Polanski calls out BBC’s woeful protest coverage

Saturday 28 March saw a significant anti-far right protest take place in London. According to Green Party leader Zack Polanski, however, you probably wouldn’t realise this if you’d been locked to the BBC:

How can the BBC justify how much coverage they give other marches which are significantly smaller in size?

The bias is so obviously blatant.https://t.co/vT67pvnoZh

— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) March 29, 2026

Zack Polanski — Numbers

The Guardian piece Zack Polanski links to above notes:

Organisers say half a million are taking part – though police disagree

Getting an accurate picture of the number of people attending a march is always difficult, but today’s organisers say they believe half a million people have gathered in London.

Rally co-organiser Kevin Courtney, chairman of the Together Alliance coalition, told crowds gathered on Whitehall:

“Our estimate is now that there are half a million people on this demonstration – the biggest demonstration ever against the far right. And it gives us all confidence to carry on. Thank you very much.”

The Met Police say their initial estimate is more like 50,000 people. They concede, however, that it is hard to get an accurate number as marchers are so dispersed throughout central London.

Muslims, Jews, Christian’s, atheists

Gay, straight, trans

Public sector workers, private sector workers, students, retired people

Disabled people, older people, younger people

White, black, brown

All people marching TOGETHER against the far right

pic.twitter.com/kmBD1bmMAa

— Harry Eccles (@Heccles94) March 29, 2026

We've joined the short march at the Together Alliance demo in central London today – oh and the rave on Trafalgar Square is already popping off 💚 pic.twitter.com/aRVWsfBulm

— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) March 28, 2026

Polanski was a speaker at the protest:

"Look around. Look at the people around you. We are intergenerational. We are white, we are black, we are Asian, we are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, non-faiths. We are community"

"And together, we will win"

We WILL win. https://t.co/vzJZBLAQYD

— Anne Greensmith 💙 (@snowleopardess) March 29, 2026

Half a million people marched together today – in the biggest demonstration against the far-right in our history.

Our message to Farage and his allies was clear:

We will defeat your division with unity.

And we will challenge your hate with hope. pic.twitter.com/JfdWBiXiBC

— Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) March 28, 2026

While the BBC did cover the protest, it’s fair to say that other protests have received significantly more attention. A key example of this was the far-right ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest, which saw about 150,000 people hit the streets of London. An example of the BBC’s extended coverage was this piece in which they interviewed attendees to understand why they attended the Tommy Robinson-linked event.

As we previously reported, Generation Remigration spoke at Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom. ‘Remigration’ is the plan to mass deport migrants and their descendants from European countries. And as we said at the time:

We’re not quite sure how that will work in Britain given the continuous influxes of populations we’ve experienced since the Roman Empire, except we are sure, obviously – they’re talking about deporting Black and brown people.

Attention economy

Beyond the BBC, the Unite the Kingdom rally sent shockwaves through the UK media. This was because it was the largest far-right rally in years. Despite this – as Polanski said – even larger rallies regularly fail to capture media attention. This is especially true when they’re linked to issues that the establishment opposes, such as the liberation of Palestine.

Polanski is right to fight for all the attention this movement can get, because lord knows the media won’t offer it from the goodness of their hearts.

Featured image via Richard Burgon