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A woman at a counter-protest against the EDL in London
POLICE are refusing permission for a counter-protest to take place at the same time and in the same place as a English Defence League demo on Saturday.
The far-right group will march to Cornmarket car park in Worcester from 1.30pm against proposals for a mosque to be built in the city.
Opponents hoped to protest in the car park, but West Mercia Police said counter-protests should instead be in Silver Street car park, on the other side of the town centre.
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
