In Hull, a group of EDL supporters staged a brief demonstration in the centre of town and then gathered outside the mosque in Pearson Park. The same mosque was targeted by the EDL and members of the fascist British National … Continue reading
The leader of the Hull city mosque has appealed for his congregation not to take the law into their own hands after he was attacked by a man who stopped his car on the way home from the mosque. Details of the … Continue reading
The Sunday Times Magazine features a lengthy report by Camilla Long on the English Defence League. The pitch is that it’s a study of the EDL after the loss of its old leadership, but most of the research was evidently … Continue reading
Hull North MP Diana Johnson has written to the Justice Secretary to express concerns at the “lenient” sentence given to an EDL thug who punched a man during a march. As previously reported in the Mail, John Claydon, 46, laughed … Continue reading
A thug who repeatedly punched an anti-fascist protester in front of children during an EDL march in Hull city centre has walked free from court. John Claydon, 46, was caught on CCTV punching David Harding, who was part of a … Continue reading
The EDL has called a number of regional demonstrations across the country this weekend, with the obvious hope of building for a big turnout in Tower Hamlets next month. They plan to march in Edinburgh, Hull, and Portsmouth this Saturday, … Continue reading
A former police authority chairman has accused the English Defence League (EDL) of “fascist street thuggery” after a march in Hull that led to 10 arrests. Trouble flared when about 75 people took part a march along Spring Bank on … Continue reading
Over 100 students and members of the public turned up outside the York Mosque and Islamic Centre at Bull Lane on Sunday afternoon after rumours of a EDL rally surfaced on Facebook and Twitter on Saturday evening. The York community … Continue reading
A drug dealing English Defence League supporter slashed two men with a cut throat razor during a brutal gang attack at a pub. Twenty-six year-old Marcus Ward went on the run for two-and-a-half years following the attack in March 2010, … Continue reading
An activist for the far-right English Defence League who stood in the recent Rotherham byelection has been remanded in jail on burglary charges. Brian Clint Bristow, usually known as Clint, came last in the 29 November byelection with just 29 … Continue reading