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EDL Laughed Out Of Liverpool To Benny Hill Music

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 Timmd 04 Jun 2017

Yup, Benny Hill music. Their march was halted by people sitting down, and they as they were escorted out of the city somebody started to play Benny Hill music, and people started to laugh at them.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/edl-laughed-liverpool-be...

Perhaps this could become the national reaction to marches like this?
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 off-duty 04 Jun 2017
In reply to Timmd:

Much as I disagree with the EDL, what occurred in Liverpool appeared to consist of an organised, stewarded march along a route pre-agreed with police.
This appeared to be blocked by counter protestors committing criminal offences in a protest that wasn't in compliance with any police or council agreements.

As a result the legitimate march was disbanded by the police using public order legislation.

Probably worth thinking about the next time the left wing want to organise a march.
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 Luke90 04 Jun 2017
In reply to off-duty:

I fully support the idea of any march or protest working with the police by informing them, choosing suitable routes and whatever else needs doing. Good on them.

I don't think getting that kind of approval should make them immune from counter-protest though. They have a right to get their voice out there, no matter how much I disdain their views, but those who disagree have a right to make themselves heard at the same time. If that involves disrupting the planned march, that looks like fair game to me.

(I don't know what actually occurred though. I'm working off what Timmd posted about sitting down on the route and playing mocking music. If violence or other harassment occurred then that's a different kettle of fish.)
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OP Timmd 04 Jun 2017
In reply to off-duty:

I get what you mean, that in a democracy all should be able to march or protest.
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 Monk 04 Jun 2017
In reply to Timmd:

that doesn't mean we have to listen or take them seriously though.

 Neil Williams 04 Jun 2017
In reply to Timmd:

I watched this, and I *love* it.

Let the idiots speak, and let the sensible masses make them look like idiots.
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OP Timmd 04 Jun 2017
In reply to Monk:

> that doesn't mean we have to listen or take them seriously though.

No, I remember somebody playing funny trombone music in time to the KKK marching in America, which had the desired effect of causing people to laugh at them.
OP Timmd 04 Jun 2017
In reply to Neil Williams:
> I watched this, and I *love* it.Let the idiots speak, and let the sensible masses make them look like idiots.

With Liverpool being a city of immigrants with a history of immigration. it was a poor choice on the part of the EDL.

I can hear my late uncle and grandparents and great uncles from Liverpool laughing about this.
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cap'nChino 04 Jun 2017
In reply to Neil Williams:

> I watched this, and I *love* it.Let the idiots speak, and let the sensible masses make them look like idiots.

Sadly that doesn't work, generally speaking I think there are more idiots listening than sensible masses, I'll refer you to trump for an obvious high profile example. Its more often the case of he who speaks the loudest gets ahead. It's a shame.
 EarlyBird 04 Jun 2017
In reply to off-duty:

Funny though, wasn't it?
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OP Timmd 05 Jun 2017
In reply to EarlyBird:

> Funny though, wasn't it?

Of course it was.
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 RX-78 05 Jun 2017
In reply to off-duty:
Still, just because it got police approval, doesn't mean it may or may not be provocative and hence generate a response, like orange marches through catholic areas in NI or Mosley's Black shirts march through the East end (battle of Cable Street).

I wouldn't be surprised if the EDL had picked Liverpool just to get a response.


My brother lived in Shropshire about 20 years ago then the EDL were busy picking fights with the Welsh.
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pasbury 05 Jun 2017
In reply to off-duty:

> Probably worth thinking about the next time the left wing want to organise a march.

I don't think you need to be 'left wing' to protest against the EDL.
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 Jesus 05 Jun 2017
In reply to RX-78:

Were the EDL about 20 years ago?
 toad 05 Jun 2017
In reply to pasbury:
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
 tobykeep 05 Jun 2017
In reply to off-duty:

It's a sad state of affairs when peaceful protestors have to ask the police and council for 'permission' to make their point.
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OP Timmd 05 Jun 2017
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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 RX-78 05 Jun 2017
In reply to Jesus:
I see on wiki the formation date is later, ah, I think I got it mixed up with English Border Front!
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 toad 05 Jun 2017
In reply to Jesus: there have pretty much always been a core of far right supporters, just under different names. But there has also always been a place for ridicule in challenging them. For every Oswald Mosley, there is a Roderick Spode

 ericinbristol 05 Jun 2017
In reply to Timmd:

Here it is (was a tuba) youtube.com/watch?v=Rs4P1kKK-5k&

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