Reading through this thread and others, I see one group coming up over and over: UAF.
Smashing towns up, intimidating people, destroying democracy with violence.
Here are some recent comments:
But you know, you CAN do something about this. We can reclaim democracy and fight UAF fascism not with bricks and fists, but with democracy itself.
It takes 10 minutes. If everyone interested in democracy on this forum spent just 10 minutes reading and acting on this thread, maybe we might just change something?
You might want to have a look at this list:
http://uaf.org.uk/about/founding-signatories/See the name of your MP? Perhaps your favourite group or artist is a signatory?
Ask them (
http://www.writetothem.com/), as a politician whose work is supposed to be built around engagement, debate and different viewpoints, what they think of UAF Assistant secretary Martin Smith Martin Smith in this radio interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=032tGswMG00 or a similar on with UAF Joint secretary Weyman Bennett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTFbBhKo6tEWhy do those names ring a bell? Oh yes,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_Against_Fascism#Arrests_and_controversyViolence is the calling card of the UAF, most recently in Brighton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-_1zn6dbhEAnd not for the first time.
Ask your MP if they support that, too. I asked Cameron in 2009 why his name appears on the list.
to which his office replied:
Notice how that didn't actually answer the question.
Back to the list of UAF threats and violence:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUS_No_Platform_Policy#Opposition_to_the_policyCould this be why Luton banned the UAF as well as the EDL?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-17833338Maybe you could as your MP if they agree with the statement " there IS no 'anti' fascism without fascism"?
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/the-march-for-england-was-humiliated-in-brighton-this-weekendPerhaps it's a female politician - ask if Emmeline Pankhurst did what she did for the right for women to vote, only to find one of her sisters kicked on the floor 100 years later by 20 or so men because she holds a differing viewpoint.
Ask them if they think it's OK that a disabled child is spat at through a car window because their parent holds a differing viewpoint.
And ask them for their answer to be clear and absolute. And let's see some answers posted here