Posted February 9, 201114 yr THE English Defence League is set to break into mainstream politics with a bid to get MPs in Parliament. It wants to field official EDL candidates in national and council elections. The move is an attempt to increase the organisation’s political influence, just like the BNP under Nick Griffin. The party’s boss Tommy Robinson said: “We aren’t ruling it out. I think this country needs a party that’s not afraid to say things some would consider unpopular. My hope is still that the Tories will take a tougher stance. We are a single issue group and at the moment we would rather have a dialogue with the other political parties – but that could change.” Mr Robinson, 28, real name Stephen Lennon, whose group now has 74,000 Facebook followers, predicted the EDL would have more online supporters than the Tories, Labour and the Lib-Dems by the end of the year. He said the organisation’s main aim was to outlaw the Koran then adapt it to fit in with British society. He said the only way to do this would be to force Muslims to realise the words of their holy scriptures are outdated. He said: “They have got a responsibility to sort out their religion. They have to reform their religion so it fits in.” Mr Robinson also revealed that he wants to appear on BBC1’s Question Time. And the EDL boss said that, unlike bumbling BNP leader Nick Griffin, 51, he would be a surefire hit on the show. The BBC was blasted for allowing Mr Griffin on to the panel in 2009 and thousands of people protested outside the studios. But Mr Robinson claimed the EDL was now so popular he would get supporters outside the venue if he appeared. He said: “Nick Griffin got two million votes and he’s an MEP but he didn’t have anyone supporting him when he went on Question Time. Get me on Question Time. I’ll have 10,000 people turn up to support me.” Meanwhile a row was brewing last night over the EDL’s latest planned march, which officials claimed would cost £1million to police. The protest is planned for March 19 in Birmingham after two Muslim councillors refused to stand up in honour of a war hero at a ceremony. MPs have called for Home Secretary Theresa May, 54, to ban the event, which falls on the same day Wolverhampton Wanderers play Aston Villa. In the Daily Star phone poll yesterday, 98% of readers said they agreed with the EDL’s policies. Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/17595...OLITICAL-PARTY/ ----- I know the source is that $h!t rag the Star, but their readers are a proper breeding ground for this scum party. This article made me go :mellow: How anyone can be quite so Bigoted...
February 9, 201114 yr Logic would wreck the EDL. One can't ban the Koran without banning the Old Testament on the same grounds...
February 9, 201114 yr They'll never be anything more than a fringe party, like the BNP. They may win SOME fans, but I still like to believe that overall SENSE will prevail.
February 9, 201114 yr Author They want to outlaw it, then alter it to make it fit in with British society??? WTF. It just doesn't make sense to me. A few f***wits interpretation of the Koran doesn't mean the book is entirely evil. Bible belt Christians have been making $h!t up a quoting random bible lines for some time now and nobodies tried to ban the bible. I just don't get it. How are people stupid enough to fall for this $h!t? There really should be an IQ test along side the polling card....
February 9, 201114 yr In the Daily Star phone poll yesterday, 98% of readers said they agreed with the EDL’s policies. I'm guessing this "phone poll" consisted solely of Daily Star journalists...
February 9, 201114 yr The phone poll was almost certainly something like 'Do you oppose poppy burnings?'.
February 9, 201114 yr THE English Defence League is set to break into mainstream politics with a bid to get MPs in Parliament. In the Daily Star phone poll yesterday, 98% of readers said they agreed with the EDL’s policies. Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/17595...OLITICAL-PARTY/ I know the source is that $h!t rag the Star, but their readers are a proper breeding ground for this scum party. This article made me go :mellow: How anyone can be quite so Bigoted... I've always had a sense of cynacism about any opinion polls (although I shall refrain from posting the Yes, Prime Minister video on the subject again) The thing about phone polls is that only people that feel strongly about the issue would actually phone in. Most people who would oppose the EDL (eg. all sane people with brains) wouldn't waste their 25p on phoning in to something like this, hence the incredibly skewed poll. Anyway, there is no room for two extreme far right parties in the political sphere, so I can see either the two parties merge or the BNP dissolving if that did happen (I've heard the BNP are in financial difficulties). What worries me is that if this story is true, then the EDL would even more extreme than the BNP. The BNP might be anti-Islam, but I don't think even they would rule to ban the Koran. And that Tommy Robinson sounds like a right c**tface (pardon the language). "Get me on Question Time. I’ll have 10,000 people turn up to support me.”? Delusions of grandeur indeed.
February 9, 201114 yr They want to adapt the Koran? Hmm, perhaps we should invite Saudi Arabia to adapt the Bible to fit Saudi society better.
February 9, 201114 yr They want to ban the Qu'ran for being oudated when it's 1400 years old... remind me how old the Old and New Testaments are? -_-
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