Arrived at South Bermondsey rail at 1130 to find a few cops and numerous protesters on the platform. Decided to nip back to london bridge, spent ten minutes there looking for fash but none seen so returned to Bermondsey at 1400, was immediately told to leave the station by police and passed 100 odd police on the way out of the station alley!
Ten minutes late, 1410, the fascists turned up (from where?), by which time I had settled down under the bridge before cops drove a wedge across the road, blocking most of the 50 odd ANL types on one side of the bridge (though a few were on the other side). Police appeared to grab an anti-fash and pull him to one side, though I
heard there were no arrests.
They then escorted and let march, fourty odd fash, with maybe fifty of us scattered around. A bunch of 20 (my version) 40 (NF) local? kids met and hung around them. As 30-40 of us were running alongside various estates on Southwark Park Road to reach the tube station, dodging police cordons, apparently some ANL bods dipped into an
estate and encountered these same NF kids, according to NF webpage, though all I heard was shouting. Slightly later we encountered these same NF kids on the main high street, home of the local labour sleazebag. Scuffles nearly ensued between fifteen of us and seven or ten of them kids, but were avoided by police interevention.
Having arrived at Bermondsey tube the police had cordoned off one carriageway of Jamaica Road, traffic was running on the other. The fash came up from the left, Park, side and slowly made their way into the station through the turnstiles which had been kindly opened for them by the friendly folk at London Underground.
LT PROVIDING COMPLIMENTARY TRANSPORT FOR THE FASH, WHILE RIPPING US OFF. WHAT WILL THEY DO NEXT?
As they entered the station, various drivers honked horns at them or us, one driver, of A.S Lee Glazing Co, 217-219, East India Dock Rd London E14 0ED Tel: 020 7515 9211 yelled 'NF' at us constantly. He must learn not to insult us when driving a company car, tut tut.
Moving around to the back of the station provided a slightly better view as they left. Immediately on descending, the LT crew closed the station.
Drifting away, a few ANL people formed for the BANNED ANTI-FASH MARCH, which for five minutes or so actually walked to South Bermondsey BR without a police escort. WOW! A scuffle nearly broke out at the end with the NF kids, Ilderton Road/Rotherhithe New Road, Greggs Bakers region, but was again prevented by police intervention, and the NF kids chickening out and running into the local estates.
WIMPS!
Last I saw was the start of the ANL planned rally, which the police appeared to allow, peacefully.

These local kids need more consideration, if they are not going to play by the book, more later.
Links I know www.anl.org.uk, www.natfront.com, (www.bnp.org.uk)
Anyone know local Bermondsey links, please post. Thanks

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