A planned demonstration by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been banned by the Metropolitan Police from taking place in an area with a large Muslim population.
The force said the move was because the gathering, due to take place in east London on Saturday, bore a “realistic prospect of serious disorder”.
Initially advertised as a march from Whitechapel station and later revised to be an assembly in the same area, it was part of a series of events to “reclaim Whitechapel from the Islamists”, the Met said.
UKIP said the police had “caved into the Islamists and violated our democratic right to peaceful assembly in Whitechapel this Saturday”.
