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Coach companies providing services to EDL

Corporate Watch | 11.11.2010 01:13 | Anti-racism | Policing | Sheffield

The (we're not fascists, honest guv!) English Defence League (EDL) descended on Leicester on 10th October, 2010, for a day of racist taunts and attacks on anti-fascists and Asian residents of the town. Despite a rout in Bradford in August, the EDL were out in force and a crowd of over a thousand soon proceeded to hurl beer cans, rocks and fireworks at police and counter-demonstrators.


The EDL are a new strain of re-branded fascism. Portraying themselves through their glitzy new website as a single-issue campaign against 'Islamic extremism', they are, in fact, a campaign dedicated to injecting racist street violence back into the forefront of the fascist movement.

The police saw the demo as a significant threat, banning all marches in Leicester and bringing out in excess of 2,000 police who, nevertheless, failed to contain the fascist demonstrators. A group of EDL broke out of the police kettle, damaged an international centre and clashed with locals.

As usual, the EDL used a range of private coach companies to ferry them in for a day of racist violence. New names caught by Corporate Watch this time include Marshalls, Confidence's Coaches and Ribble Valley Coaches. As the EDL were leaving town several fascists were videoed jumping off a Marshalls coach to attack counter-demonstrators (see here).

Last month, Ausden Clark, the official coach company for Leicester City football club, confirmed that they would no longer provide services to the EDL after Corporate Watch revealed they had transported EDL fanatics to Bradford (see here).

Confidence Bus & Coach Hire Ltd
30 Spalding Street
Leicester LE5 4PH.
Tel: (0116) 2762171
Email: confidencebus@btclick.com
www.confidencebus.co.uk

Ribble Valley Coaches
Slaters Farm
Whittingham Lane
Preston, PR3 2JJ
Tel: (01772) 865575
Fax: (01772) 865242

Marshalls Coaches
Firbank Way
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire, LU7 4YP
Tel: (01525) 376077
www.marshalls-coaches.co.uk

Andrews of Tideswell
Anchor Garage
Tideswell, Buxton
Derbyshire, SK17 8RB
www.andrews-of-tideswell.co.uk
Andrews is a member of Coach Tourism Council and the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT).

Airshuttle
The Old Foundry, Tat Bank Road
Oldbury, West Midlands B69 4NB
www.airshuttlecoaches.co.uk
Airshuttle is a member of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Watersons
21 Market Street, Hemsworth
Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF9 4JY
and
1 Station Lane, Featherstone,
West Yorkshire, WF7 5BE
and
68 Highfield Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract
West Yorkshire WF9 4EA
www.watersonholidays.co.uk

Johnsons coaches have been seen providing transport for the EDL at several other events:
Johnsons Coaches, Liveridge House
Liveridge Hill, Henley in Arden
Warwickshire, West Mids, B95 5QS.

Corporate Watch
- Homepage: http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=3833

Additions

Durham City Coaches

11.11.2010 15:43

Don't forget Durham City Coaches, spotted on the Leicester demo and photographed by the Leicester Mercury.

Durham City Coaches Ltd.
Brandon Lane,
Brandon,
Durham,
DH7 8PL.
England.

Tel: 0191 378 0540
Fax: 0191 378 1985

On the buses


Comments

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EDL is riddled with Nazis

11.11.2010 02:03




EDL organisers are proven Nazis...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC5YYbwV5yo

Rocket Science


English Nationlaist Alliance

11.11.2010 07:50

These photos are from the English Nationalist Alliance fiasco which saw about 30 toothless beer sodden thugs and kids get humiliated in Brighton. The chap in the safety vest in pic 1 on the left is ENA orgasnier bill baker also of the BNP and anyone else who will have him. in pic 3 the guy in the red shirt doing the fascist salute is simply waving, honest.

 http://malatesta32.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/ena-in-brighton/

'Emma Goldman''
- Homepage: http://malatesta32.wordpress.com/


Bill Baker

11.11.2010 07:58

from an earlier posting on indymedia about billy boy!

@A posting on You Tube shows ENA organiser Bill Baker and describes him as a (quote) "experienced English Nationalist Activist, organizer of the Harrow Mosque demonstration, former member of the English Democrat party, now member of the English Defence League" (NB: officially the EDL Harrow Mosque protest was cancelled after it turned out EDL had been lying about Harrow Mosque, but then rescheduled under the stewardship of one-man-and-his-dog right-wing group SIOE) -
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlZeB_1nbyg

 http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/4553713.Mosque_protest_called_off_after_Sharia_court_denial/

Some on-line postings refer to Bill Baker living in Essex, and the BNP membership list has this entry -
Mr William Baker
15 Hardie Road
Stanford-le-Hope
Essex SS17 0PB
01375 676266
 bill@allauto.co.uk

from
Bright 'n Early"

'Emma Goldman'
- Homepage: http://malatesta32.wordpress.com/


Bill?

11.11.2010 09:57

I clicked on that Youtube link and it went straight to a debate with Angelos Epithemiou form Shooting Stars

Vic


Bill Baker's address posted above is WRONG

12.11.2010 14:05

Bill Baker's (old) Stanford-le-Hope address appeared on the BNP members list, since when Bill and his business have moved (very close by) to........

Bill Baker
Cladking UK
5 Vicarage Close
Canvey Island
Essex SS8 0LY

Phone 01268 515599
Mobile 07592 867712
 info@cladkinguk.net

This address is DEFINITELY correct because the website for his business confirms the managing director's name is Bill Baker, the receptionist's name is Lyn (who Bill Baker referred to on EDL / ENA Facebook posts), and because the website (for his roofing business!) is full of Nationalist material...

 http://cladkinguk.net/portfolio.html

whois.domaintools.com/cladkinguk.net also confirms the address as...

Registrant:
William Baker
5 Vicarage Close
Canvey Island
Essex SS8 0LY

This the man who posted on Facebook calling for nuclear war against Muslims and the execution of socialists

Eye in the sky


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