London: Donald Trump, pro-Brexit supporters heckle London Mayor Sadiq Khan during speech

A group of far-right protestors, brandishing flags of the United States and pro-Brexit slogans, heckled London Mayor Sadiq Khan during a speech.

As per a report by UK's The Guardian, Khan was addressing a group on gender equality, when the protestors from the recently-formed White Pendragons made their protest.

Today at @thefabians conference I spoke about how we cannot allow a populist, anti-feminist narrative to take hold in Britain. Men must become better allies and progressives must fight back. #BehindEveryGreatCity #Fab18 pic.twitter.com/pbbOPH6zYv

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) January 13, 2018

Shortly after Khan began speaking at the society’s new year conference, one man told the audience: “Ladies and gentlemen, we’re here today to make a non-violent, peaceful citizen’s arrest.”

One man shouted “No to the EU” and another displayed a US flag.
Audience members began to heckle and slow-clap, but the protesters resisted attempts to remove them, claiming they would sue anyone who touched them for “common assault”.

Several police officers then moved in to escort them from the venue.

The protesters claimed the Fabian Society was “subverting our English constitution”, with one quoting the Magna Carta.

Outside the hall, the ITV News reporter Paul Brand asked them several times for clarity about their objection to the society, but failed to get a clear response.

After they disrupted @sadiqkhan's speech today, I spent a good ten minutes genuinely trying to get to the bottom of what the White Pendragons stand for. Anyone able to help? #fab18 pic.twitter.com/h8DztI8z3I

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) January 13, 2018

He said in a tweet that they claimed to be neither a racist, nor a far-right group. “But they told us Sadiq Khan has no right to be Mayor of London, referencing his religion.”

When Khan, a former chair of the Fabian Society, resumed his speech he quipped: “On the plus side, I wasn’t served with a P45” – a reference to Theresa May’s Tory conference speech that was interrupted by a prankster.

The mayor added: “It is a pleasure to be here even though we were distracted by the actions of what some would call very stable geniuses.”