Sharon Osbourne has declared she will attend a Tommy Robinson rally organized to oppose immigration. Tommy Robinson is a far-right activist and founder of the English Defence League, and despite his controversial comments, Osbourne expressed her support for what he said publicly. Her engagement signals a notable intersection of celebrity influence with far-right political activism in the UK.
Tommy Robinson organized a Unite the Kingdom rally last year that saw more than 100,000 people turn out in London. That rally sparked several incidents of violent disorder that left some police officers injured. Recently, Robinson shared a video on social media in which he spoke about May 16 marking the date 'Britain rises and reunites', and in the video, he made several inflammatory and racist remarks.
It's the date the world hears our roar, and that we have had enough of migration and mass immigration and the oppression from a tyrannical government.
In recent months, Sharon Osbourne has become more vocal about her political leanings. In February, she declared online she wanted to run against a convicted terrorist who is standing for election in Birmingham. After watching a video about Shahid Butt – who was jailed in Yemen for his role in a terror plot and was announced to be running to be a local councillor in Sparkhill – shared on social media by Great British National Protest founder Richard Donaldson, Osbourne weighed in. Her Instagram comment picked up nearly 2,800 likes.
Richard Donaldson, whose video Osbourne responded to, is an ex-British Army soldier who has become a far-right campaigner. Last year, he raised more than £30,000 in donations to help fund an anti-migrant movement calling for people to engage in protests outside every hotel housing asylum seekers 'until they are all deported'.
Get rid of the tyrants in power.
Sharon Osbourne is the wife of late Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy, who died in July last year aged 76. In 2021, she infamously left the US chat show The Talk after a heated on-air debate about racism, in which she defended Piers Morgan over his criticism.
A large far-right demonstration in London led by Tommy Robinson resulted in clashes, with police reporting 26 officers injured and 25 arrests. Police estimated between 110,000 and 150,000 people attended the far-right rally in London, far more than organizers expected. A counter-march by Stand Up to Racism drew about 5,000 participants nearby, with roughly 1,000 police deployed to keep groups apart.
Open borders, police oppression, corruption in the judiciary and abuse of the British public.
There have been several more similar rallies organized since the Unite the Kingdom rally, with the next set to take place next month.
On International Women's Day 2026, the global conversation around women's rights is increasingly shaped by alarm over celebration. International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation, and it gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence against women.
We've had enough of it.
Nearly 70% of countries maintain discriminatory legal frameworks that prevent women from accessing justice on equal terms, according to a UN report released March 4, 2026. Worldwide, women possess only 64% of the legal rights enjoyed by men. Nearly one in three women worldwide have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence, according to a WHO and UN report, and an estimated 840 million women globally have faced intimate partner or sexual violence in their lifetimes, a figure barely changed in over two decades.
In Afghanistan, a decree in February permits men to beat their wives if they do not break bones or leave visible, lasting wounds, with a 15-day prison sentence for more severe injuries. Forcing animals to fight in Afghanistan carries a five-month sentence, compared to 15 days for severe wife-beating. Afghan women and girls face bans on secondary and university education affecting over two million girls, exclusion from most employment, and prohibition from leaving home without a male guardian. Afghan women and girl returnees from Iran and Pakistan face increased risks of poverty, early marriage, harassment, and exploitation amid a surge in returns.
The world was watching.
The 2025 UN Commission on the Status of Women session laid bare the increasingly precarious state of efforts to advance gender equality, with Saudi Arabia chairing and the USA leading a global regression. Negotiations at the 2025 CSW revealed a broad and coordinated assault on gender rights across continents and governance levels. The concerted attack on gender equality comes from a powerful alliance of states and non-state forces working systematically to dismantle decades of progress.
The USA, once a leading advocate for women's rights, is now a key force behind regression, with the Trump administration reinstating and expanding the global gag rule and opposing UN gender equality language.
Bring London to a total standstill.
International Women's Day 2025 witnessed strategic mobilisation globally, with women and allies protesting gender-based violence, defending reproductive rights, and expressing solidarity with oppressed communities. The day originated from labor movements in Europe and North America in the early 20th century, spurred by the universal female suffrage movement. The earliest reported Women's Day was held on 28 February 1909 in New York City, organized by the Socialist Party of America. Clara Zetkin proposed the celebration of 'Working Women's Day' at the 1910 International Socialist Women's Conference in Copenhagen, with no set date initially, and the first International Women's Day was marked on 19 March 1911 by over a million people in Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. Vladimir Lenin declared 8 March as International Women's Day in 1922 to honour women's role in the 1917 Russian Revolution, and the UN promoted the holiday in 1977, observing it with specific themes in women's rights.
Claims that International Women's Day commemorates a protest by women garment workers in New York on 8 March 1857 are a myth, according to researchers.
They have tried to silence us for decades, but we will be silenced no more.
The convergence of celebrity activism with far-right movements in the UK, exemplified by Sharon Osbourne's support for Tommy Robinson, occurs alongside a global struggle for gender rights marked by severe regression in many regions.
Key unknowns persist, including the specific details of the upcoming Tommy Robinson rally that Sharon Osbourne plans to attend, whether she has formally registered as a candidate for the Birmingham council elections, the full content of Tommy Robinson's inflammatory remarks, and the current status of the anti-migrant movement funded by Richard Donaldson's donations.
See you at the march.
This has nothing to do with racism. I think I'm gonna move to Birmingham and put my name down for the ballot to be on the council.
I'm serious.