December 05, 2009

Police step in as protesters square up in Nottingham

EDL protestors after a few hours in the pub (Wetherspoons, no doubt)
Wetherspoons strikes again
Police have had to form a barrier between two groups of demonstrators in Nottingham city centre on Saturday. Dozens of officers had to act after hostile exchanges between Unite Against Facism and the English Defence League in the Old Market Square.

A large-scale police operation has been in operation in the city on Saturday ahead of the two demonstrations and a military parade. Hundreds of police officers have been deployed in the city centre. Police had planned to keep the two sides apart as Christmas shoppers and football supporters were in the city.

The Mercian Regiment also marched through Nottingham on Saturday morning.

Senior officers had planned a major operation to stop any violence during the English Defence League's planned protest against "radical Islam" and counter-protests from the Unite Against Facism group. Previous marches in Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds have led to disturbances and arrests in the city centres.

The statue of Robin Hood outside Nottingham Castle was boarded up to prevent damage during the protests.

BBC

15 comments:

Jody said...

On the This Is Nottingham website, Leisha Brookes has been posting as a troll named Hel, and posting all manner of Islamophobic lies in defence of the neo-nazi EDL, including one which really gets me angry.

As well as misquoting passages from the Koran, she says one of the most vilest lies about Muslims during World War II, claiming that they were disloyal, didn't represent Britain, and didn't fight as well as Sihks.

A recent BBC documentary showed all the graves of British Muslims who died in World War II, which disproves this evil and malicious lie perpetuated by English Nazis in the EDL.

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/Police-told-respect-rights-protestors/article-1578512-detail/article.html#StartComments

NewsHound said...

LINCOLN EDL GANG COMES OUT IN ITS TRUE COLOURS WITH OPENLY RACIST COMMENTS AND SUPPORT FOR THE UFF: -

http://thelinc.co.uk/2009/12/hooligans-and-anti-fascist-protesters-could-clash-at-edl-demonstration/

Anonymous said...

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LINCOLN LOYAL EDL FLAG, WHICH PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE NF, BNP, COMBAT18 AND THE UFF!!!

NewsHound

NewsHound said...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233458/Clashes-English-Defence-League-anti-fascists-marr-homecoming-parade-Afghan-heroes.html

SOME EXCELLENT PHOTOS OF THE EDL LOOKING LIKE THE PISSED UP FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS THEY ARE!!!

Boycott Wetherspoons said...

It looks like good old pro-fash Wetherspoons (Lloyds Bar) allowed this gang of drunken nazis to drink on the street, breaking the law, and they also allowed customers to climb on Wetherspoons roof, from the photos, which could have collapsed, and yet, the police didn't arrest these drunken thugs.

Worth using this photo on your blog.

There should be a national boycott of the Wetherspoons chain for serving drunken fascists.

Antifascist said...

The images were well-spotted. Thanks, guys. :-)

Anonymous said...

That Lincoln Patriot flag should also be put on your blog, as Lincoln Patriot is the Lincoln EDL organiser who arranged for sixty racist thugs to travel from Lincoln to Nottingham, and yet, his EDL marching flag pays homage to the NF, the BNP and wait for it, Combat18.

So much for continued retort of the EDL that they are "not nazis". lol

Is Stephen Bailey the Lincoln BNP Arsenist, as some people believe? Somebody must know whether or not this is true!

auntie said...

On the BBC website, in full, with no right of reply to the awful accusations levelled against uaf:

''A 43-year-old EDL member, a serving soldier who did not want to be named, said: "We came here to support our lads, and the UAF and other militants have turned up.

"I think it's disgusting. I look at their protest and there's a Pakistani flag flying with a Muslim symbol. Their protest isn't against the EDL, they're protesting against the troops and it's anti-British.

"They haven't got one Union Jack or St George's Flag. I'm not a fascist, I'm not a Nazi but I am British." ''


Forgive me, but how could a 43 year old be a 'serving soldier' unless he is very high up in the ranks, which would be very odd. Even if he is, the line 'they are protesting against our troops' is an outright lie, probably pre-scripted and agreed in advance, which is why they chose that date for the protest. Lieslieslieslies as ever....

For BBC to spout such shit from a wanker like this is appalling. Is it really so easy to manipulate them?

Pathetic.

Anonymous said...

EDL in familiar, we hate nazis pose:

http://twitpic.com/no5et

awwwww, how sweet! Cuddles from the far right in cherry reds.

bless.

Anonymous said...

What the hell is it with Weatherspoons? I hear Dicky even has his own reserved seat and table in the one in Dagenham.

tulip

Anonymous said...

I hate to say this but the edl are being used by the government to get members to leave the bnp which is why coppers allowed well known edl organisers to climb the roof of spoons pints in hand without getting arrested for a public order offence.

Drinking in public in nottingham on the citys streets is a criminal offence unless youre a signed up member of the edl.

NewsHound said...

BREAKING NEWS: - DRUNKEN EDL THUGS ILLEGALLY MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF NOTTINGHAM (NATIONAL FRONT-STYLE) AND VIOLENTLY ATTACKED PASSERS-BY:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hne3r0RPzH-nqamTlE0PnDzFKItA

PLEASE POST THIS IMMEDIATELY ON YOUR BLOG

Anonymous said...

For BBC to spout such shit from a 'wanker' like this is appalling.
oh dear dear dear.
uaf show their real agenda AGAIN.
soldier='wanker'.
thta comments been photo'd logged and is about to hit the net with its lancaster unity link.
cowardly keyboard wankers.

Anonymous said...

Boycott Wetherspoons and Lloyds bars.

Anonymous said...

''oh dear dear dear.
uaf show their real agenda AGAIN.
soldier='wanker'.
thta comments been photo'd logged and is about to hit the net with its lancaster unity link.
cowardly keyboard wankers''.

nobody said all soldiers were wankers you meth - which would be obvious to anyone with even half a brain cell. i don't know how you would spin that one, but judging by the amebic intelligence levels displayed in your post, not very well......

in fact, the comment questions the occupation of this anonymous propagandist in the first place.

i think there is only one internet dwelling obsessive here you massive crackhead! go back to claiming that black is white, that blue is brown, that the earth is flat, that nick griffins soul is as bright as the morning dew etc....

in a language that you might understnad a little better:

fuck off! the internet means nothing at all, and you are a dick!