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Sharon Osbourne has said she will be attending an anti-immigration rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
She said she will be at the Unite The Kingdom march next month, which follows on from a controversial similar rally at London’s Trafalgar Square in September.
Robinson shared an Instagram video earlier this week on the Gauci Reports account, urging fans to mark May 16 as the date that “Britain rises and reunites”.
“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,” he said.
Robinson - who has previously had celebrity support from Holly Valance - added that he wants to “bring London to a standstill”.
Sharon Osbourne said she will attend the rally next monthAFP via Getty Images“They have tried to silence us for decades, but we will be silenced no more,” he concluded.
Osbourne commented on the post: “See you at the march.”
The Gauci Reports account replied, “Yes Sharon” and wrote in a separate post: “CONFIRMED: SHARON OSBOURNE ‘See you at the march’. The Queen of Rock replied to my Instagram post yesterday.
“After years of watching Britain change, especially her home town of Birmingham, she's standing up!”
Osbourne does not live in Birmingham but has strong links to the city through her late husband, Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne, who was born and raised in the city.
Osbourne has become more vocal in her political views in recent months.
In February, she was invited by the Conservative party to stand as their candidate in Birmingham’s upcoming local elections against a convicted terrorist.
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In 1999, Butt and five other UK nationals were found guilty of plotting to blow up the British consulate, an Anglican church and a hotel in Yemen.
Butt claimed the charges were fabricated and that he was tortured into making a confession. He was later handed a five-year sentence on terrorism charges.
During September’s Unite The Kingdom rally, violence erupted at the London march.
A counter-protest organised by the Stand Up To Racism group formed at the other end of Whitehall with 5,000 people in attendance.
Police blasted protesters for displaying a “wholly unacceptable” level of violence. At least 25 people were arrested and 26 police officers injured, including four who were seriously hurt.