Friday, August 12, 2011
Could this be an own goal?
The Home Secretary has banned an EDL march in Telford at the request of the local council and police. Static assembly will still be allowed, though clearly the police rather wish it were not. Regardless of what I think of the EDL (and that is not for a family-friendly blog), is this a wise move? Is there any evidence that the EDL causes trouble? Or will other people cause trouble for them? If local people do not want them, they will, presumably make it clear one way or another. As things stand, Theresa May's decision is likely to raise the EDL membership by quite a large number. Would the word numpty describe the woman adequately?
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"Would the word numpty describe the woman adequately?"
ReplyDeleteNo. It's way too mild.
So what exactly is your problem with the EDL. As far as I am aware, they are a perfectly legal grouping which was formed as primarily a protest against the obscene chantings, by a group of "British Muslims", during the homecoming march by a British Army Regiment in Luton.
ReplyDeleteOf course, they have immediately been labelled 'extremist' and 'ultra-right-wing' but if a dislike of adherents of a religion which preaches domination, as well as encouraging the odd suicide bomber, is 'ultra-right-wing', then you should count a fair proportion of this nation as the same.
I don't know what our host's beef with them is, but they could be criticized for focusing on Islam when that is only a threat at all because of the stupidity of our ruling political/media elite. So they are aiming their fire in the wrong direction.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a problem at all with the EDL, I have a problem withTM, as does the article. Banning the EDL and hence branding them as the dangerous extremists is absurd.
ReplyDeleteYes numpty's too mild. She's way way out of her depth, one of several women over-promoted. He can't sack them all, so he'll probably shift her to Justice when he dumps Clarke.
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