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Home | Friday 27th November 2009 | Issue 701

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NERVOUS WREX

The latest attempt by the EDL/WDL to crack the Welsh racist market followed the now familiar pattern of a pub-based kettle and boozy chanting. Around 50 Defence Leaguers met up in a city centre Wetherspoons (who, we’ve heard, may soon become the Official Pub of Racism) and were quickly blocked in by a police horseshoe. Reports suggest the majority were on a racist’s day trip from Bolton. Four people were arrested for public disorder offences.

Up the road around 200 Wrexham locals gathered for a Communities Against Racism festival, with music, poetry, food and politicians grabbing the mic to make ‘rousing’ speeches.

One local attending the event said, “We demonstrated the true face of Wrexham; a peaceful, proud, tolerant and diverse working-class town; and we did it the right way – by having a good time together.”



 

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