Source: This Is Leicestershire
EDL members and police during a rally in Nottingham
By peter warzynski
Controversial group the English Defence League (EDL) has revealed it will hold a protest in Leicester next month.
The EDL – whose stated aim is to oppose Islamic extremism – said about 3,000 members would be involved in the demonstration, on Saturday, October [...]
September 8, 2010 in EDL News
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English Defence League leader, ‘Tommy Robinson’ last night posted a statement that seemed to confirm at last the racist roots of the far-right group.
In a fit of profane pique, the EDL’s self-styled head honcho has poured scorn on those infighting within the organisation, and furiously attacked those accusing him of making money from the EDL [...]
September 8, 2010 in EDL News
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Source: Bolton News
A PUB landlord “flouted the terms of his licence” by allowing a group of up to 150 English Defence League activists to drink alcohol from 9am on the morning of their town centre protest, a court heard.
Between 100 and 150 of the group’s members and supporters gathered at [...]
September 4, 2010 in EDL News
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Source: Telegraph & Argus
Police have vowed to bring the full force of the law against anyone involved in violence during a far-right demonstration in Bradford last Saturday.
West Yorkshire Police are to scrutinise CCTV footage of the English Defence League’s demonstration in the city centre following a string of arrests for disorder.
So [...]
September 3, 2010 in EDL News
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Source: Telegraph & Argus
Businesses in Bradford were today still counting the cost of the English Defence League’s demonstration.
Many traders in the city centre took the tough decision to close for the day and others suffered a huge loss of trade as shoppers avoided the city centre because of the fear of violence on Saturday.
Andrew Longman, [...]
September 1, 2010 in EDL News
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Source: Hope Not Hate
There was widespread relief across Bradford last night after the EDL protest passed off without major incident. Despite huge provocation from the racist hooligans the Muslim community in particular refused to rise to the bait.
But as I mention in my summary of the day last night, there was a far bigger victory [...]
August 29, 2010 in EDL News
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Source: Malatesta
They came, they stood, they shouted. And then nicked off again! Such was the so-called ‘Little Big One!’ much trumpeted by the EDL and proving to be a static demo too far.
The EDL are claiming they had thousands in attendance but in reality there were about 700 at the start then more coaches turned [...]
August 29, 2010 in EDL News
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Source: BBC
Bottles, stones and a smoke bomb were thrown during protests by a right-wing group and their opponents in Bradford.
Trouble flared at the city’s Urban Gardens where a large crowd of English Defence League (EDL) supporters had gathered.
They were penned in by hundreds of police as a separate group of 300 people from Unite Against [...]
August 29, 2010 in EDL News
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Source: Yahya Snow
Talk about morons travelling to a city and humiliating themselves.
I have embedded two videos in this post. The first shows Sky News humiliating the EDL by showcasing their botched attack on a car as well as their in-fighting.
The second shows the infamous punch thrown at an EDL trouble maker (which is now dubbed [...]
August 29, 2010 in EDL News
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Source: Hope Not Hate
Bradford’s Women for Peace has begun the weekend of protests against the English Defence League presence by dressing the city centre in lime green ribbons and banners. “Given the pain and violence that was inflicted on the city almost a decade ago, as women we are standing firm against right-wing extremism and [...]
August 27, 2010 in EDL News
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