Newport counter-demo still going ahead

Anti-racists have won another victory as the demoralised Welsh Defence League have called off the Newport demonstration that this blog warned about. But, in anticipation of some protestors still turning up, we have been told that the counter-demonstration (a 'Day of Celebration' celebrating Newport's multi-culturalism) will still go ahead.

The scale of their demoralisation is revealed by this report from a particularly articulate EDL activist who went down to the failed Swansea rally:

"(it)Was a joke. Descended into nothing more than a NF rally. No organisation from [our] side it ended up with the UAF actually protesting in the area we were given. When we mobbed up to go and tell them to f**k off the police helds us all for the duration of are alloted protest time. There was more white power there along with idiots who just thought we were bnp/nf than there were E/WDL. Racist comments sieg heil salutes and the burning of an anti swastika flag ensued."

After being humiliated in Swansea, the WDL made the following statement on their internet group:

"Newport demo is now OFF spoken to the police and they expect a lot of violence from local blacks, who it seems are convinced we are the klan or whatever, as we dont want to be responsible for a riot, by people we would expect to support what we are doing, we are cancelling until we are able to get message out there that we are not a racist group. "

Update- to clarify, people will still be attending the counter-demonstration as planned, in case the demo cancellation was a ploy to get the opposition not to turn up.