Home Secretary Condemns Far-Right Protesters As 'Heirs To P***-Bashers'

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68daab6a1400008d595c64fc.jpeg?cache=gHKzLF3aIH&ops=crop_0_68_3944_3533%2Cscalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Britain's Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025." data-caption="Britain's Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Britain's Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/shabana-mahmood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shabana Mahmood </a>has called some of the protesters at<a href="news/tommy-robinson" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Tommy Robinson’s</a> recent rally “heirs to the skinheads and P***-bashers of old”.</p><p>In her main speech at the <a href="news/labour-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Labour</a> Party conference, the home secretary – who is of Pakistani descent – also warned that patriotism risks “turning into something smaller – more like ethno-nationalism”.</p><p>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.</p><p>Addressing Labour delegates in Liverpool today, Mahmood said: “While not everyone was violent, some were. Twenty-six police officers were injured as they tried to keep the peace.</p><p>“While not everyone chanted racist slogans, some