Exposing the English Defence League reports on EDL leader Stephen Lennon’s latest attempt to damage community relations in Luton. He posted the following report on the EDL’s Facebook page yesterday:

“Last night in Luton a priest was battered coming out of Saturday mass, the word is it was Muslim youth! We are still waiting for this to be confirmed but EDL will be on standby for this sat as if it’s true thousands of Luton lads will be on the streets! THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STRAW!”

EDL supporters reacted as Lennon must have known they would. Some sample comments:

“fooking wankers. Lets batter then fucking scum. EDL till I die !!”

“If this is true the correct response should be violent retaliation….all this peaceful, non aggressive approach needs to go out the window..these bastards need a good hiding”

“Dirty bastards should be shot”

“These people need to be put down like the dogs they are ns”

“May God forgive them cos we fucking wont. Hang em ns.”

“time for action….. they must pay the price and I want to lick their blood off my face”

“TIME TO START WIPING OUT THIS PLAUGE BEFORE OUR COUNTRY IS OVER RUN BY DIRTY DRESS WEARING SCUM FUCKS. OUR WOMEN KIDS AND NOW OUR FAITH WILL NOT BE SAFE TILL ALL OF THESE FUCKERS ARE ALL WIPED OUT NS”

Observing “I’m prepared to bet my house to this story being completely untrue”, Darcy Jones of Exposing the EDL adds: “An identical post was made on Stephen’s personal FACEBOOK profile last night evoking similar reactions. Some deeply offensive racism and threats of arson were thrown in for good measure…. Both these posts have been forwarded to Bedfordshire police as we fear this fabricated incitement is genuinely dangerous to Stephen’s community.”

And this afternoon we find the following message from Lennon posted on the EDL’s Facebook page: