The ‘Pink Ladies’ Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream

A movement funded by a far-right group and backed by Reform UK and Conservative politicians – to protect women and girls – is gaining momentum. Nicola Kelly reports

There was fervour in Chelmsford’s Tindal Square – and a sea of pink.

Hot pink berets. Baby pink Union flags. Dogs with pink rain jackets.

This was the Pink Ladies’ protest – an anti-migrant group that portrays itself as ordinary women working to “save our kids”.