The alliance will stand up for unity and spread awareness of the rise in far-right activity across the UK
By Max Pilley 2nd December 2025
Fontaines D.C.'s Grian Chatten, Paloma Faith and Lenny Henry. CREDIT: Shirlaine Forrest/Jim Dyson/Samir Hussein/Getty Images
Fontaines D.C., Paloma Faith and Lenny Henry are among the names launching a new alliance, Together Against The Far Right.
The campaign will host a major national demonstration in London on Saturday 28 March 2026, with the aim of standing up for unity and building public awareness about the growing threat of the far right in the UK.
AdvertisementAmong the musicians signing up to the alliance are Fontaines D.C., Paloma Faith, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Brian Eno, Kneecap, The Charlatans, Clean Bandit, Charlotte Church, Beverley Knight, Joy Crookes, Frank Turner, AURORA, Toddla T, Napalm Death and Cornershop.
They are joined by actors Christopher Eccleston, Mark Rylance, David Harewood, Maxine Peake, Toby Jones and comedians Lenny Henry, Lolly Adefope, Asim Chaudhry and Mark Steel.
There are also more than 50 civil society organisations that have signed up to Together Against The Far Right, including Stand Up To Racism, Love Music Hate Racism, Unison, TUC, National Education Union, Friends Of The Earth and Unite The Union.
Thousands of members of the public have also joined the campaign, and you can do the same here.
A press release for the alliance has said: “The far right’s false promises exploit the very real economic pressures facing ordinary people, using them to scapegoat migrants, Muslims, and refugees. In response, the alliance aims to unite the country and show that our true strength lies in solidarity.”
RecommendedLenny Henry said: “We stand for love over hate, hope over fear and unity over division. We’re coming together against racism, join us and be a part of it.”
Paloma Faith added: “There is no world that I want to live in where discrimination is acceptable for anything. No race, gender or class is superior to any other…this is why racism makes my blood boil.”
The campaign’s planned demonstration in March is in part a response to the emergence of far-right protests over the last year. In September, the Metropolitan police estimated that between 110,000 and 150,000 people attended the so-called “united the kingdom” rally in central London, where Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk were among the speakers. An estimated 5000 anti-fascist counter-protesters faced the far-right activist-led rally that day.
AdvertisementLast year, thousands of anti-racism protestors rallied together across the UK in response to the anti-immigrant rallies that followed the Southport killings. Billy Bragg, Nadine Shah, Tim Burgess, Self Esteem and Garbage were among those to be part of the anti-racism marches.
