In reply to toad:
> I think there is often an attempt at equivalence between this sort of demo and, for example, anti austerity protests. The EDL are by any definition, "far right". You could be a Tory supporter and still oppose the EDL with a clear conscience
Absolutely. My step Mum is a fully signed up Conservative, she raged at Radio 4 for it's multicultural vagueness on Christmas morning because of it taking ages to have a Christian person on, with other faiths and people from other religions getting an airing first, and she hates the EDL.
Though an ex Catholic, she seems to think (and see as a bad thing) that we're losing our sense of Christian national identity...
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