November 28, 2010

14 arrests at Preston EDL demo




Pics of the EDL in action (click to enlarge)
Lancashire Police made 14 arrests this afternoon as the English Defence League staged a protest in Preston. But the city appears to have avoided the large-scale trouble which has blighted similar demonstrations.

Around 1000 EDL protesters gathered in front of the city's Harris Museum at 1pm, chanting, waving flags and letting off fireworks. At the other side of a police cordon, around 250 people had gathered at an anti-EDL demonstration organised by Preston Trades Council and Preston Unite Against Fascism. A police spokesman said: "Although there were minor scuffles among the EDL demonstrators, there were only a handful of arrests for drunken or disorderly behaviour."

The EDL demonstration was called to protest against a larger mosque being built on the site of an existing one in Watling Street Road in Preston.

Preston Citizen

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah....you have a tattoo on your tit....so what?

Anonymous said...

The usual police cover-up under government and MI5 advice!

The EDL ate part of the state apparatus!

Anonymous said...

first photo caption contest:

Look at my hunky EDL tatoo?

Makes me look well hard? Don't you think?

paul said...

What a complete set of utter fuckwits!

Anonymous said...

I can just it in the future " daddy were you an illiterate nazi when you were young? "

Rude Alf said...

This pic sys it all really! (look at the banner in the centre)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonoortrev/5211557359/in/set-72157625479319076/

John P said...

Sport are troops.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous at 2.03pm.

"The EDL ate part of the state apparatus!".

Don't Wetherspoon's do pub grub?

La Di Da Gunner Graham said...

Humour 1 Denselys 0

Anonymous said...

@JohnP it's even worse than that. If you look at the full resolution photo, the text actually reads "Sport are troop's".

P said...

Here's my take on the day:

http://riversstream.blogspot.com/2010/11/preston-14-edl-0-all-own-goals.html

Rude Alf said...

Great blog @ riversider. Thanks for sharing.

tone said...

The gurning coked-up "Billy No Mates" looking upwards in the centre of the photo, seems to be keen to show off the flesh on his chest to passers-by.

Must be part of the EDL's phoney Lesbian and Gay division, as they probly think proper gay people act like that.

Anonymous said...

He's got manboobs. I'd seriously think twice about confronting him for being a tit, antifascists.

Mess with him and he'll squish you with his blubber.

Anonymous said...

Too much Wetherspoons cheap beer gives men tits.

Lizzie said...

If the fascist EDL are as intelligent as they claim, they do a bloody good job looking like ignorant thickoes.

Anonymous said...

The man behind him looks extremely frightened Mr Tatoo is gay. So much for the EDL's all-embracing LGBT division.

Anonymous said...

EDL bell ends in action!!!

NewsHound said...

POICING, PROTEST AND THE EROSION F TRUST: -

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/13658

Anonymous said...

Watch "Coppers" tonight to see an investigation into the Bolton EDL march

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/nov/29/coppers-documentary-kettling-crowd-control

edlnazissuck said...

An EDL troll in the Mercia newspaper is telling lies claiming that it is the anti-racists who threw fireworks:

http://www.mercia.co.uk/news/headlines/7-arrests-after-nuneaton-edl-march/

Can't local newspapers do summat to stop the trolls?

They are getting out of hand.

Anonymous said...

Watch "Coppers" tonight to see an investigation into the Bolton EDL march

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/nov/29/coppers-documentary-kettling-crowd-control


I got as far as one policeman telling a young girl how he would be justified punching a drunk in the face before abandoning all hope that this programme would be in any way rational.

Anonymous said...

Watch "Coppers" tonight to see an investigation into the Bolton EDL march

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/nov/29/coppers-documentary-kettling-crowd-control


I got as far as one policeman telling a young girl how he would be justified punching a drunk in the face before abandoning all hope that this programme would be in any way rational.

What did that copper call the UAF, state robots.

Anonymous said...

It would be good to see those policemen having to publically explain their actions, both during the protests and later. But I doubt it'll happen.

Anonymous said...

The EDL have been producing fake leaflets claiming that the uaf are supported by MDL/MAC heres the screenshot

http://twitpic.com/3buv7g

Flea said...

can we have less fatty jokes please, i'm an anti-fascist in my senior years and have, ahem, a bit more bounce to the ounce than I used to. can we just stick to calling them dozy scumbag fuckheads and stuff?