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DrRingDing said:
No he didn't. We was penned in and he had his security very close at all times.

He wanted to look brave.
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I hate the prick and all he stands for...
He did in all fairness stand his ground for quite a while.. there were ops when he started his tirade to dig him... There wasn’t always a line of cops there..
imo.. we fecked up by engaging with him.. we should have pushed on and went to that weatherspoons where the EDL scum were gathering (same pub they were in at the Thatcher party btw)
As the crowd started to pause and engage with him, the cops stepped up their defences and nicely stopped our progress..
You were there I take it?
 
Well we went and met up with a group at the Elephant and Castle. Everyone then walked up to Whitehall. The main group stayed near Downing Street. Others including our group had a wander further up Whitehall and met other mates.

The EDL were plotted up in pubs all around Trafalgar Square. A group of them were then herded up Whitehall and penned in with vans and police pending their march on Downing Street. This is when footage of one of their lot Seig Heilling was taken.
There were stray people from both sides all over the place but no bother at this stage. The police then let the EDL march and a fair bit of abuse was thrown about. Once the march commenced, a second wave of EDL came down Whitehall, mainly unescorted. This lot were more aggressive and given our group was totally outnumbered, it was only the reluctance of the EDL to actually attack which saved our necks. They bounced up and down a lot and threw a few bits and bobs and that was it.


What happened with the main anti EDL lot I don’t know?
 
Favelado said:
He's got an easy way out though. They've said they don't accept any political donations so he's got his line for the interview right there. That takes the sting right out of it.
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How will he explain this then?

"I am looking at how to change the EDL into a genuine political party but we can't put a time on it at the moment. We are looking at the 2014 elections in Europe.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...an-elections-says-tommy-robinson-8207698.html
 
malatesta32 said:
nice one TC!
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I dunno about that. I should have realised that the main mob would only come out of the pubs when the already penned in march was on it's way. The irony of the police, who minutes before had been getting stick from our side then having to protect us was not lost on me. The EDL just did not seem up for an actual fight though, despite the missiles and the threatening dance (bounce up and down and don't actually charge).
 
TopCat said:
What happened with the main anti EDL lot I don’t know?
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It was somewhat scattered... the more militant pressed on (about 400) ... whilst the papersellers and speachy people held back (about 200).. nicely creating the first 'split'... the cops then created another wall preventing folk from getting to the back of the demo (another few hundred) and a lot drifted off from there... so there were 3 segments in the main body...
 
AKA pseudonym said:
I hate the prick and all he stands for...
He did in all fairness stand his ground for quite a while.. there were ops when he started his tirade to dig him... There wasn’t always a line of cops there..
imo.. we fecked up by engaging with him.. we should have pushed on and went to that weatherspoons where the EDL scum were gathering (same pub they were in at the Thatcher party btw)
As the crowd started to pause and engage with him, the cops stepped up their defences and nicely stopped our progress..
You were there I take it?
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I was there. I said hello but you blanked me :D
 
yeah they are bouncy but often fall short of successful confrontation in my experience. they are usually too pissed and aware that despite the bravado there are cops everywhere. i meant nice one for the report.
 
malatesta32 said:
yeah they are bouncy but often fall short of successful confrontation in my experience. They are usually too pissed and aware that despite the bravado there are cops everywhere. I meant nice one for the report.
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Sorry I am not having the best of days.

I have not seen this "run at you and then bounce up and down five feet away" dance since a Millwall game years ago. I think it was Arsenal who did it during some long ago cup run.
 
TopCat said:
Well we went and met up with a group at the Elephant and Castle. Everyone then walked up to Whitehall. The main group stayed near Downing Street. Others including our group had a wander further up Whitehall and met other mates.

The EDL were plotted up in pubs all around Trafalgar Square. A group of them were then herded up Whitehall and penned in with vans and police pending their march on Downing Street. This is when footage of one of their lot Seig Heilling was taken.
There were stray people from both sides all over the place but no bother at this stage. The police then let the EDL march and a fair bit of abuse was thrown about. Once the march commenced, a second wave of EDL came down Whitehall, mainly unescorted. This lot were more aggressive and given our group was totally outnumbered, it was only the reluctance of the EDL to actually attack which saved our necks. They bounced up and down a lot and threw a few bits and bobs and that was it.


What happened with the main anti EDL lot I don’t know?
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The UAF assembly point was totally hopeless, and had EDL walking straight through it (they could easily have attacked Weyman or other invididuals) - I was in a group up coming up from the Wesmintster end of Whitehall and got penned in but resisted getting pushed back by the police, stopping them from getting upto Downing Street. To be honest though half a dozen scrawny scrotes passing themselves off as "black bloc" and a very mixed bag of others would have taken a pasting if it weren't for the cops. I dare say I'm not the world's most handy streetfighter, but looking around I'd fancy the chances of those in that bit of the crowd even less, and I was up near the front nearest the EDL.
 
articul8 said:
The UAF assembly point was totally hopeless, and had EDL walking straight through it (they could easily have attacked Weyman or other invididuals) - I was in a group up coming up from the Wesmintster end of Whitehall and got penned in but resisted getting pushed back by the police, stopping them from getting upto Downing Street. To be honest though half a dozen scrawny scrotes passing themselves off as "black bloc" and a very mixed bag of others would have taken a pasting if it weren't for the cops. I dare say I'm not the world's most handy streetfighter, but looking around I'd fancy the chances of those in that bit of the crowd even less, and I was up near the front nearest the EDL.
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I think we were in the same group.
 
remember its not whether folk are scrawny, it is also about numbers and whether people move first. 3 people always beat 1. we cant all be Red Action sadly!!!!!!!
 
Anyone near the Thamesmead flag?

Edit: I saw a photo on twitter, and wondering which group they were in cos it was hard to tell
 
malatesta32 said:
they are going to leeds saturday, meeting at 1pm in guess where? wetherspoons!!! hope folk get mobilised down there!
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This Saturday or next in Leeds? There's some talk about a national demo at Sheffield but the fash seem to be confused as to whether it's this Saturday or next.
 
I wonder why Weatherspoons aren’t pro-actively distancing themselves from the EDL... they have had plenty of pubs wrecked by them and always seems to be a meeting point for them...
 
Robinson made a potentially fatal mistake at Woolwich where the EDL appeared as if celebrating the soldier murder for the political opportunity it them. The pissed up balaclavas and regulation bottle throwing at blacks did not appeal to the people of Woolwich. Neither will last night’s battle of Wetherspoons in Bristol. However Saturday in Newcastle was a different story. By and large discipline was maintained and the real plus for the EDL was that people watching were applauding and encouraging – would the same be true in Woolwich if they marched in orderly fashion with St.Georges flags flying and the balaclavas and goons abandoned? You tell me.
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from Bones blog, some people are delusional on here if they can't realise that to some the EDL is becoming almost respectable.
 
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