Is it any wonder people are turning to the EDL?
Is it any wonder English people of all colours and religions are supporting the English Defence League?
Over 4,000 people gathered at an English Defence League demonstration in Dudley to protest against the planned £18m muslim mosque which over 20,000 locals previously objected to in a petition. The protesters were herded into a large fenced-off car park surrounded by police whilst local fascists and muslims threw bottles and bricks over the fence. The police stood and watched them do it right up until the EDL protesters pushed over the fences at which point the police ran away.
I’ve read on another website that an EDL marshal was stabbed and another had a glass bottle put in his neck. The EDL website reports that a marshal was hit by a bottle, which would appear to give some legitimacy to the story.
I’m still not interested in ethnic nationalism or race politics and I’m not about to march with the EDL but it pisses me off that English people exercising their constitutional right to free assembly are treated this way and put in danger by the police while violent left wing fascists and muslim extremists are allowed to roam the streets, incite violence and murder and attack people who oppose them. I’m half tempted, next time they’re in the area, to go along to one of these protests with a camera and see what happens first hand.
And just in case you’re wondering, there were 9 arrests at the protest: 3 EDL supporters (out of 4,000) and 6 UAF fascists. The UAF arrests were for possession of offensive weapons and drugs.
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I’m sympathising more and more with the EDL myself, every demo so far it’s been the UAF and other extremists causing trouble and the EDL and associated others corralled, arrested, prevented from free assembly as well as vilified in the press. If you’d looked up the initial reports you’d have thought it was the EDL who’d rioted, not been provoked.
April 5th, 2010 at 9:11 pmThe Birmingham Mail have reported on the protest and said the two sides kept away from each other and that there were a few “flashpoints” but failed to mention that the EDL protesters were corralled into what was effectively a large cage whilst the police allowed nutters to come and throw stuff at them. Takes the piss.
I suspect we’re of a similar view – I don’t like their race politics but I am offended by the way they are treated and portrayed as troublemakers when it’s the UAF and muslims (but mainly the UAF) that cause mayhem. There were 3 arrests from 4,000 EDL protesters and 6 arrests from 1,500 UAF/muslim protesters.
April 5th, 2010 at 9:19 pmUnite against fascism is a somewhat ironic name is it not?
April 5th, 2010 at 9:37 pmthey may have only 1 policy but it is one that resonates with the population, not the mealy mouthed blando politics of the rest
April 6th, 2010 at 6:50 pmI remember you not being interested in party politics – and now you’re in UKIP. I remember you not being interested in the independance of England – and now you are advocating it. I give you two years to become interested in ethnic nationalism and race politics. I’ll be welcome.
April 8th, 2010 at 9:04 pmMaximus, I don’t advocate independence, I’m agnostic towards the union. I won’t be interested in ethnic nationalism and race politics, believe me.
April 8th, 2010 at 9:16 pm