A group calling themselves The Patriots are planning to hold a march in Bristol early in the New Year in the wake of a case which saw a group of Somali men jailed for sexually abusing young women in the … Continue reading
Last month the English Defence League leadership – now a committee known as the Management Group, which is composed of the regional organisers – issued what was on the face of it a stern warning to EDL members against involvement … Continue reading
Police are looking into inflammatory comments – posted on an English Defence League web page – advocating an arson attack on a proposed Bristol mosque. The posts, apparently left by non-members of the controversial political movement, suggest burning down the … Continue reading
The leader of a fascist group has said there will be another protest. Mickey Bayliss [pictured], the English Defence League’s regional organiser for the south west, has announced another march against a Muslim school will take place in Portsmouth. The call … Continue reading
A March through Portsmouth has been prompted by the proposed opening of a Muslim school. The English Defence League (EDL) will be marching from Fratton to the Madani Academy, in Buckland, to show their disapproval of such a school being … Continue reading
A group called the North West Frontline Firm are holding a demonstration in Burnley next Saturday to “highlight the Islamification of Great Britain and the ever growing problem of mass immigration”. One of several far-right “unity” initiatives that emerged out … Continue reading
The South West’s English Defence League coordinator has been released without charge by police investigating graffiti on a mosque and a Sikh temple. Mickey Bayliss, 47, who lives near Bitton, was arrested on November 14 along with another man believed … Continue reading
The leader of the English Defence League (EDL) in Bristol has been arrested in connection with graffiti sprayed on mosques and Sikh temples. Mickey Bayliss, from Upton Cheyney near Bitton, was arrested on Wednesday, along with another man. The two … Continue reading
The racists and fascists of the English Defence League (EDL) were comprehensively routed on Saturday. Thousands of anti-fascists blocked their march route and stopped their rally in Walthamstow, east London. The EDL only managed to mobilise 200, mostly hardcore Nazis. … Continue reading
Leaders of the English Defence League have said they will not be making a return visit to Bristol. Mickey Bayliss, South West organiser for the EDL, said the league was happy with Saturday’s demonstration, but was not planning a return … Continue reading