On Saturday, hundreds of black-clad and masked demonstrators gathered at the port of Dover and blocked roads in the area.
Major disruption was reported in Dover, Britain’s largest port for ferry traffic. It is also the point of arrival for the vast majority of illegal migrants flooding across the Channel in small boats.
The demonstrators are said to have chanted rhythmically: «I’m England till I die!» The demonstration was prompted by the fact that 24-year-old Khalid Ahmed has been charged with firearms offences after police said that a number of weapons and ammunition were found in a vehicle at the port of Dover on Thursday.
NTB, for its part, does not wish to draw any conclusion about whom the demonstrators were protesting against.
The demonstration appears to be directed against migrants arriving by boat from France to Britain. According to the BBC’s reporter at the scene, the demonstrators shouted «Stop the Boats!» as they were escorted by police towards the railway station.
Stop the Boats! was, as is well known, one of five pledges made by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when he moved into 10 Downing Street. The pledge was, to put it mildly, not fulfilled.
British media, such as The Telegraph, have no difficulty seeing what the demonstration was about, but must of course add that the demonstrators belonged to the far right.
Far-right activists staged anti-migrant demonstrations in Dover on Saturday morning, blocking the port and disrupting traffic on roads in the area. Groups of masked men dressed in black arrived at Britain’s busiest ferry port and vowed to disrupt operations there for three days.
The Telegraph writes that the demonstrators numbered in the hundreds. The left’s bible, The Guardian, speaks of dozens, but even they understand what the demonstration was about. NTB has probably taken the phrase «appears to» from this very newspaper, which seems to be NTB’s main source for British news.
Dozens of people dressed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked the road at the port of Dover in Kent, causing the road to be closed in both directions on Saturday morning.
Kent Police said they were present and dealing with the demonstration, which the Port of Dover described as a «public order incident». Responsibility for the demonstration appears to have been claimed by an anti-immigration group with links to the far right.
A photograph shows demonstrators blocking a road, with Dover Castle visible in the background. The 12th-century castle protected England from unwanted intrusion for many hundreds of years. Today, small rubber boats and unarmed migrants are enough to invade the island.
The Times provides further information:
Hundreds of «anti-immigration protesters» are disrupting operations at the port of Dover. Access to the port has been restored after demonstrators, backed by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, had earlier brought traffic on the roads to a standstill.
Some of the demonstrators are said to have claimed that they belonged to Patriot Platform, an anti-immigration group that has said it intends to blockade the port for three days by working in shifts. Patriot Platform is also described as far-right.
The group was founded earlier this year by Daniel Thomas, an activist better known as Danny Tommo and an associate of Tommy Robinson.
Thomas has previously outlined plans for direct action against small-boat crossings, including deploying boats in the English Channel in addition to «forces on the ground».
In May, Thomas urged his supporters to «reclaim our borders» and said:
«Britain belongs to the British people, and we are going to take it back.»
Patriot Platform says that they are motivated by «love of country, responsibility to our families and faith in Britain’s future».
🚨BREAKING: A massive number of blacked out men in balaclavas have taken control of roads in Dover right now to protest to the illegal migrant invasion
They are REFUSING to move, with more protesters beginning to arrive.
The whole country backs them. 🏴 pic.twitter.com/9U7egGl9yr
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) September 5, 2026
Condemned by the authorities
Mike Tapp is the Labour MP for the Dover area. He condemns the demonstration.
«There is nothing wrong with protesting,» he said, but added that they «do not have the right to come to our town, block our roads and wear balaclavas. Residents are fed up with this kind of disruption from people who do not even live here.»
Tapp urged people to «get on with what you are doing» and «do not let these protesters stop you».
It may be pointed out here that those arriving in Dover in small boats do not live in the area either. The demonstrators are at least British.
Labour’s national leadership also condemns the demonstrators. A government spokesman said:
«The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy, but we condemn the behaviour in Dover and the travel disruption it has caused. We understand the frustration of those who have been affected today. Access to the port has now been restored, and traffic is flowing normally.»
There is absolutely nothing to suggest that Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his government have any concrete plans to stop the influx of illegal boat migrants. It is therefore not only the residents of Dover who are frustrated by the situation.
