
- EDL supporters wearing balaclavas waved flags and chanted
- Riot police with shields stood guard before dispersing group
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Many were draped in St George's flags and wore black balaclavas with the EDL logo on.
Riot police holding shields formed a cordon around the area as the EDL members waved flags and chanted 'no surrender to the Muslim scum', 'Rule Britannia' and 'England'.
EDL leader Stephen Lennon - who goes by the name Tommy Robinson - addressed the crowd, saying: 'We have got weak leadership. They have allowed this to happen. People are scared to say the word Muslim. They are scared to offend them.









Comment: Unite against fascism reports the EDL is "riddled with fascists":