"I thank the police who worked hard to ensure much of today's protest was peaceful. But I condemn those who have attacked and injured police officers. Anyone taking part in criminal activity will face the full force of the law," Mahmood said in a post on the X social network.
Protesters in London gathered on Russell Square on Saturday and from there headed to the government quarter of Whitehall. Many people carried the national flag of England with the cross of St. George and the Union Jack. The demonstrators chanted slogans against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, criticising the government's immigration policy and what they sawas restrictions on free speech.