[Derek]

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The EDL were successfully ‘Kettled’ on Saturday 5th January in Luton. Police tactics were the same as those used in all three London student demonstrations. A route was agreed, police lines were deployed to keep the marchers within that route and organisers had their own marshals to assist.

About 2000 – 3000 potentially violent football thugs were ‘escorted’ in a moving ‘kettle’ from the railway station to St Georges Square and then contained while they listened to speeches etc, before being escorted back to the railway station.

Here are some points:

1. They passed several unguarded police vans and did NOT trash them.
2. There was NO criminal damage or large-scale violence.
3. NO police officers were assaulted.
4 They achieved mass media coverage for their cause.

Many people are asking why the EDL can cooperate in a perfectly acceptable way with these tactics when according to the perceived left-wing wisdom, ‘Kettling’ causes people to boil over and be violent?

EDL supporters are as angry and frustrated about their agenda as the students, if not more so. My view is that if the EDL can behave in public, student protesters can too.

Or are we saying that students have more ‘anger management’ and ‘self control issues’ than football hooligans?