Archive for the ‘EDL’ Category
More boring EDL stuff. Sorry.
I wanted to give us all a rest from this EDL nonsense but seeing as they put so much effort into entertaining us it seems mean not to give them one more little splash. They had the Kronenberg Choir organised and a brave attempt at their signature number “Allah is a Paedo” was only partly drowned out by the sound of passing sparrows farting.
Some of the less dedicated press started to drift off at that point so they quickly launched into a round of Scary Pointing At The Photographer.
That just left time for the glorious Flag Finale – pity they’d not had time for a rehearsal
before they sloped off back under their flat stones once more.
Ho hum. I’ll do something more interesting next time, I promise.
Jewish Defence League – Schmooish Defence League
A surreal afternoon and I’ll write about it later. A pro Palestinian group pickets a shop selling products from the occupied territories and the Jewish Defence League, a tiny sub group of the EDL, picket the picket.
Each side scampered around photographing each other, shouting slogans and doing the Testosterone Strut until boredom overcame commitment and we could all go off for a nice cup of tea.
Boozers Against Burkas
A sunny Saturday afternoon, a couple of hundred drink fuelled racists riding the nationalist bandwagon – “Ban the Burka”, “No More Mosques”, “We Want Our Country Back” as they yell, stomp and intimidate their noisy way from Westminster to, err, Westminster.
I’m always puzzled by the way this bunch make such an effort to put on an impressive show with their St George’s masks, home made placards, T-shirts, big flags and banners – and then attack the photographers reporting it. Most of us were sworn at continually. Obscene, drunken spit sprayed threats competed with aggressive barging and uncoordinated grabs at our cameras. One colleague was hit on the head with a banner pole, another was punched. One clumsy drunk was so keen to push me down the steps that he nearly fell down them himself.
And then the leader of one contingent went out of his way to push aside the thugs surrounding me, praise my coverage and invite me to cover their future events. Funny bunch.
EDL "Patriot" march, London
A few hundred confused and stroppy islamophobes knocked back a lot of beers in the sunshine before making a noisy attempt at a march through Westminster. The atmosphere became a bit testy at the end and they could be heard complaining over the price of ice cream.
Disappointing really, they’d promised thousands.
EDL. Not racist. No, just Islamophobic and violent.
Their leaflets say “EDL is not racist in any way. shape or form.” And they chant their sickening, anti Islamic, anti Asian songs and slogans in the places where they will be the most provocative.
It takes a lot to make Westminster a fouler place than normal. This lot manage it easily.
If you scrape the scum off the BNP it will look a lot like this.
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