EDL Update: Collapse in Wales, Opposed in Leeds

After supposedly being refused permission of march in Bristol, the closest to the West country the far-right group came was EDL's Welsh branch, the WDL, who made plans for marches in Swasea and Newport. Meanwhile the EDL planned a march in Leeds. Here is an update.

anti-BNP writes: First off, the EDL announced a demo is Swansea on the 17th October. About 60 people turned up to support the WDL - far less than they had expected. Opposing them were 200 anti-fascist protesters. The police arrested one WDL supporter for racially aggravated public order offence and the usual crowd of skinheads doing Nazi salutes appeared in support of the Swansea demo. The EDL claim they are not a racist organisation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/831...3.stm

Following this disterous turn-out, the WDL moved to cancel the Newport demo on the 24th. Anti-fascist protesters gathered anyway, should the WDL have tried to pull a fast one. Around 600 turned up to oppose the WDL; "WALES IS now an E/WDL-free zone" declared Socialist Party member and Unite convenor Rob Williams as over 600 people defied the attempt of the English/Welsh Defence League to spread their racist poison in Newport. After being marched out of Swansea the previous week the EDL did not even dare show their faces in Newport last Saturday as the city's John Frost Square filled up with anti-racist protesters. http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/8291


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