According to The Daily Mail, 2,000 English Defence League supporters came to Blackburn Saturday to defend their version of England.
Apparently unable to find any Muslims and blocked by the police from reaching counter-protesters, they ended up fighting among themselves. At least they chose the right target (each other) for a change.
Despite the violence, organisers insisted the demonstration had been ‘good’.
EDL spokesman Tony Curtis claimed clashes had broken out between the main body of marchers and a more extreme splinter group.
He added: ‘Once we got rid of the troublemakers it got better. It was a good demonstration.’
Of course getting rid of all the troublemakers would have meant no demonstration at all.
The Daily Mail headline refers to “vile EDL thugs.” To paraphrase Orwell again, some things are true even if The Daily Mail says they are.
