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EDL Die In Walsall!

Malatesta | 30.09.2012 13:57 | Anti-racism | Birmingham | South Coast | World

The English Defence League held a poorly attended demo at the weekend in Walsall, were outnumbered by anti-fascists and subject to the virulent attentions of West Midland Plod. For those who can’t be bothered here is a summary from an EDL members’ point of view: ‘got up, got pissed, got to Walsall, got mouthy, got battered, got to grow up.’ The deluded fuck-bugles really thought that they would fare better than previous visits to the Midlands and were yet again proved wrong!

Crivvens! Jings! And Help Ma Boab! Whit a weekend that was! In a brilliant display of far right unity – Unite The Right? Yeah, Right! – 3 demos happened on the same day with equally dire results: the EDL were yet again humiliated in Walsall; the Combined Ex-Forces failed to get a dozen to their demo in Oldham; and the Scottish Defence League tried to demo but ended up with 4 arrests – which was nearly 50% of their turnout. What was it all about then?

Up Against The Walsall!

Walsall was a test for the EDL (regimental motto ‘In Alco, Incontinent’) following their utter humiliation in Walthamstow and they needed to show up in numbers. Which they didn’t for several reasons the main one being that after Mr Tommy and Karaoke Kev Karol bravely ran away at Walthamstow many EDL have finally realised that they’ve been taken for a ride by opportunists and phoneys.

What happened was that the 150 or so EDL arrived in Walsall on their coaches and were already drunk and mardy. Plod swiftly got them under heavy manners and as the EDL got more and more irate they started flinging stuff at plod, most notably what looked like a table leg. Plod liked this not and responded in kind going a bit Hertz Car Rental with the batons and such! Cue dramatic head wounds and severely chafed egos for the EDL. Various eejits had been boasting on the net that they were not going to stand for any plod nonsense along with some other ridiculous threats. As everyone knows plod has never heard of Facebook so were fully prepared.

All Not Well With EDL!

Unkle Kev Karol is standing for the Bedfordshire Police Commissioner gig but this looks increasingly desperate after the EDL have just done battle with plod – and lost. Not great PR Kev! The EDL is now aligned to the fluffy fascist British Freedom, to the great annoyance of many EDL members who subsequently left, and amazingly they managed to raise the 5 grand needed to stand for PCC - mainly under false pretences it would seem. Karaoke Kev has not raised enough for the actual campaign though which so far appears to be a photoshopped poster online! Unkle Kev has also done a manifesto which would adversely affect his diminishing cohort of ‘chav scrotes’ and headache sufferers.

Kev has clearly had help as the manifesto is written with proper pen in joined up writing. As anyone who has had the misfortune to hear him speak Kev is on the far side of literate. His campaign strategy has been piss poor so far and he has done little to generate support outside of his small band of followers, most of whom do not live in Bedfordshire anyway and very few of the electorate are even aware of his existence.

Funeral In Walthamstow

The main worry for the EDL is getting numbers at Walthamstow to revenge their previous humiliation so in a rather stupid publicity stunt Mr Tommy said that they would be showing that daft anti-Islam film at the demo. As well as being a crass and misjudged move what Mr Tommy hasn’t said is how and where he is actually going to screen it. For one there is only a short trailer for the film available and secondly few local places would accommodate it given the potential reaction from locals. We suggest Mr Tommy screens it on a pair of EDL beauty Kevin Smith’s massive underpants!

Tensions between Mr Tommy and Unkle Kev are at an all time high after they had a blazing row at the Walthamstow debacle. To make matters worse Mrs Tommy threw him out of the house and he is now living with Unkle Kev in his caravan behind the local Sainsbury’s!

Just Say No!

The EDL are in serious trouble: they have been battered by plod at Walthamstow and Walsall, their numbers are down, they have no strategy, no membership retention, no money and no endgame. The link with the British Fluffies has got them nowhere. The EDL ‘leadership’ say they have no control over the unruly elements who go on demos – at Walsall their stewards were yet again battered by their own team! – which is both shirking responsibility and poor leadership and does little to avert swathes of negative publicity. They create a climate of aggression, drunkenness and racial abuse on their demos and then wonder why it kicks off. Of course, they blame the anti-fascists but this does not wash as at many demos when there has been no opposition it has still descended into violence.

The EDL’s call for dry demos fell on soused ears as the vast majority are already pissed by the time they get there. One good piece of news for Mr Tommy is that the planned confab with the Muslim Debate Initiative has been cancelled so his spurious arguments will not now be found wanting by a more experienced and informed speaker. Phew!

The EDL 3rd in command Tony Curtis stormed out in a huff recently after Mr Tommy wouldn’t let him go to America so he joined the miniscule English Volunteer Force (named after the Ulster Volunteer Force, a violent loyalist paramilitary gang). Sadly, he left them after only 1 day as he said they were racist! Imagine that? Bill ‘Chimps’ Baker is part of the EVF and is fast becoming the Eddy ‘Splitter’ Morrison of his generation having been kicked out of every far right organisation going. ‘Chimps’ has also been raided by plod and had his mobile and PC seized after downing 2 bottle of White Lightening and getting mouthy on the net. He has no job, no friends, and no birds!


Bill 'Chimps' Baker: no one likes him.
The far right is seriously floundering and this weekend showed they simply do not have the numbers any more. The BNP are going down fast; the NF are too drunk; and the EDL splinter groups CxF, NEI, NWI, SDL, Casual United and EVF cannot stand each other and are constantly attacking each other. Anti-fascists outnumber them at every demo and there is more unity and diversity here than the far right could ever hope for.

Combined ex_Farcicals

Fuck-buglery and idiocy are never in short supply on the far right but this weeks Best Disaster Award goes to the Combined Ex-Forces (regimental motto ‘they don’t like it up em!’) and really takes the Bourbon. They staged a fake kidnap of a ‘Muslamic’ tied up in the boot of the regimental Robin Reliant and then posted it on the net. They subsequently got raided by plod and arrested. Again. The previous week they had their ‘headquarters’ (in their Nan’s garage) raided and their PCs and mobiles seized for making daft threats on the net. They never learn do they? CxF see themselves as renegades but are in fact rectal tuboids of the highest degree who do not understand the law. CxF are neither combined, their ‘leadership’ having fallen out several times over who holds what made-up title, nor are they ex-forces as having worked for Parcel Force doesn’t count.

Up here in Scotland, the hilariously inept Scottish Defence League (regimental motto ‘See You Jimmy!’) also held a demo in Edinburgh which achieved nothing whatsoever. These toothless incontinents are pretty much BNP, NF and ‘loyalists’ (i.e., loyal to bottles of Buckfast). There was a piss poor turnout, they were vastly outnumbered as expected and several ended up in jail. Well done. So all in all a great weekend for anti-fascists everywhere and a very poor 2nd for the far right. See you all in Walthamstow for the funeral!

Malatesta
- Homepage: http://malatesta32.wordpress.com/

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EDL "peacefully protesting"... against peaceful protest in Walsall

30.09.2012 14:08

EDL chuck plank of wood in Walsall
EDL chuck plank of wood in Walsall

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Many of these 'splinter' groups.

30.09.2012 17:25

Malatesta, you are aware that some of the splinter gorups you cite predate the formation of the 'EDL'?

anon


Anarchists violent?

30.09.2012 19:00

Anarchists campaign for a better world based on equality for all regardless of who you are and removal of state/govt. control which they hope will lead to a better, fairer society that no longer needs to use violence and coercion to make a point, they are actively working toward a point where society is free from violence.
The EDL on the other hand are isolating and demonising a minority group to reinforce power structures that are maintained by violence and coercion - or just for an excuse to indulge in a bit of "paki bashing"

Who was it that threw thunderflashes at police, counter protesters and press, who was it that set fire to one journalist in tower Hamlets and sexually assaulted another? Who was it that climbed on top of a police van and jumped up and down on it, who kicked the doors in of Big Johns takeaway in Leicester and threatened the staff and customers inside? Who assaulted a Hindu man in Leicester and targete a Hindu temple because their too ignorant to know the difference between a Hindu/Hindu Temple and a Muslim/Mosque?Who spent most of their time in Nottingham pissing up the walls of Nottingham castle? Whose supporters trashed a random takeaway in Plymouth?

It certainly wasn't Anarchists, was it?

And if you deliberately hold provocative marches while pissed up and aggressive in areas of high Muslim populace what do you expect? The EDL deliberately do what they do to provoke a violent response. So don't cry like spoilt little brats when you get it.

IHTF


Keep classism out of anti-fascism

30.09.2012 21:34

As a dedicated anti-fascist I'm always offended when people fill anti-fascist analysis with classist comments. Kev Caroll's a prick, but there are plenty of ways to tell people that without making snide comments about his literacy skills, I've never been taught how to join my writing either.

Tyco


Die?

30.09.2012 21:36


They almost did by the looks of it

76sufgv


re: Keep classism out of anti-fascism

01.10.2012 09:36

I don't think being literate or educated is incompatible with being working class.

Are you saying that if you are working class you must be stupid or unable to do joined-up writing? That sounds classist in itself!

anon


FACTS. FACT!

01.10.2012 09:50

Malatesta, you are aware that some of the splinter gorups you cite predate the formation of the 'EDL'?

M: CXF, SDL, Infidels all post EDL, the mighty EVF only just formed and the Casuals are only jeffrey marshbubbles and his 2 nieces chardonnay and kylie so dont actually do anything. as for classism, being working class and being literate are not incompaitible.

Malatesta


bbc reported 500

01.10.2012 09:59

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-19773187 quote "1000 people attended the protests 500 at the counter protest", so that`s 500 at the EDL, not 150,

bur


@bur

01.10.2012 10:41

You know that's bollocks as well as I do. All the same the edl got properly twatted and are pretty much finished.

all said and done


500 my arse!

01.10.2012 11:06

you can put all the gloss you want on it but the EDL were humiliated yet again - even worse than at Walthamstow. admit it, you're finished, and STOW 2 is going to be a disaster! what will you do on your saturdays then? banned from the match, EDL over, no money ... try a job!

Malatesta


Walthamtow 2

01.10.2012 11:46

We handed their collective arse to them on a plate before and will do so at Stow 2.

JC
mail e-mail: jezza_cox@yahoo.co.uk


'Get a Job" and who still believes cops?

01.10.2012 12:47

'malatesta' wrote: "no money ... try a job! "

Dignity can only be obtained in this world by licking a bosses arse, or exploiting the labour of others? Its the kind of shit Cameron and Boris say - and they know that there aren't enough jobs for everyone to have one.

Perhaps in Malatesta's world all the workers have surplus cash, but for many the reality is that there is nothing over once the families basic needs have been met.

bur wrote:

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-19773187 quote "1000 people attended the protests 500 at the counter protest", so that`s 500 at the EDL, not 150,

which is particularly selective editing

The BBC ACTUALLY said: "West Midlands Police said up to 1,000 people gathered at the EDL event and at a counter-demonstration....

...A counter-event of 500 people took place in Gallery Square."

No doubt as there was a ruck, the cops inflated the figures - normally they play them down.

If bur believes coppers, then he is far too naive to be taken seriously.

rub


more EDL arrests to follow

01.10.2012 13:29

anon


WEL DUN PEOPPLE

01.10.2012 16:37

wel dun people for lettin the two confused battilions of plod n fash filth battle it out of each other..wunder if either side of the coin worked out theyre meant to be mates wiv each other..cos a fair few of em are..pigs gettin shitty with their political bedfellows or not..you must all keep mobilising in yur own areas ..do not drop your gard..the biggest battles by far yet to come..soon it wil not b enough to hold some streets here n there...soon we must gather to secure entire counties where we are able..if this sounds fancifull believe that the only other option shall be total police state100.. la luta continua...never giv up neva giv in for ye r destined to win

RASTA


haha

01.10.2012 16:44

came across this someone's gone and cloned the casualsunited blog (they ain't pleased) comment sections are mental  http://casualunited.wordpress.com/

observer


Shameful.

02.10.2012 03:05

"You dont even know what a battle is. You speak of 'humiliation' and 'haha' and 'we set them off running'. Bollox - thats girl scouts. A real battle is when you stick your hand in a pile of goo that used to be your best mate's face. Or watching 5 of your buddies that you played cards with getting blown up by a IED."

You have never experienced that. If you had, you would not write it here...like that.

Personally, I think you should all be ashamed of yourselves. You all run around the place like children showing off your injuries as though its something to be proud of. It isn't. All you are doing is spreading the hatred. You EDL talk about reaching middle England but you haven't a chance. You Antifascists do the same and you don't have a chance.

You should all take a long hard look at yourselves. There is nothing you have that we want.

Go home.

Is it any wonder that we have these injustices in this world when you behave like this? I can't think who the bigger villains of the peace are...the engineers of war, or those who waste everybodies time while those wars are happening.

Shameful. Truly shameful.

Me


bugle alert!

02.10.2012 09:38

'You EDL talk about reaching middle England but you haven't a chance. You Antifascists do the same and you don't have a chance. You should all take a long hard look at yourselves. There is nothing you have that we want... Shameful. Truly shameful..


sorry, we are very truly sorry for upsetting you and will no longer oppose fascists marching through our streets. we are ashamed... what bollocks who is the WE you speak of?who do you represent? yourself. this is an anarchist/leftist/antifascist website. go elsewhere you bugle.

Malatesta


@me

02.10.2012 12:31

The door's datta way > > >

lol


EDL Tommy Robinson shot and killed in Nottingham.

02.10.2012 14:14

>>>sorry, we are very truly sorry for upsetting you and will no longer oppose fascists marching through our streets. we are ashamed... what bollocks who is the WE you speak of?who do you represent? yourself. this is an anarchist/leftist/antifascist website. go elsewhere you bugle.

“What we want . . . is the complete destruction of the domination and exploitation of man by man; we want men united as brothers by a consensus and desired solidarity, all cooperating voluntarily for the wellbeing of all; we want society to be constituted for the purpose of supplying everybody with the means for achieving the maximum well-being, the maximum possible moral and spiritual development; we want bread, freedom, love and science--for everybody.”

Errico Malatesta (1853-1932)







>>>The door's datta way > > >

“Ever your enemy is your ally, and ever your ally is your enemy. To divide is to conquer.”

Nestor Makhno, Butyrskaya Prison, Moscow - 1913.



Enough said.

Me


@me

02.10.2012 14:58

You're a tease aren't you!

dissapointed


Hurruuumph!

02.10.2012 15:58

"You're a tease aren't you!"

Oh darling...if only you knew!

Me


Piss Poor EDL

03.10.2012 13:03


...

On A Mission To Fail!


Or as they say in Glasgow......

03.10.2012 13:32

...Pish Poor EDL and SDL!

Antifas312


EDL Braindeath Division

03.10.2012 22:56


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Protest against Islamic extremism instead of the EDL

04.10.2012 11:16

Why do you idiots protest against the EDL yet never speak out against or protest against Islamic extremists? Islamic extremist on the streets of London -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6KoC2dxdlk

Islamic extremism is the real threat!


Uri Geller's got a sister you know...but maybe not!

06.10.2012 16:15

"Why do you idiots protest against the EDL yet never speak out against or protest against Islamic extremists? Islamic extremist on the streets of London"

I live in London and I haven't seen any of that!!!

You must be an Amerikaan.

anonymous


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