organisers hope, will take place in Boston November 17th, they are also hoping that it will be peaceful 
, this is a troubled town, not helped by an article a few weeks ago in one of he nationals,
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None of the above. I'd stand at the side and throw rocks.
None of the above... attend the UAF counter demo possibly 
I'm gonna be busy filming then. How inconsiderate can their timings be?
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
None of the above... attend the UAF counter demo possibly
According to the local paper they have planned a counter demonstration on the same day - and they said the march will be peaceful with no plans to clash! surely to avoid confrontation you would have the protests on different days, the other lot have said it's not against race but immigration - there are a lot of polish/lithuanains/ etc and it does feel as though the town is swamped.
Originally Posted by machel:
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
None of the above... attend the UAF counter demo possibly
According to the local paper they have planned a counter demonstration on the same day - and they said the march will be peaceful with no plans to clash!
yeah, they almost always have a counter protest I think. I was going to go to their one in Tower Hamlets against the EDL but chickened out cos I was scared of the EDL 
Thursday seems an unusual day 
My days of asaulting fascists have gone. It's up to the youngsters now.
Does Ducky know?
Yeah I know 
The whole thing is bloody disgusting!
I want to rant but haven't got time......but I will be back to do so later!
would leg it....
I'd stand behind beside Peter.
Pass rocks to PeterCat I dont have good aim .
i couldn't throw stones as i don't agree with violence,
the organisers do have a good arguement, it is not about race but how the number of legal immigrants are changing the town, court reports show a high number of homeless europeans stealing to make ends meet having worked for a short term (lots of casual labour about), one school has over 65% foreign nationals and walking through town can be intimidating, however some migrant workers are integrating and the march could alienate them
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
My days of asaulting fascists have gone. It's up to the youngsters now.
You and me both Joe!! I remember some very hairy moments though in East London and around Hounslow years back.
Used to be the case that they would have a stall on one street and we would have a stall about 5 minutes away. Then there was the usual reconnaisance (sp) ops to see how many they had and they did the same to us.
Whoever was heavily outnumbered at a certain point would no doubt get a visit from the other side and get their leaflets thrown everywhere, table overturned and the odd slap!!
They can dress it up however they want! Essentially they don't like anyone different to their perceived ideas of englishness.
I remember walking back into the city from York University on a night and they would have a crack at anybody, be they foreign looking (sic) or merely gay such as myself. Apparently purple loons, yellow starry shirts, and long hair were a total giveaway.
Alas! For one poor unfortunate from Tang Hall I wasn't as soft as I looked. Tee Hee!
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
They can dress it up however they want! Essentially they don't like anyone different to their perceived ideas of englishness. I remember walking back into the city from York University on a night and they would have a crack at anybody, be they foreign looking (sic) or merely gay such as myself. Apparently purple loons, yellow starry shirts, and long hair were a total giveaway. Alas! For one poor unfortunate from Tang Hall I wasn't as soft as I looked. Tee Hee!
It doesn't seem to be about "englishness" (and i am not usually niave) but how a town can sustain a growing migrant population, local industry is agriculture and "pack houses" both of which employ a lot of temporary/casual work, which results in terms of unemployment when migrant workers often find themselves homeless, the town doesn't have the infrastructure to keep growing, the march appears to be a "what are you going to do" rather than a "get them out" which is what i would support
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
Apparently purple loons, yellow starry shirts, and long hair were a total giveaway. Alas! For one poor unfortunate from Tang Hall I wasn't as soft as I looked. Tee Hee!
*snigger* 
Apparently purple loons, yellow starry shirts, and long hair were a total giveaway. Alas! For one poor unfortunate from Tang Hall I wasn't as soft as I looked. Tee Hee!
love it
On a serious note...... If the people from Boston and the surrounding Lincolnshire area have a word with their MP I'm sure that he'll explain how the local Market economy works. Let's hope that they didn't vote a laissez faire marketeer in, otherwise one might wonder why they complain.
The photograph of the organiser doesn't fill me with confidence.
I am with you Blizzie......... He reminds me if the guy out the budget British horror flick Mum and and dad, (he and his wife kidnapped young girls and held them hostage in their house, and tortured them... a-la-fred west - horrid film.
Or Frankie Boyle, and equally vile creature...
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
On a serious note...... If the people from Boston and the surrounding Lincolnshire area have a word with their MP I'm sure that he'll explain how the local Market economy works. Let's hope that they didn't vote a laissez faire marketeer in, otherwise one might wonder why they complain.
Our wonderful mp has refused to comment, as it "is an extremely sensitive issue", although he was "worried that the then labour government had lost control of the immigration system"