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I'm not so sure about the EDL dying out, I'd lay a bet that the lower turnouts at recent demos began when the football season started. I seem to remember a similar drop in numbers last year.

They seem to get a lot of casual (excuse the pun) support from football hooligans when there's no footy on; will they return at the end of May?
 
B0B2oo9 said:
Erm, Downing street LOL, then marching to Wesminster to show David That the EDL are not sick or something...
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lulz.. hope they have scarpered by 4ish.. is the anti-war crew not swinging by there around that time.... I can think of a good use for the swoppy's placards ;-)
 
veltins said:
John Kiss, u can start with the 500 or so who will be in Leeds this sat. 170 pages on the edl??? u will be making das uberhund feel all important now!!
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I think the nationalists in Leeds absented themselves from the EDL because they weren't 'hardcore' enough.

And by the way, there will be nowhere near 500. Even the organisers reckon they'll be lucky to get 50!

Jake Yorks
Would 50 be a good turn out?
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Sandra Smith Even 20 would be good, and even 1 would be good, as it's only the first demo.
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from their own facebook page!

John X
 
butchersapron said:
Tory councilor suspended for edl links? The fact that he's black is going to make for some interesting arguments...bearing in mind the above posts.
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That's going to be interesting...

Maybe he's an islamaphobe, or maybe he was doing what any good representative should do, and finding out about a group that are causing concern first-hand.

I don't know in the slightest, but if it's the latter I hope he's got some evidence to back it up, because otherwise it's an easy win for any of his political enemies.
 
Anudder Oik said:
Wow, this thread used to be rampant but has slowed down massively with posts fewer and further between.

Is it a reflection of the current state of the EDL? Are they fizzling out or do people just see them as a joke rather than a threat now?
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Nah - just too busy elsewhere to come here to update. Check the twitter stream on the EDL hashtag
 
B0B2oo9 said:
This GEM is from the CXF splinter group from the EDL

http://www.twitpic.com/6w24aw

so yeah....
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The Combined ExForces will be on duty in every town in every part of Britain ready, willing and well fucking able to protect its country's men and women and children every day 24/7 this is a FACT
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Well you may think it's a FACT Mr Rafferty but with only a handful of members how in god's name are you going to be on duty when you don't have enough people to cover the major cities, never mind 'every part of Britain'.

If you want to play at being soldiers try this http://www.skirmishuk.com/.

It's a lot safer! ;-)

john x
 
Is any more known about this Leeds demo? I'm interested to find out more cos the Jarrow March will be in Leeds that day and there's a regional demo. Be good to know in advance if there's any likelihood of "clashes".
 
SpineyNorman said:
Is any more known about this Leeds demo?
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Here you go

Details for Saturdays demonstration in Leeds.

We will be protesting in City Square in Leeds which is a prime location opposite the train station, so anyone coming by car/coach please park somewhere near, there are lots of car parks behind the station.
There will be no meet up before the demo as this is a political protest not an all day piss up, so please start arriving at the demo site from 120...0 with the demonstration starting at 1300. No one is saying you can't have a drink before but please remember no one listens to a piss head, we are doing this to get our voices heard. So if you feel like getting pissed then please go somewhere else, we are political activists and the issues we are protesting about are serious and not to be taken lightly. We will achieve nothing by acting like drunken thugs and there will be plenty of time after to have a drink and enjoyourselves.
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john x
 
And this,

Infidels of Britain The police have informed us that there will be no barriers and no kettling but obviously there will be plenty of officers about and more on standby, we will have no problem from them as long as we behave in the correct manner. Our behaviour will determine how we are treated at future demonstrations, this is our chance to show people that we are serious about these issues and getting our point across so lets do it right. There will also be a number of stewards please respect them as they are our lads as well. You will be allowed to leave the demonstration in small numbers at any time to use the local facilities.
The demonstration will finish no later than 1600 when we will disperse and you can either make your way home or come for a drink at a local pub with the rest of us. Please feel free to bring any British flags etc with you.
Finally I hope you all have a safe day and at the end of it feel proud that we have done it right.

Snowy
Keep the faith
NO SURRENDER
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john x
 
surprisingly they have taken a lot of nickings and got a lot of jail recently. tommys record doesnt stand him in good stead as he awaits probation reports and if he goes down what then? cant see kocaine kev karol and hel 'hath no fury' goatherd running things too smoothly. the edl believe tommy showed up paxman etc (even tho he comes across as a sweaty, twitchy, angry pub loudmouth) so they wont have a 'spokesman.' the infidels are the ones to watch if this is the case. their demo today is going to be interesting. it will be a test for how many they can gather. they have liaised with plod too which will annoy some of their 'foot&mouthsoldiers' who dont want another edl. if anyone can post links here as to how many turn up, if it kicks off etc it wd be much appreciated. they sound a bit desperate here:
http://twitpic.com/6wmpgz
the hanging angels thing today will be a damp squib and tbh is hardly worth bothering about. they do look over.
 
malatesta32 said:
their demo today is going to be interesting. it will be a test for how many they can gather. they have liaised with plod too which will annoy some of their 'foot&mouthsoldiers' who dont want another edl. if anyone can post links here as to how many turn up, if it kicks off etc it wd be much appreciated.
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Can't post a link but just spoken to my mate in Leeds and she says that between 40 and 60 NWI turned up, of which about a quarter to a third were SDL down from Glasgow. Six or seven were wearing EDL Division hoodies (she couldn't see which division as the badges on the front were too small) although they were expressly told to stay away.

Speeches started but were virtually inaudible due a piss poor sound system which apparently had been donated to them to be 'fixed'. No sign of any antis and probably no more than 10-15 cops on foot with more in vans round the corner. At one point somebody shouted something from across the street and two-thirds of the crowd broke ranks and ran towards the road shouting. The poor bloke doing the speech shouted that they needed to come back and listen to the speeches and not break ranks, but they ignored him shouting 'Allah is a paedo' at whoever it was who had walked by. At least one NWI arrested in that incident. She said that about 6 cops and two horses kept 30-odd from getting into the road and they didn't really seem that 'up for it'.

She came back an hour later after doing her shopping and said there were about 15-20 still in the square, singing Land of Hope and Glory. She said that it seemed like it was coming from one of their iPods as the track kept stopping and jumping to other 'techno' tracks. A proper comedy moment enjoyed by the handful of shoppers passing by. That was about 3.00pm. and she went home then. She said the has no idea what happened after that and what time they dispersed but when she left them they were looking very wet and dejected. She tried to take some photos but was threatened by a couple of the Scots contingent and the cops told her to 'move on love before this lot get really nasty'.

Doesn't strike me as the great 'unstoppable resurgence of European nationalism' that one of their lot Sandra Smith, kept telling everyone last week.

john x
 
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