Mark White was left baffled as police marched counter-protesters to face off with anti-migrant demonstrators in Portsmouth.
The GB News Home and Security editor was on the scene, where many had gathered as tensions boiled over across the English south coast over small boat crossings.
“It was all very peaceful and good-natured until a few minutes ago. Then the most inexplicable thing happened,” Mark explained.
“The police have now marched a rival group, the Stop the Far Right and the Stand Up to Racism brigade, here.
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“They’ve allowed them to come in. They’re literally about 30 or 40ft apart. They’re hardly apart at all.
“I have never seen this happen in London, for instance. Normally they are kept well apart. So to have them in here and the obvious sort of increase in tensions.”
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