After one of the largest-ever far-right protests in Britain, an old video was shared in posts falsely claiming it depicted the “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London. The drone footage previously circulated in posts about an independence day march in Poland’s capital Warsaw in November 2023 and corresponds to Google Street View imagery of the route taken by attendees.<\/p>\n
“The biggest demonstration in the history of Europe. Over one million people joined the Unite the Kingdom nationalism protest in London,” reads part of the simplified Chinese caption of a Weibo video<\/a> posted on September 14, 2025.<\/p>\n “Their major demand is ‘to take back the United Kingdom’ — with a focus on freedom of speech, national security, social security, and immigration issues.”<\/p>\n The video shows an aerial view of protesters waving flags and flares as they pack a bridge and a city street.<\/p>\n Screenshot of the false Weibo post captured on September 19, 2025, with a red X added by AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The video was also shared in similar Douyin<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> and X posts<\/a>, as well as by Chinese media outlets<\/a> in posts<\/a> after up to 150,000 people had gathered at a far-right rally<\/a> in the British capital on September 13 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n Attendees — many draped in English and British flags — rallied near Downing Street for speeches by figures associated with the far right from across Europe and North America, including billionaire X owner Elon Musk.<\/p>\n Some attached pictures of slain right-wing American activist Charlie Kirk to their placards, while other signs included slogans like “stop the boats” and derided Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n Police said they made 25 arrests and 26 officers were injured as clashes broke out after some attendees tried to enter so-called “sterile areas” near counter-protesters.<\/p>\n The video circulating online, however, does not show the London protest.<\/p>\n A reverse image search<\/a> on Google using keyframes<\/a> from the falsely shared video led to the same footage<\/a> posted by a Poland-based user on X on November 11, 2023 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The watermark in the top-right corner of the falsely shared video also matches the X user’s handle.<\/p>\n The video’s caption says it shows drone footage of Poland’s annual independence day march: “Amazing scenes as hundreds of thousands took to the street to celebrate Poland!”<\/p>\n