In the run up to the Stoke rally, the EDL announced that there would be two speakers, one local Sikh EDL member and one black member, in a bid to show that they were not a racist organisation. However, further investigation of Sikh member, Amit Singh, revealed that he had posted multiple, virulently anti-Muslim jokes and statements on his Facebook page, including "fuck the p***s… i just think we shud burn the cunts now!!", "ive just come off the road and hit a muslim!! It took me 10 minutes, 2 fields and a golf course, but I got the fucker!!" and "ure all a bunch of pedos, piss off back to pakistan!!".

According to one member of the EDL forum, these non-white EDL speakers were not respected, anyway, and s/he lamented the lack of discipline within the organisation: "Speeches not being respected. People not shutting up during a 1 minute silence. The occasional Nazi salute."

Whilst the EDL have hardly shown themselves to be an inclusive and non-racist organisation, the anti-fascist response to them has been criticised for its ineffectiveness by some commentators. According to 'Malatesta' "Having the cops protecting anti-fascists gathered in such small numbers is not good." Durruti02 claimed that "the analysis [that the EDL are simply fascists] is incorrect and the tactics are not working."

The EDL and SDL will now building for upcoming demos in Edinburgh on 20th Feb and Dudley on 4th April.