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Help for Heroes reject EDL money
Help For Heroes will not accept donations from English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, it has been claimed.
The military charity told Channel 4 News it had asked JustGiving to remove the online sponsorship form of Robinson, who planned to walk from Westminster to Woolwich in memory of murdered soldier Lee Rigby.
JustGiving is understood to be closing the page and returning the money to anyone who has donated so far.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/27/woolwich-attack-help-for-heroes-rejects-donations-from-edl-leader-3810479/
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
@krishgm
Mr Robinson planned a walk raising money for @helpforheroes but they tell us they do not wish to be used for political purpose #c4news at 7
Well done to them, correct move.
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Prejudice and bigotry
Indeed.
I knew you'd come round and agree with vast majority of the British people about the EDL sooner or later.
Would they take a donation from choudry i wonder?.
I second that. Just as the police were trying to investigate the dreadful Woolwich murder, the EDL fascist thugs decided to hold a march in London that required the diversion of hundreds of police officers in order to prevent public disorder. That was a completely irresponsible and deeply unpatriotic thing to do on the part of the EDL scum.
I thought you had to notify the police if you wanted to hold a demonstration.
Which ones are the "scum bags"?.
Indeed you do (at least for a formal 'march'). That was more of an impromptu gathering/piss-up/ruck with coppers, that was organised online.
Yep, most probably.
If you want to be in this country the least you could do is learn the language.
Mob culture in general.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/7957442/Royal-British-Legion-says-Tony-Blairs-donation-left-them-in-a-no-win-situation.html
I would say the two that murdered poor Lee Rigby.
Good for them.
Yep, we'll done to them.
I wonder if there'll be a donation to HfH from the Muslim council of Great Britain sometime soon.
:rolleyes:
Many muslim soldiers fought alongside Briish troops in both world wars and probably other wars too while Britain ruled places like India, did you know that?
Also Pakistan has had at least 7 THOUSAND, 5 HUNDRED soldiers killed by terrorists since 9/11.
No one's questioning whether Christian, Jewish, Sikh etc organisations have donated. Why is there an emphasis on whether the British Muslim Council do so? Why should they be singled out and put under the spotlight?
I expect plenty of Muslims have donated money to HTH privately. They shouldn't feel under any obligation to do so publicly.
Ordinary Muslims shouldn't even have to publicly denounce acts of terror in the name of Islam really (but they do) - they are as blameless as you and I.
Muslim kill Muslims???
Many British troops fought and died in Burma to protect India, and many Muslims, from an Empire that would have shown the Indian people how truly vile, uncaring, plundering, intolerant and cruel an Empire can be. Believe it or not this Japanese Empire had fighting for it a large Indian army with Muslims in it.