tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post8101971272248130628..comments2023-08-29T09:01:57.436+01:00Comments on Musings of a Durotrigan: English Defence League to hold Static Demonstration in BradfordDurotriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-90193829345220768792010-09-04T18:45:22.516+01:002010-09-04T18:45:22.516+01:00Durotrigan, not sure where to post this. Wanted to...Durotrigan, not sure where to post this. Wanted to get it to you asap. <br /><br />Here is my personal account of Bradford EDL demo. On arriving in Forster Square EDL supporters had no option but to enter their Urban Garden protest area through metal detector arches. The uncultivated site was surrounded by 8ft fences, hundreds of police and numerous police vehicles. Forward Intelligence police Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-76600546498844993612010-08-26T08:13:12.573+01:002010-08-26T08:13:12.573+01:00I wish you good luck and hope that everything pass...I wish you good luck and hope that everything passes off peacefully. I'll post your report in full as an article if you'd like to leave it in the comments section initially. As you've probably found out previously, if it's lengthy it'll need to be split into shortish sections, so it's probably best to write in a Word document then copy and paste the text into multiple Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-39014789351644268832010-08-26T00:16:13.029+01:002010-08-26T00:16:13.029+01:00I'll be there with several friends on saturday...I'll be there with several friends on saturday. I'm very interested to see if what I experience is what is reported in the media. Somehow I doubt it. I'll happily report back here. I feel there will be plenty to discuss. Cygnus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-65519886672465510882010-08-25T08:10:15.234+01:002010-08-25T08:10:15.234+01:00No fear Cygnus, I'm not going to stop blogging...No fear Cygnus, I'm not going to stop blogging just yet. A number of bloggers have given up over the past month or so owing to turmoil in a certain party, which is a pity. However, I've had an exceptionally busy month and I won't be back to regular blogging until mid September. Owing to family commitments I'll not be within reach of a computer to write about the outcome of the Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-79315852641915300282010-08-24T23:45:22.701+01:002010-08-24T23:45:22.701+01:00Thanks Durotrigan, glad to see you blogging again....Thanks Durotrigan, glad to see you blogging again. For a while there I thought you wouldn't return. I could reel off at least half a dozen areas that are as bad as Manningham. The sad thing is that most were previously affluent areas, with great victorian terrace and town houses, built when the mills were prosperous. Now they're mostly filth strewn ghetto's. Bradford is dead and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-24549251310425140402010-08-24T23:00:40.539+01:002010-08-24T23:00:40.539+01:00Welcome back Cygnus. There's no denying that B...Welcome back Cygnus. There's no denying that Bradford is in a grim state. The centre is now a complete eyesore and has a very uneasy feel. Unless someone lives or works there, I cannot see how anyone would be attracted to visit. As for Manningham, well . . .Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-19329525102223384822010-08-24T22:31:48.287+01:002010-08-24T22:31:48.287+01:00I'm a Bradfordian, I was brought up in the cit...I'm a Bradfordian, I was brought up in the city and still live here. There is no 'social cohesion'. There is no attempt at equality anymore, not even much lip service to it. Large parts of the city are simply no go areas for whites (or white males). I welcome the EDL's demonstration, as do most people I know. But, in Bradford at least, militant islam is the very least of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-86210228015959765402010-08-22T21:08:33.869+01:002010-08-22T21:08:33.869+01:00A good analysis of Socialist Workers Party Durotri...A good analysis of Socialist Workers Party Durotrigan. The mainstream media’s role ref English Defence League is one area of interest in this debate because it almost mirrors the SWP view in its misreporting description of EDL activities as violent far-right thugery. Have a look at this link for an example http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2010/08/21/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-69476545614116049282010-08-22T10:16:31.348+01:002010-08-22T10:16:31.348+01:00That the establishment parties and media back UAF ...That the establishment parties and media back UAF and by dint of this the SWP initially seems paradoxical, given that the SWP is sworn to seek to undermine and overthrow the capitalist interests of the Establishment. All however do share two key aspects of ideology: a commitment to globalist internationalism and a concomitant support for mass immigration and multiculturalism. The SWP supports Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-26689680328641298642010-08-22T10:15:23.122+01:002010-08-22T10:15:23.122+01:00Thanks for commenting Anonymous. I see that your e...Thanks for commenting Anonymous. I see that your encounter with this group very much tallies with my knowledge of them acquired many years ago from speaking to a number of its members. It struck me that they didn’t like real working-class people as they found them too ‘reactionary’, which is no surprise, as Marxists of various sorts have shown scorn for ordinary people since Marxism’s founders Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-79118456444157148462010-08-21T23:53:33.226+01:002010-08-21T23:53:33.226+01:00You make a very valid point ref to Socialist Worke...You make a very valid point ref to Socialist Workers Party. My short experience of this Marxist group was that they considered themselves as the revolutionary vanguard of the working class without having any working class political or social views or values. Their activists appeared to be university educated and were very controlling, judgemental and censorious. I became suspicious of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com