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Coach company promises not to transport fascists ever again

Corporate Watch | 10.02.2011 01:51 | Anti-racism | Sheffield

Last year Corporate Watch revealed that one of the coach companies used to transport English Defence League (EDL) scum to rallies in Bradford and Leicester was Andrew's of Tideswell (see  http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=3833). The company has since been targeted by anti-fascist activists, who apparently slashed the tires of eight of its coaches and vowed that "this will not be the last such action" (see  http://325.nostate.net/?tag=andrews-of-tideswell-buses). Corporate Watch has subsequently received an email claiming to be from the company, although the email address ( aot2011@hotmail.co.uk) does not appear to be its official one.* In the email, the "family-run, non-political company" claim they were not aware they were carrying EDL supporters and that they will not be carrying "any passengers to protests in the future." Below is the full text of the email.

Subject: RE ACTIVISTS ATTACK ON ANDREW'S OF TIDESWELL BUSES
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:17:48 +0000
From: Andrews of Tideswell


RE ACTIVISTS ATTACK ON ANDREW'S OF TIDESWELL BUSES

***REPLY FROM ANDREW'S OF TIDESWELL*** - *** PLEASE READ ***

Prior to August 2010 we had never carried out such work for EDL or any similar organisations. The day before the protest in Bradford we were asked by a third party organiser to cover a park and ride for a church convention because a company had let them down. _WE DID NOT KNOW_ until we arrived in Bradford what was happening by which time it was too late - if we had known we _WOULD NOT_ have taken on this type of work. _IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME AND LAST TIME_ and we sustained thousands of pounds of damage to our vehicles in Bradford.

We are a _FAMILY OWNED & RUN, NON-POLITICAL COMPANY_ - our normal work consists of carrying elderly passengers on holidays and school children to and from school and on school trips.

Our coaches were dangerously damaged on Friday 4^th February 2011 – The damage could have caused the death of innocent children or elderly people.

We HAD NOT PLANNED to carry any passengers to the protest in Luton AND WE _WILL NOT_ we be carrying any passengers to protests in the future. _PLEASE URGENTLY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO ALL CONCERNED AS WE DO NOT WISH TO BE INVOLVED OR WRONGLY TARGETED_

-ends-

* We have since received a confirmation from Andrew's of Tideswell that the email address is theirs.

Corporate Watch
- Homepage: http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=3882

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email address

10.02.2011 10:27

re  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/02/473779.html

Just to confirm aot2011 is an official email address

Paul Andrew
mail e-mail: info@andrews-of-tideswell.co.uk

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success????????

10.02.2011 13:04

Apparently you didn't read their response very carefully

"and that they will not be carrying "any passengers to protests in the future."

That is NOT the same as saying that they wouldn't in the future carry the fascists to their demos (your demand). Oh, will have that effect (not transporting fascists to their demos) since if they don't transport ANY demonstrators to their demos that will include the fascists along with leftists, labor groups, peaceniks, etc.

See, they don't want the opponents of whatever group they transport slashing their tires, don't want to be in the middle of these petty wars.

Now lets think about this some. In the campaigns of left vs right, poor vs rich, demos vs counter demo, which side is more likely to be able to put together transport using using private autos and which side more dependnent on rented coaches?

MDN

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Protesting against Islamic extremism is not fascism!

10.02.2011 20:30

Protesting against Islamic extremism is not fascism! That is like calling people who protest against Israel anti-semitic. People are fed up of you leftties trying to claim that anyone who is against Islamic terrorism and Islamic extremism is a fascist.

Stop Islamic extremism

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LBC

11.02.2011 00:34

Heard the EDL fuhrer on LBC radio this morning - what a thick cunt! And those following him must be even thicker.

Cabbie

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Delete The neo-Nazi Trolls, Admin!

11.02.2011 01:14


Please can an administrator for Indymedia delete Trevor KKKelway's posts by "Stop Islamic extremism". They are doing my head in, and quite frankly, an organisation which goes around town centres violently assaulting Muslims in a drunken racist frenzy is nothing but 100% fascist!

FUCK BACK OFF TO STORMFRONT, NEO-NAZI TROLLS"!

Troll Destroya

End Racism.....

11.02.2011 02:16


Antifa In Your Area!

Stopping the EDL from taking over the streets!

DESTROY THE EDL

hmm

14.02.2011 19:56

So violence by EDL = Bad
Violence against coach company = good

SepticSceptic

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