This afternoon the Metropolitan Police is formally requesting a ban on the EDL march in Tower Hamlets on 3 September. It seems an almost certainty that the Home Secretary will agree to the request.
This decision is a victory for common sense. The EDL clearly intended to use the proposed march to bring violence and disorder to the streets of Tower Hamlets. Their plan has been foiled.
While the EDL might still decide to hold a static protest they will not now be able to march through residential areas and, most importantly, march past the East London mosque. A static protest will be far easier to police and it will probably also discourage a lot of EDL supporters from travelling.
While we await the formal decision from the Home Secretary I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the 25,300 people who signed our petition, the hundreds of people who donated to the campaign fund and the dozens of people who came out campaigning with us in Tower Hamlets.
Hope not hate
Get it up you Yaxley-Lennon, defeated again. No Fucking Pasaran.
ReplyDeleteHNH's heart is in the right place, but to be honest a ban doesn't make much difference. The EDL arrive by coach to attend a *static* demo, park up, cops escort chanting lunk-heads to demo site so in effect the EDL march anyway despite the ban, meanwhile the police use this as a pretext for banning all demos in London for a month
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