From mid-afternoon they came, in their hundreds, to the gates of Television Centre, waving banners, lighting flares and chanting "BBC! Shame on you."Oh, that’s good, is it? Well, I suppose it is, in the sense that people are free to have their say, so long as no-one gets hurt.
Ah:
Wooden poles that held placards were thrown at the four-deep cordon of police. By the time filming began at around 7.30pm, six people had been arrested and three police officers had been injured. One was taken to hospital with a head injury.As I said over at another blog: ‘Riot shields. Water cannon. Job done…’
Shimal Thakrar, 33, from Edgware, London, said the audience hissed and booed during the filming and shouted "liar" and "get out the door" at Mr Griffin.You’re a little early for pantomime season, aren’t you? Also a bit old…
But it’s the UAF idiot that reveals the true danger in our society today.
And that isn’t the temporary political success of a small left-wing nationalist party:
Martin Smith, the Unite Against Fascism organiser, who directed protesters to the gate at Television Centre through which many surged, had vowed to resist police attempts to break up the demonstration and insisted it was essentially peaceful. But he did admit that one far-right supporter had been attacked earlier in the afternoon. "A guy came with a BNP banner. That was ripped from him and he was hit on the head, but you have to expect that if you come to an anti-fascist demonstration with a BNP banner," said Mr Smith.No.
No, you don’t, any more than a black man or woman has to ‘expect’ to have racist violence directed at them because they inadvertently wandered into a BNP rally.
Both are wrong. And the fact that you can’t see that makes you even worse than Griffin…
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But we can surely all agree that the UAF is an almost entirely non-violent organisation.
Typo in the above comment. The word "non-" shouldn't be there.
When will the supporting political parties - LibLabCon - see the UAF are the the extreme LEFT fascist group?
I can see Labor siding with them and indeed using them but the fact DC has said he agrees with them is very strange to me.
The UAf are actually WORSE than the BNP could ever be inasmuch as they are complete hypocrites - they talk about 'free speech' - what they mean is free speech that they agree with - all other free speech is to be shouted down - with violence if necessary - ref their performance at the BBC on Thursday. I do hope some of them have been charged with attacking the injured Plods.
Panto - yes, hadn't thought of that aspect.
No typo. Though I couldn't be arsed to watch QT, I understand 'almost entirely non-violent' was the phrase Mr Griffin used.
... any more than a black man or woman has to ‘expect’ to have racist violence directed at them because they inadvertently wandered into a BNP rally.
No doubt I will be bood from the stage, but surely the recent fiasco has shown that people are getting sick and tired of slander and libellous statements.
When have the BNP used violence against black people attending a rally? When indeed have the BNP held a rally? whwn in fact have the BNP used violence against anyone?
Sorry, not a BNP supporter just someone who is sick of being insulted with innuendo and conjecture rather than factual information.
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