Police Arrest 57 EDL Supporters In London

Originally Posted by Damien

I don't really have a problem with the EDL protesting but they should do so in liaison with the police and in the morning/early afternoon in order to avoid them all being drunk before it kicks off. They also need to weed out those looking for violence.

Doubt they would be out of bed before 11.

[nomadking]

So they weren't doing anything even slightly wrong and were still arrested?
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The Met said there had been "no reported disorder between opposing groups" so far on Friday.

Originally Posted by nomadking

So they weren't doing anything even slightly wrong and were still arrested?
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EDL member Andrew Wilson told BBC London that "some young idiots have had a fight in a pub".
"Police have charged in there and just gone over the top and forced us all out.

Says it all really.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Says it all really.

Let me just complete that quote

EDL member Andrew Wilson told BBC London that "some young idiots have had a fight in a pub".

"Police have charged in there and just gone over the top and forced us all out.

"Then because there are members of the English Defence League in there, they've obviously attributed it to us."

He said EDL supporters "came here for a peaceful memorial service and we got attacked in the pub".

"We're called the English Defence League, not the English Let's-Go-Smash-It-Up League," he added.

The Met said there had been "no reported disorder between opposing groups" so far on Friday.

I find it hard to believe they got started on. What kind of moron would start on 160 EDL members? Also why were there so many of them in one place?

[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Damien

I find it hard to believe they got started on. What kind of moron would start on 160 EDL members? Also why were there so many of them in one place?

Here's why.

The EDL said it originally planned to stop members of the Muslims Against Crusades (MAC) group from burning poppies near the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington.
MAC staged an anti-Armistice Day protest last year and said it was planning to do the same again this year.
But on Thursday, Home Secretary Theresa May announced MAC had been banned, and the organisation said it had disbanded. The EDL then urged its members to gather peacefully in Westminster on Friday "to remember the sacrifice of the fallen".

160 people outside one pub in the middle of London is an odd gathering of people. Especially one with a history of violence. Their claim that someone else started on them doesn't make sense and they were all arrested. A number of papers report they intended to go up to St Pauls as well. We'll wait and see what the police say.

At least the service was over..but frankly if they had just gone home instead of banding together in the pub there probably would have been no bother.Adding booze to the situation could not have helped.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

At least the service was over..but frankly if they had just gone home instead of banding together in the pub there probably would have been no bother.Adding booze to the situation could not have helped.

Agreed

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Why UKIP ???

because they are nothing more than a butch of anti-europeans who seem to think that britain has still got it on the world stage (they might as well think that we still have a empire)

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

because they are nothing more than a butch of anti-europeans who seem to think that britain has still got it on the world stage (they might as well think that we still have a empire)

And for that you want them banned the same as a terrorist group ,

OK then meanwhile back here in the real world i want a country ruled by MP's i voted for from this country not some Mp's from France or Germany

[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

because they are nothing more than a butch of anti-europeans who seem to think that britain has still got it on the world stage (they might as well think that we still have a empire)

Anti-european? Or simply don't wish to be ruled by others. It's called democracy. Britain has fought several wars(not just the two world wars) to defend the right of this country and others, to not be ruled by invading countries.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Sirius

And for that you want them banned the same as a terrorist group , OK then meanwhile in the real world

no, as a poltical group, because they are nothing more than a butch of losers that still live in a dram bubble that britain rules the world

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Originally Posted by nomadking

Anti-european? Or simply don't wish to be ruled by others. It's called democracy. Britain has fought several wars(not just the two world wars) to defend the right of this country and others, to not be ruled by invading countries.

why can't we take a bigger role in the eu

if you don't like it, change it not get less involved, that just leaves the problem, not solving it

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

no, as a poltical group, because they are nothing more than a butch of losers that still live in a dram bubble that britain rules the world

And the French and the Germans don't think they run the EU. Get us out now while we still have some of our on laws left.

Give us a referendum

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

because they are nothing more than a butch of anti-europeans who seem to think that britain has still got it on the world stage (they might as well think that we still have a empire)

They have every right to their political beliefs just as do the BNP.

The problem in banning any organisation is that you risk pushing them underground or into changing their names.Then you won't know who they are or what they may be doing..Better to have a political party in plain view and to refute/ridicule their politics rather than just banning them.