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• EDL dip their toe into Tower Hamlets

  By Russell Pollard on September 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The English Defence League (EDL) have, over the last year had a series of “Big One’s”, whether it be Bradford, Luton, or, yesterday, Tower Hamlets. These were demonstrations which were due to send a spear to the heart of Muslim… Read More ›

• Unity at Peace Rally in Birmingham is fragile

  By Russell Pollard on August 15, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Only a matter of days after 3 men were murdered in Winson Green during the riots,  a Peace Rally was arranged in Summerfield Park in Winson Green to unite all of the communities within Birmingham. The group, “United Birmingham”, had… Read More ›

• Fear of the EDL unites Telford in silence

  By Russell Pollard on August 14, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The EDL visited the small town of Wellington in the Telford New Town area of Shropshire to continue spreading their message against extremist Islam. Their reputation for facilitating disorder wherever they go, together with the recent spate of riots elsewhere… Read More ›

• Anders Breivik represents the death knell for the English Defence League

  By Russell Pollard on July 25, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The full story of Breivik and his mission to save Norway from its multicultural future is yet to be fully understood. The Norwegian courts thwarted his plan to tell the country of his grand vision in the full glory of… Read More ›

• Derby shouts loud over Bombardier job losses

  By Russell Pollard on July 24, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Derby is a major manufacturing city in the UK and proudly boasts two very high profile employers in Rolls-Royce and Bombardier. These 2 companies provide a significant proportion of the jobs in the area either directly, or indirectly, through the… Read More ›

• Blackpool: Kitsch and Chips for the British holidaymaker

  By Russell Pollard on July 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Blackpool is the quintessential British holiday resort, home of the piers, the Tower and the Pleasure Beach. It represents family holiday and personal solitude. The alluring aroma that wafts across Talbot Street is undeniably the signature scent of Blackpool which… Read More ›

• Belfast : a City on the Edge

  By Russell Pollard on July 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Although in modern times we automatically accept that Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, and do not necessarily see this as a curiosity, it is, after all, an integral part of another country’s land. If it was Northern… Read More ›

• English Defence League (EDL) : Who is stereotyping who?

  By Russell Pollard on July 10, 2011 • ( 1 )

  “Stereotypes are devices for saving a biased person the trouble of learning” The EDL demonstration in Cambridge on 9th July 2011 was generally a very peaceful affair, and any commotion was no more than you would expect from a few… Read More ›

• Mass photography at demonstrations is in danger of becoming an unwitting agent provocateur

  By Russell Pollard on July 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Over the last few years the rise in relatively cheap, but professional standard, digital cameras, and free and cheap publication of images on the internet has fuelled the evolution of the freelance/citizen/amateur photojournalist. Some would say that this has liberated… Read More ›

• Nagorno-Karabagh: Peace talks turn to sabre rattling

  By Russell Pollard on June 27, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  MORE ARTICLES ON ARTSAKH / NAGORNO-KARABAKH Peace talks led by the Kremlin, between Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan were held on 24th June 2011 in Kazan with the objective of securing agreement on the basic principles of a Nagorno-Karabagh conflict settlement…. Read More ›