"It was a patriotic march. I would say it was also a freedom march. It was a celebration of Britishness," says Bev Turner
Bev Turner gave her opinion into the 'Uniting the Kingdom' march organised by Tommy Robinson in London over the weekend.
She sent a message to our viewers stating: "We're living in strange times, aren't we? I don't know whether you saw the footage at the weekend of this March in London on Saturday in the sunshine.
"Now, what was it? It was a patriotic march. I would say it was also a freedom march. It was a celebration of Britishness. And of course, the figurehead of the event was Tommy Robinson.
"Much maligned, very divisive. Now, if you looked at the way the BBC had covered that event and other media outlets, it was described as a far right protest.
"It was anything but a far right protest.
"I wasn't there, I would quite like to have gone, actually. They had gospel singers there. They had families. There was lots of Union Jacks and lots of Saint George's flags.
"The question really is, why do people feel the need to go on the streets like that?
"What is driving this sense that we need to preserve Britishness? What is it that is making this happen?
"Mass immigration over a very short period of time, I would argue, and we need a language to talk about that without being accused of being racist because it's about whether you think this country matters and our values matter and our history and our culture matter.
"I very much think they do matter. So I'd say well done to everyone that was there at the weekend.
"And of course, Tommy Robinson had been arrested under terrorism powers because he showed a film that is legally not allowed to show.
"That film has now been watched on his Twitter feed nearly 13 million times. So that didn't really work, did it, if they wanted to suppress that particular video.
"But no doubt these protests will carry on. They are celebrations. They are festivals of Britishness. Do you think they are a good idea?"
