C'MON IF YOU THINK YOU'RE PLACARD ENOUGH
On another Thanet.
UKIP leader Farage might live to regret shaking that huntsman's hand. Surely the trick to being an outsider politician is to be all things to all men. but Nigel's Boxing Day photo-opportunity has put him in the sights of the animal rights brigade.
Nigel was due to speak to local supporters in Thanet, Kent yesterday afternoon and such is his popularity that not one but two counter-demos were organised. One by the local Socialist Workers Party and the other a rag-tag coalition of hunt sabs and animal rights activists.
SchNEWS spoke to an observer/participant “Around forty people had gathered in front of the hotel, it was just people who hate UKIP really – a pretty broad church. It was actually Farage's security who kicked it off though, trying to force their way through the crowd by punching people. We just responded, we'd been hanging around for what felt like hours and it was all over in five minutes. There were only two cops there at the start – and about fifty by the end!”
Twatted over the bonce with a placard and harried with cries of “animal abuser” and “racist scum” Nasty Nige eventually managed to barricade himself inside the hotel.
Watch it all in glorious 2D right here
Will the March for England finally walk away from the City by the Sea?
Whilst Dorset hunt sabs were gathered on a public road to document the unlawful activities of the hunt, an angered rider rode his horse at speed into a hunt saboteur - knocking her from her feet and trampling over her with his horse, before riding off laughing.
Pro Patria (For Fatherland), a new far-right group with seasoned members, raise their ugly head in the Netherlands with a demonstration announced for the 20th September in the Hague.
BRITAIN FIRST WORSTED IN SWANLEY SHOWDOWN
“Being raided, arrested, dragged through the legal system and having my property taken from me (including my photo album because it had a "hunt sabs" sticker on it and my notebook for my uni degree in criminology) just for campaigning seems over the top and has been pretty stressful. But it's not going to stop me from fighting for what I believe in and against what I disagree with. This isn't for ego, nor for fame, it's for the exploited and the vulnerable.” SOCPA 7 defendant - Emma
Anti-fascists prepare a warm welcome for EDL splinter groups in Cricklewood, North London, this Saturday ...
Mass squatting action in metal recycling plant pulled off in style, after brutal policing leaves hundreds of undocumented people without shelter.
South East Alliance stopped in their tracks.
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