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English Defence League cracks begin to show

Dave Smith. | 19.01.2010 14:43 | Sheffield

English Defence League cracks begin to show

Another in the EDL inner circle is Chris Renton, a BNP activist from Weston-super-Mare, who now appears to be using the online name “John Sheridan” and controls a large number of EDL Facebook groups.

One who recently fell foul of Renton is the veteran Bristol EDL activist Jerry “Wurzel” Watson, whom Renton blacklisted following allegations, strongly denied by Watson, of theft of a charity box. This led Watson to side with Paul Ray, the increasingly flaky self-styled “spiritual” leader of the EDL. Ray has formed his own St George’s Division of the EDL and has titled himself “Grandmaster Ray”, despite being disowned by the official EDL.

Another leading EDL activist now sidelined is the bullish Leisha Brookes. An ever visible member of the EDL, Brookes has led the women’s division and acted as the group’s police liaison officer. However, her abrasive nature is not to everyone’s taste in the EDL. One person in particular who has had numerous clashes with her is Matthew Kaplan, a Jewish student from Seattle who is studying history at King’s College, London.

Kaplan is the paid EDL publications coordinator, responsible for leaflets and press releases. He has been seen at several EDL demonstrations complete with Israeli flag. He has clashed on several occasions on the official EDL Facebook group with Leisha Brookes and her supporters for a number of reasons, mainly because he is an American.

Brookes has declared that she doesn’t trust him and accused him of working for the police. Kaplan revealed that Brookes and her colleagues threatened to attack him if he turned up at the Nottingham EDL event on 5 December.

Other leading EDL members have accused her of posting racist comments on the EDL internet forum. Whatever the truth behind the fallout, Brookes has definitely been removed as the EDL’s police liaison officer and is no longer in charge of the women’s division.

It is believed that the new EDL police liaison officer is none other than Corrigan, the BNP gold card carrying member from St Albans.

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Going.....going.....

19.01.2010 15:42

My bet is the EDL will have imploded by the end of 2010. If you've seen them marching you see the sort of temperament and intelligence of these people. I'm tempted to get involved stopping them but I think it's more fun to sit back and watch them destroy themselves. Anjem Chodray was probably a member he seemed to be the driving the movement.

Ruby

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lol

20.01.2010 11:55

Ruby, you and the other fools have no idea what you are talking about. The EDL is made up of football hooligan firms from accross the UK, how exactly are you going to stop them because even if the name EDL vanishes they are still going to be around, its not going to go away or i you think it will then you are obviously a moron.

ID

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edl

20.01.2010 18:43

the only thing that`ll implode is weyman bennetts head and stomach if he persists with the diet of jabba the hut.

see you in stoke no surrender.

ps well said id.

edl no surrender

Who cares about tanked up muppets

20.01.2010 22:32

A few wannabe firms going to stoke - what for exactly?

Nobody believes its a protest about anything other than your inability to protest. The whole "No Surrender" stance is more and more the sign of the manipulation of the EDL. Muppets being fisted by the BNP.

Kermit pissing on national monuments and bending over for Renton and Nick. Very impressive.

Guess how many Firms are walking away from the whole sorry debacle?

Luther Blisset

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I'm a very

21.01.2010 00:36

"The EDL is made up of football hooligan firms from accross the UK"

ohnoes!! can i shit myself now nurse?

The whole 'we're hoolies we are' bit of the EDL schtick is the funniest part. If you are "football hooligans" how are you also "a legitimate nonviolent protest against extremism"?

Whats the angle here - that people who openly admit that they enjoy going out to fight other people in carparks at the weekend are the voice the must be heard?

Thats if i were actually true anyway. The case is - you are a few wannabe hoolies who are shunned by all sizeable outfits.

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