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1500 in total according to police, far less than the EDL were hoping to attract. 5000 Muslims gathered to say prayers for the solder in Morden this morning
 
1500 in total according to police, far less than the EDL were hoping to attract. 5000 Muslims gathered to say prayers for the solder in Morden this morning


that's a fair bit how can you equate it with people going to the Mosque, ridiculous, this thread....

oh and they done the thing they haven't in the past, kept it peaceful, they will grow now.
 
that's a fair bit how can you equate it with people going to the Mosque, ridiculous, this thread....

oh and they done the thing they haven't in the past, kept it peaceful, they will grow now.
wtf u on about now?

you don't think it is comment worthy for media to not report 5000 Muslims praying for the soldier?
 
missed the bit about them praying for the soldier, EDL numbering over 2000 is news as well


btw, this time they were allowed to march through the town, does anyone know how the general public responded to them.
 
Manc was a bit of a damp squib as far as the UAF demo was concerned, we followed the EDL from Piccadilly Gardens to the war memorial at St Peter's Square, shouting "Nazi scum" and suchlike at them whilst they lay in their protective cocoon of police lines. The EDL then lay tributes to Lee Rigby, then dispersed, and ended up in wondering around the city centre and various drinking establishments for a while. The UAF then went back to Piccadilly Gardens for a small rally, where I learnt that two of the leading UAF supporters had gone to the war memorial first, but were moved on physically by the police, allowing the EDL to march, although earlier on GMP had supposedly said it would have been a static demo by the EDL.

About 60-80 UAF at its height and a similar number of EDL. The EDL at least were forced to rely on the police for protection, and the police lines made them barley visible at times, but all the same, the was no direct confrontation, and they were allowed to wander around the city unharassed afterwards.

Someone I know on the UAF demo told me that in Liverpool (where an independent anti-fascist group holds the sway rather than UAF), the would gotten the shit kicked out of them, and I for one hope that Manchester takes a leaf out of the book of our Scouse comrades in that regard. We used to have Manchester Anti-Fascist Alliance, but that got wound down a year or two ago, it would be good to see something similar get off the ground again.
 
You'll be sad to hear that EDL demonstrations have made it on to the Spanish national news. However, you'll be delighted to hear that they were described as "neo-nazis", "racist" and "Islamophobic" to this foreign audience. They have not been portrayed as a group with a legitimate agenda.
 
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