The protests have been organised amid concern that populist Salvini is planning to speak at venues in Liverpool and London this spring, the Liverpool Echo reported.
Tickets are on sale at £28 (€33) a head for what appears to be a dinner event being hosted by Lega nel Mondo, an international network established by Salvini in 2018.
Advertisements suggest Salvini will be speaking at as-yet undisclosed venues in the UK and Ireland in March and April.
A screenshot of one UK event being advertised online.
Leader of the anti-immigrant League party and Italy’s former deputy prime minister, Salvini frequently grabs headlines in Italy and abroad with his anti-immigrant outbursts, controversial publicity stunts, and divisive “Italians first” rhetoric.
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The event website is very vague, and invites supporters of the Italian politician to email for further information.
Lega nel Mondo had not responded to requests for comment at the time of writing.
In Liverpool, anti-racism groups quickly responded by organsing a peaceful protest which, the Echo reports, will take inspiration from the ‘Sardine’ movement that has recently sprung up in Italy to protest the politics of Salvini and other right-wing figures in the country.
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The protest movement began as a flash mob protest in Bologna in November, at which organisers said people would be “packed like sardines” into the city’s main piazza.
A “sardines” protest against Matteo Salvini and the League party in the Italian city of Florence in December. Photo: AFP