British Far-Right Group Leader Says 1,000 To Take To Streets To Deter Rioters

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON - The leader of a British far-right group says its members are taking to the streets of British cities in an attempt to quell riots that have spread across the country for four nights.

Stephen Lennon, leader of the English Defence League, told The Associated Press that up to 1,000 members planned to turn out in Luton, where the group is based, and others areas that have suffered unrest, including the northwestern city of Manchester.

Lennon said some members had were already carrying out patrols trying to deter rioters, and that hundreds more would join them Wednesday.

"We're going to stop the riots — police obviously can't handle it," Lennon told the AP.

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[MineralMan]

1. That will not end well.

Not at all.

[TheWraith]

20. For those who don't know, English Defense League = British Tea Party, basically.

They're viewed as the SLIGHTLY more inclusive version of the British National Party... which in itself is a white supremacist group descended from the former British Nazi Party.

[MineralMan]

I knew, but others might not.

I predict a very unpleasant result from this. Skinheads and wankers taking on the rioters...uff da!

[TheWraith]

29. I figured you did. But I wanted to hang this off the first post, for those who didn't. nt

[starroute]

30. These are the people the Norwegian shooter was so fond of

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/26/anders-behring-breivik-edl-searchlight

Anti-racism campaigners believe they may have uncovered evidence that Anders Behring Breivik, the man who carried out the mass killings in Norway, was in touch with activists from the English Defence League as recently as March.

Searchlight said the 32-year-old used the pseudonym of a 12th-century Norwegian king to communicate with people on the EDL forum before retreating to a remote farm to prepare for last week's attacks.

In one posting, on 9 March, the author called on rightwing activists in the UK to "keep up the good work". . . .

Breivik boasted about his links to the UK far-right group in his 1,500-page manifesto, written in English under his Anglicised name, Andrew Berwick.

[SwissTony]

33. I get the impression that the mean age of the EDL

is about 30 years less than that of the Tea Party and the proportion of males is rather higher.

[TheWraith]

36. I believe you're right. But I'm more comparing political ideology.

Chances are that a more fully accurate comparison would be the Klan here in the US, but the Klan doesn't really have a political influence, while the EDL does represent a chunk of the English right-wing.

[grasswire]

2. oh lordy

This is as if Freepers would try to shut down the post-MLK rioting in Washington in the 60s.

Chaos.

[christx30]

3. Now is the time

to do it old school for England. Issue swords and armor for everyone.

[LeftyMom]

4. I suppose these racist fuckholes expect the police to protect them?

The good news is that when they inevitably can't/won't, the world's moron population will dip slightly.

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. Headline: "2011 Darwin Award Returns to Namesake's Native Land"

[ixion]

5. Such is how civil wars begin

just sayin'...

[dipsydoodle]

6. That was inevitable

Good to see that some London football supporters are doing the same too on their local turf and if anyone wants to upset that lot then good luck to them - they'll need it especially given they're so easy to identify with their "hoods".

General example here from a film : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jt1QwQAwqY

[Posteritatis]

7. Things always work out so very well for British Nazis when they try stuff like that...

Where's my popcorn, dammit?

[notadmblnd]

8. Sounds like someone is looking for a fight and I'm pretty sure they will get one

that ought to be interesting.:crazy:

[awoke_in_2003]

21. Yep...

1000 idiots- they do realize they are quite outnumbered?

[BeyondGeography]

9. Nothing says calm like EDL

[JoeyT]

10. Translation from racist:

We're going to run around and beat anyone that isn't white no matter who they are or what they're doing.

[fascisthunter]

14. opportunists

[T_i_B]

37. That's basically it

It's annoying when you here morons saying that the rioters are "all black" or "all paki" as i've heard from a few people. The fucknuts who come out with this have clearly not bothered to look at what's gone on with any care and are just making idiotic assumptions based on where it's kicked off.

And of course the far right are going to try and jump on this issue and use it as an excuse for violence. Let the likes of the BNP and the EDL have their way and they will inevitably make a bad situation much much worse.

[ananda]

11. Uh oh. That's bad.

Jesus God! And I thought it was bad before...

[pa28]

12. For anybody unfamiliar with the EDL here is a short doc from the Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2010/may/28/english-defence-league-uncovered

As somebody said above. This is not going to end well.

[fascisthunter]

13. and so it begins

[cvoogt]

15. nothing good's ever come out of Luton

.. except a few airplanes now and then

[MineralMan]

24. There was one Monty Python sketch, though, that

used Luton well. I think it was an Election night sketch.

[Ghost Dog]

32. And the M1,

heading in either direction.

[Tabasco_Dave]

16. Here's a film of the British far right group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igYHKSW8XRs life may be imitating art. :scared:

[Throd]

17. Gee, I guess it CAN get worse.

[awoke_in_2003]

22. it's always darkest...

just before it goes pitch black.

[Pacifist Patriot]

18. Hmmm.....if there could be any way to make a bad situation worse.

Yep, this would be it.

I agree with folks above. It's an excuse to get out there and beat on non-whites with a semblance of an excuse.

[Iliyah]

23. Right wingers have been itching for

a battle for a long time. My prayers are for the level headed people of England.

[quakerboy]

28. yup.

It would be one thing if they were going there to try to fight rioters. You know thats not what this type of coward does though. They will be looking for the weak to prey upon, the less connected to any actual dangerous rioters the better.

[Solly Mack]

25. Damn

[Dawson Leery]

26. The EDL steps out from it's bogs in the inbred countryside to beat up non-whites.

Pure AND nasty opportunism.

[BiggJawn]

27. Duelling Yabbos

This isn't gonna end well...

[DRoseDARs]

31. Translation: We're looking to beat us some blacks. n/t

[War Horse]

34. The EDL will try to spin this as an immigrant problem

As will other far-right groups, of course. There have been some reports of mosques and individual Muslims being targeted.

I don't know, the EDL may be in a bad spot after this (one can hope, right?).

[joshcryer]

35. Fucking race war! Damn I didn't see this when I was posting in the other thread.

This is sad.

[Bragi]

38. With full support from most of DU, of course

So when French protesters bust open and start burning stuff in a few days due to its situation, will many at DU again support the right-wing politicians and the cops instead of the people in the streets?

[LeftishBrit]

39. Oh great, all we need in this is the EDL getting involved

In other words, they plan to 'deter riots' by starting some riots of their own.

Disgusting people, anyway. Basically they are a bunch of racist troublemakers, who combine all the 'best' characteristics of the Tea Party and football hooligans.