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UAF Make Themselves Look Stupid

Michael Meriton | 13.11.2012 13:19 | Anti-racism | Migration | Social Struggles | Birmingham

Do the UAF know something the rest of us don't?

Just posted on the UAF website is a leaflet asking people to tactically vote in this Thursday's PCC elections to stop the BNP candidate Simon Darby in Stoke.

 http://uaf.org.uk/2012/11/vote-to-stop-bnp-edl/



Perhaps they know something that the rest of us do not?

Because the last time I checked the BNP are not standing a single candidate in the PCC elections, calling on the public to boycott the elections instead.

Surely an organisation that claims to be the UK's leading antifascist organisation would know a fact like this ?

Perhaps not it seems.

Michael Meriton


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Who Looks Stupid ?

13.11.2012 15:38

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19525006

Nominations for candidates have now closed. The candidates for Staffordshire Police are:

Matthew Ellis - Conservative
Joy Garner - Labour

Michael Meriton


Oh Dear..

13.11.2012 15:44

Staffs PCC Candidates

 http://www.choosemypcc.org.uk/candidates/area/staffordshire

Matthew Ellis - Conservative
Joy Garner - Labour

Gary Google


UAF should be using their public support...

13.11.2012 18:28

To urge people to vote for Independents against ANY political parties.

Politicians and MPs should be kept well away from police affairs. They haven't got a clue and will just bend things to suit their parties manifest and beliefs regardless of whether it's what's best for the people.

Vote Independent.

London AF


uaf are a joke

13.11.2012 21:53

They printed leafleats against animal rights people who are in jail or been to jail they ate scum.

alf


Straight

13.11.2012 23:57

> They printed leafleats against animal rights people who are in jail or been to jail they ate scum.

errr, well that is actually something i agree with. AR people in jail have usually done well out of order things

the point


Animal rights

14.11.2012 00:21

One animal rights activist who was jailed was BNP Croydon candidate Charlotte Lewis

Dan


UAF

14.11.2012 00:27

Yes UAF can be weird, but they've organised I believe around 80 anti-EDL demos, whereas more militant anti-fascists have organised exactly how many? I forget...... errr... a couple in Brighton

Joi


the point being

14.11.2012 02:08

Animal rights activists who are nationalists who fight for animals being grassed up by uaf scum thats the point.

alf


UAF?

14.11.2012 09:37

'Yes UAF can be weird, but they've organised I believe around 80 anti-EDL demos, whereas more militant anti-fascists have organised exactly how many? I forget...... errr... a couple in Brighton.'

militants do not 'organise' demos, they turn up, keep out of the kettles and do their own thing. please pay attention.

Malatesta


Max Barry ;-)

14.11.2012 10:33

@AF

You do realise that the independents will be infantilising authoritarian types too right? *facepalm*

Darren


Fuck AR nationalists

14.11.2012 14:05


Racist animal rights people are in fact few and far between. AR is a decentralised movement that has come under ruthless attack by the state - anyone can pop up on Facebook and 'like' the EDL and SHAC, a situation that no-one can prevent.

All AR groups and sab groups that I have been involved with are also anti-racist and in general line with the rest of our movement e.g feminist, ecological etc.

However in the case of people espousing nationalist views that also happen to be vegan, they are rightfully targetted by anti-fascist groups and should be outright rejected by the AR movement.

Bill Badger


@Dan

14.11.2012 23:19

probably b cos no one checked who the fucker was before she entered the affray

all eyes


strange

15.11.2012 13:05

How uaf never show up on at demos.

alf


uaf

15.11.2012 13:59

Use animal rights as a foil they are not and never will be animal rights.

matt


cant see the

15.11.2012 15:27

Problem if people vote bnp or whatever if there animal rights gavin medd hall got 8 years everyone knows hes bnp.

who cares


uaf= swp + Labour

16.11.2012 09:48

i am pretty sure that UAF do some cool stuff, but i found it was just the swp trying to vote in ;left; labour candidates. it is quite cool that people come out to oppose fascists but dont buy the swp/labour shit.

prescott


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