Britain's Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.

Shabana Mahmood has called some of the protesters at Tommy Robinson’s recent rally “heirs to the skinheads and P***-bashers of old”.

In her main speech at the Labour Party conference, the home secretary – who is of Pakistani descent – also warned that patriotism risks “turning into something smaller – more like ethno-nationalism”.

Earlier this month, more than 100,000 people marched behind far-right activist Robinson – a convicted criminal and a former BNP member – in the “Unite the Kingdom” rally, which was marred by violent scenes.

Addressing Labour delegates in Liverpool today, Mahmood said: “While not everyone was violent,........

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