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malatesta32
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the whole thing was a set up by robinson anyway regardless of if they got a slap from AFs. he calls for trouble gets it and whines like a fucken bairn!
J Ed
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It would be interesting to see if that is the connection here. I remember years back there were reports of people from RAF Wittering being abused for wearing uniform in Peterborough, that seemed to be just before the forces' PR machine went into overdrive, and now that overdrive is the new normal.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
nice of them to use a dying kid as cover to attempt to go giving it the biggun in TH
sihhi
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered
Brown's intervention was early 2008, the order was 2007 - probably it was people 2003-2007 wanting to speak to soldiers about stuff in general, all of a sudden was used for specific reasons.
sihhi
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered
I think the police action was wrong and counterproductive. Police being there makes ordinary Tower Hamlets people waery and unable to resist these types - which they could have done in large numbers.
If the police wanted to help, which they don't, they could have cancelled nothing and just stood back.
If the police wanted to help, which they don't, they could have cancelled nothing and just stood back.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
surely that would have cause a major public order failure?
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Fantastic 
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
malatesta32
Not Serb. No, Really!
whining little bairn. he knew he was going to get arrested. he had a letter telling him. the man is a total bell.
I was surprised at how easy going the Police were with these idiots though I think the wpc or whatever she was/is was out her depth and seemed hesitant to arrest them and told them they were going to be arrested, then more talk until finally they were,is this common practice south of the border or just because it was all being filmed?
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I think it was just time-wasting and making sure things didn't escalate until the vans pulled up. A soon as they did it was over.
tony.c
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No the Met usually go in hard. If he was a left/black/gay/student he would have been just knocked to the ground, jumped on by half a dozen cops and thrown into a police van.
And the police officer isn't a wpc. The male cop with the white thing on his epaulette says she is the senior officer in charge, presumably why she is wearing the gold/yellow thing on her epaulette.
But Robinson just ignores her most of the time, talking at the male cop next to her instead.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I think it was, but it could easily have gone a bit more shouty-pushy if they cuffed them straight off rather than just waiting for the vans. No point in doing that if you've got it all covered anyway.
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
When they talk about "Irish", it seems they're really referring to their Loyalist chums in the UVF/UFF/UVA.
tony.c
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In a lot of countries it would considered to be insulting the flag to wear it on your arse, but it seems Tommy thinks it's a political statement of some sort.
malatesta32
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Shameless Bastards! By ‘Malatesta’
On Saturday, Tommy Robinson of the EDL held what he called a charity walk but which was in fact a bout of shameless self-publicity and a media grab that fed his nasty little ego for another week but failed to give a much needed boost to his failing and splintered organisation. Tommy had applied to plod for permission for his ‘Charity Walk’ which Scotland Yard denied and told him in no uncertain terms, in a widely distributed document, that he would be arrested, if he entered the East End. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...01075574.30539.161167380652003&type=1&theater
Here’s a tip: if plod issues a letter telling you they will arrest you if you do something, and you do it, don’t complain when they arrest you. By doing precisely this Robinson got his weekly media fix and so he could disingenuously claim to be some sort of martyr. As opposed to a serial criminal with a long police record. When Robinson contravened the order and was promptly arrested he was luckily accompanied by several TV camera crews all vulturing over him for some easy pickings.
Robinson had said he was going to walk from Marble Arch to Woolwich via the East London Mosque to ‘commemorate’ Lee Rigby the soldier who was murdered recently. Apart from the fact that it was highly unlikely he could manage more than a couple of miles, what an inflammatory trip via the mosque had to do with Lee Rigby’s ‘memory’ is anyone’s guess. The little Muppet set off with cousin Beaker and was shadowed by 3 plod vans and our intrepid reporter from EDL News. After barely 10 minutes they stopped off for a McDonald’s – which shows they had no intention of doing the full stretch: greasy fried food is not good for long distance walking. After stuffing their faces they set off again only this time losing their rather overweight cameraman who couldn’t match their bovine pace and dropped further and further behind. We eventually saw him again in Woolwich getting a parking ticket outside Wetherspoon’s. Well done. As the Muppets entered Aldgate there was a confrontation with two anti-fascists which caused Tommy to start whining ‘arrest them! arrest them!’ as the police arrested him. This film shows that KKKev hit out first.
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Robinson was dragged off to the plod van where his vain delusions of martyrdom could hatch. In case you don’t know, the charity for which he was embarrassing had rejected him and the EDL’s money as toxic (Help 4 Heroes also rejected EDL money) so his march was not for a sick girl but for a sick boy desperate for column inches. The Rigby family have also publicly distanced themselves from Robinson.
Meanwhile, we headed off to Woolwich where the Armed Services Day was in full swing. After searching the area we came across a group of 20 anti-fascists but very few EDL. As we headed back into Woolwich we found the EDL unsurprisingly kettled by plod in Wetherspoon’s. They didn’t get the chance to lay flowers in memory of Rigby as the Army barracks didn’t want them hijacking the day and so their mission completely failed. Instead, they did what they do best: got pissed on cheap lager. Well done.
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So all in all not a great day for the EDL: leaders arrested; followers denied laying flowers; poor turnout and all round recrimination from right and left for Robinson’s shameless hijacking of Armed Forces Day, Rigby’s murder and the little girl’s charity with even some halfwit bugles from the far right Casuals claiming that he is a ‘f***ing attention seeking, money grabbing parasite.’ Well said you wee arsespangle!
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As was intended the EDL foot and mouth soldiers immediately started whinging, claiming that the police were enforcing Sharia law - which was almost as good as when they referred to David Cameron as ‘a cultural Marxist’ (whatever that means). The EDL balloons also claimed that Whitechapel is a ‘no-go area’ for non-Muslims. Sorry fellers but anyone who cares to stroll up Brick Lane for a fine salt beef bagel, stop for a pint in one of the many bars or perhaps even do a wee bit of shopping in Spitalfields will tell you that this is a blatant and absolute lie by made up by people who have obviously never even been there.
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Despite Robinson getting plenty of publicity this week, the EDL completely failed to mobilise any significant numbers on the day or indeed organise much beyond a round at ’Spoons. Be seeing you!
cantsin
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Corax
Luke 5:16
Until '98 the Royal Naval College just down the road n'all - which meant lots of young forces families in the area. Although most of us actually lived in the more affordable bits like Plumstead.
Corax
Luke 5:16
Yep. Rather telling that, isn't it...
SpineyNorman
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I like the way they say they're on a charity walk in perfect harmony, both pointing at their watches as they do so. It was sort of like a Steps dance routine only more entertaining.
SpineyNorman
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TBF if it's anything like it was 15 years ago the Wittering lot used to go out round town in Peterborough, Deeping and Stamford and act like a bunch of complete and utter cocks so it might not just have been Muslims giving them abuse!
SpineyNorman
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I see them as more the chuckle brothers myself.
That's exactly what I thought
But then again the chuckle brothers are communists.
J Ed
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It wasn't just Muslims giving them abuse, a lot of people intimated that it was at the time but IIRC some of the RAF people as well as local politicians said it wasn't.
Corax
Luke 5:16
Reminded me of Harry Enfield's scouse brothers.
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