Alex Thomson
Tommy Robinson is back – but what’s changed?
EDL founder Tommy Robinson says he’s launching a new anti-radical Islamic movement in the UK. But policies? Ideas? Not much in evidence at all.
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Far-right ‘anti-terror’ march met with rival protest
The far-right English Defence League and Britain First groups held what they called a ‘march against terrorism’ in London, near a rival protest by anti-fascist activists.
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Alex Thomson
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Tory candidate suspended over ‘EDL plot’ allegations
A Conservative election candidate is suspended from the party over allegations of a plot involving the English Defence League.
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Britain First: inside the extremist group targeting mosques
In east London a small group of religious hardliners is intent on dividing society and creating conflict. We look inside the Britain First patrols that are directly provoking the Muslim community.
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‘Not only Muslims are extremists’
As the government announces new measures to tackle extremism, Ajmal Masroor, an imam at a London mosque, joins Usama Hasan from the Quilliam Foundation to talk about whether the plans will work.
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EDL leader Tommy Robinson quits
English Defence League founders Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll are leaving the group, saying it has become too extreme. But anti-racism campaigners say concerns remain over their extremist views.
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Tommy Robinson: ‘I renounce racism and violence’
Former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson tells Channel 4 News he wants to work with moderate Muslims and says he despises Nazis and Islamists.
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Keme Nzerem
Selfridges, the EDL and reputation management
It’s interesting what you pick up in a day’s work asking questions. C4 news went to Selfridges today for the Usain Bolt book launch – and found the shop busy dealing with another tale that just won’t quite go away and die. How are the two stories linked? They’re not – except to say that…
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EDL Tower Hamlets march: 300 arrested
EDL leader “Tommy Robinson” is among the 300 arrested after an English Defence League march in east London. The vast majority apprehended were anti-fascist counter demonstrators, police said.
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EDL and anti-fascists charge police lines at London protest
The EDL says its leader “Tommy Robinson” is arrested following a march and counter protests in east London, which broke out in scuffles and some disorder, and was policed by 3,000 officers.
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MPs call for ban on EDL march in Muslim area
MPs are demanding a ban on a march through one of London’s most multicultural areas by the far-right English Defence League.
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Are British soldiers joining the English Defence League?
Before the murder of Lee Rigby the English Defence League was dying. Now its leaders claim serving soldiers are joining the anti-Islamist group.
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Community rebuilds after ‘Islamophobic’ arson attack
The arson attack on the al-Rahma community centre in north London – blamed on the EDL – has left local Somalis and their children deeply affected. Will the area and its people ever recover?
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EDL ‘linked to a third’ of online anti-Muslim incidents
The first study of anti-Muslim sentiment in the UK finds that EDL members were linked to a third of online abuse incidents in the past year – and that many anti-Muslim incidents go unreported.
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EDL leaders bailed: announce Tower Hamlets return
The English Defence League vows to protest in Tower Hamlets following the arrest of the organisation’s leaders as they tried to enter the borough.
