A Scottish Korean performer known online as Ryan Williams, known online as “the scottish korean,” drew attention at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally by wearing bacon while playing the cello and repeating an anti-Muslim slogan.
Williams has been described as a classically trained cellist who became a viral right-wing commentator after a Sky News appearance in which bacon was placed on his shirt during an interview about Islam.
In posts and clips tied to that appearance, he said, “I may be hung like a chipmunk, but I’ve got enough balls to fight Islam,” a line later repeated across social platforms.
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The footage circulating from the event shows him using the bacon gag again while performing on cello at the rally, which was organized by anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson.
Unite the Kingdom is Robinson’s signature march, presented by its organizers as a patriotic demonstration focused on free speech, national identity, and Christian values. The rally has been largely labelled as far-right.
Ahead of the march, Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the event, saying it was a “stark reminder” of what Britain was up against and accusing the organizers of “peddling hatred and division.”
“Their goal is to convince people that Britain’s problems are caused by those living alongside them. But that is not the Britain that I know,” he said.
“This is a country built on decency, fairness and respect. A country that is at its best when people from different backgrounds come together in common purpose.”
The May march took place in central London alongside a rival pro-Palestinian Nakba Day march, with police deploying thousands of officers and using live facial recognition for the first time at such protests.
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The Metropolitan Police said the two protests led to 43 arrests overall, including 20 linked to Unite the Kingdom, while BBC reporting noted the march was part of a major policing operation because of the scale and overlap of the demonstrations. Reports also said the government had blocked 11 foreign “far-right agitators” from entering the UK ahead of the rally.
