the main march converged with the ‘Together for Palestine’ coalition, the atmosphere turned agitated and confrontational. Banners preached “hope over hate”, but the streets told a darker truth.

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing: protesters openly displaying pictures of the Ayatollah, kissing his image with fervent adoration. One woman beamed: “He is amazing. He is incredible. We love him. We all love him, and we support him.”

Another made the unmistakable “T” gesture, widely associated with Hezbollah, a designated terrorist organisation.

The sight turned my stomach. Here was a protest against supposed extremism, yet flooded with open affection for a regime notorious for oppression, terrorism, and brutality.

Tempers exploded with counter-protesters waving pre-revolutionary Iranian flags and Israeli flags. I watched a man rip down banners while police struggled to contain the chaos.

Shouts flew: regime supporters branded opponents “terrorists” and fake Iranians; exiles fired back that the IRGC had blood on its hands.

Middle fingers, raw aggression, and ugly clashes erupted — hardly the unity and love promised by event organisers. Foreign flags dominated British streets, as they now often do, turning the event into something far removed from a peaceful British demonstration.

This was the usual unholy alliance in plain sight: the left marching shoulder-to-shoulder with Islamist supporters of terrorist regimes.

Have these leftists ever heeded the warnings from history? Islamists have repeatedly used gullible left-wing groups to seize power, only to discard and crush them once in control.

There’s no better current example than Iran’s revolution. Socialist students, alongside Islamists, seized control of the country, only for the socialists to quickly find out how they were no longer helpful, whilst staring down the barrel of IRGC rifles.

Yet here it was again, unchallenged by organisers who stayed silent on these extremes, so they can continue to virtue signal.

A march claiming to fight division, tolerated and even celebrated, ideologies rooted in misogyny, terror, and theocratic tyranny.

Genuine unity demands consistency: opposing all extremism, not just the selective targets that fit the narrative. And that’s where the ‘Together Alliance’ instantly falls apart, as I said it would when I challenged one of the event organisers in the days leading up to the protest.

Covering this left me furious and deeply concerned. What I witnessed wasn’t hope, it was confrontation, denial, and an act of domination on Britain's streets.

Yes, the far-right may pose risks, but pretending the far-left and its Islamist allies are harmless is suicidal folly. In fact, we know Islamism is the most dangerous and deadly ideology in Britain, even the Government agrees.

That shrugging indifference to the far left, paired with Ayatollah worship and Hezbollah gestures, isn’t unity, it’s deliberate blindness.

All of this is a warning, a warning that allowing this to continue may make Britain an even more dangerous cocktail of extremists.

It’s why I’m determined to constantly cover these events and bring you the unfiltered truth about what’s happening to our country.

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