Southport protests latest: Far right mob clash with riot police near Downing Street and Cenotaph

Far-right demonstrators have thrown flares towards Downing Street and a statue of Winston Churchill as they clashed with riot police in London.

A few hundred protesters joined the “Enough is Enough” march in Whitehall on Wednesday evening in the wake of the tragic knife attack and subsequent riots in Southport .

More than a dozen people were detained at the event, where the crowd was heard chanting “Rule Britannia” and “we want our country back”.

It comes as Merseyside Police made fifth arrest following violent disorder broke on Southport on Tuesday night, with a mob throwing bricks and bottles outside a mosque.

Police accused individuals who do not live in Merseyside or care about its people of using lies and disinformation around the identity of the knifeman in Monday’s attack “to bring violence and disorder to our streets”.

A 17-year-old, who is from Lancashire and was born in Cardiff bu t cannot be legally named because of his age, remains in custody having been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

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