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The day after the appalling murder of Charlie Kirk by a deranged far-Left activist, a large crowd gathered in Parliament Square. They prayed. They lit candles. They sang 'Christ is King'. There was no disorder.
On Saturday a different crowd arrived in Westminster. They had been brought there by convicted football hooligan, criminal and political extremist Tommy Robinson. On the stage that had been erected, Colombian-American politician Valentina Gomez told the crowd: 'We need a new prime minister who has guts. Who will stand up for the British and send all of these rapist Muslims and dirty rugs back to their Sharia nations.' Some of Robinson's supporters began urinating on nearby walls.
Former Reform MEP Ben Habib appeared. 'Go on then let's get it out of our systems,' he bellowed, before breaking into a verse of 'Keir Starmer's a w*****.' The crowd gleefully joined in.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk joined the event on a giant video screen. 'Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die,' he declared.
A couple of hours later violence flared. Twenty-six police officers were injured, four seriously. A statement issued by the Metropolitan Police said: 'There is no doubt that many came to exercise their lawful right to protest, but there were many who came intent on violence. They confronted officers, engaging in verbal and physical abuse.'
In the wake of Kirk's killing, there have been calls – primarily but not exclusively from figures on the Right – to re-examine the nature of our political discourse. Some have argued that the lazy branding of anyone not endorsing prevailing Left-wing orthodoxy as 'far-Right' or 'Fascist' or 'Nazi' toxifies public debate in a dangerous way.
And they are correct. Attempts to caricature anyone with legitimate concerns about immigration, the disproportionate representation of certain nationalities in crime statistics or the breakdown of gender-safe spaces are deeply corrosive.
But there is something else that is dangerous. Which is allowing genuine extremists to enter the political mainstream without challenge.
Saturday's march on London was a radical far-Right rally. Not all those who attended were themselves extremists. Many had very real, honourable concerns about the direction of their country.
But those who organised the gathering did not. The event they promoted was divisive. It was deeply un-British. And it needs to be called out for what it is.
Yet it's not being called out. With the honourable exception of Ed Davey, Britain's mainstream political leadership has been cowed.
Sir Keir Starmer put out a couple of bland tweets. Nigel Farage – who earlier in the week had been warning of the dangers of intemperate political language – meekly said Musk's comments 'left a degree of ambiguity' and asked him to clarify further. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch refused point blank to condemn either Robinson or Musk, claiming she was trying to 'de-escalate' the situation.
Badenoch is not trying to de-escalate. She's trying to hide. Like Starmer, and Farage, she is terrified of Robinson, Musk and their movement. And she thinks if she runs away from it, it will eventually go away.
It will not go away. Figures from the march have been contested. But a minimum of 100,000 people attended. That is 100,000 people to hear a foreign tech billionaire explicitly demanding people 'fight' in the context of political violence. And Britain's political class stands mute.
I personally think Keir Starmer is proving a disastrous Prime Minister. I think Kemi Badenoch is a useless leader of the Opposition. And I think Nigel Farage, though he has clearly caught the national mood, has provided very little evidence he currently has any practical, concrete policies to tackle our country's numerous ills.
But at least they are elected, democratic politicians. They do not espouse violence, or the enforced removal of entire swathes of the population solely on the basis of the God they pray to. They have had the courage to place themselves in front of the voters, and serve at their favour.
Tommy Robinson, Elon Musk and their fellow travellers are not prepared to do that. They do not believe in democratic norms. They do not support the structures that, however imperfect, safeguard our governance. They are anarchists, committed to nothing less than tearing down society, and rebuilding it in their own disfigured image.
Those parading the stage at Saturday's perversely titled 'Unite the Kingdom' march had different, at times contradictory, ideologies. But they each had one thing in common. They despise Keir Starmer. They despise Kemi Badenoch. And they despise Nigel Farage. And they want to see them destroyed.
There is no reasoning with them. Starmer's cowardly silence will not placate them. Badenoch's pitiful attempt to 'de-escalate' will not neutralise them. Farage's cringeworthy attempts to worm his way back into Elon Musk's affections will not appease him.
On this Musk is right. Good people do now need to raise up and fight. Not with Tommy Robinson's trademark weapons of fists and boots, but with words and ideas.
Those of us who believe in the basic principles of parliamentary democracy, the rule of law and freedom from prejudice have to take a stand now. Yes, the underlying issues that drove people to Robinson and Musk's tattered standard have to be addressed. The mounting anger and disillusionment at the British elite must be confronted head on.
But it must be confronted honestly. A football hooligan and an American Ketamine user do not speak for the British people. So the majority – the decent, moderate silent majority that have always defined our national character – must speak instead.
The march on London was not organised by people who love their country, but people who despise it. They are not patriots – indeed, half of those addressing the crowd don't even appear to own a British passport, or live in this country. They do not want Britain to stand as a proud, independent nation. They want to turn us into grotesque, bastardised parody of the United States.
And they cannot be allowed to succeed. Because this is not who we are. We are the nation of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth. Not the plaything of a spoilt, bored tech brat.
So yes, we must fight. We must all fight. Not with violence, but with our hearts and minds. And we need to send Robinson and Musk and their supporters packing.
The Unite the Kingdom rally was a far-Right hate march. And everyone needs to say so.