In just a few weeks time the English Defence League intend to march through Tower Hamlets. They want to peddle their hatred along Whitechapel Road and directly past the East London mosque. There could be nothing more incendiary to the local Muslim community.
Yet astonishingly, given everything that London has experienced in recent days, the Metropolitan Police are still willing to give this EDL hate march the green light. I fear that if the EDL are allowed to march, there will be chaos and violence.
There’s no point in pretending otherwise. This is why we are demanding that the police ban this march. You’ve signed our petition so I know you share my concerns.
The Home Secretary has left it to the police to decide about the ban so it’s the Met we have to convince. As well as explaining the threat we really need to demonstrate a groundswell of local opinion against the march.
That’s why we are organising a big day of action in Tower Hamlets on Saturday.
