Protesters compared to blackshirts

Press Association
Saturday, September 12, 2009

A Cabinet minister has raised fears of a return to 1930s fascism, comparing modern right-wing groups to Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts.

Communities Secretary John Denham’s comments came as he announced a drive to prevent white working class people being “exploited” by extremists.

He singled out protests being organised by the English Defence League, some of which have turned violent over recent months, with hundreds of supporters expected to gather in Trafalgar Square on Sunday.

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Protesters from the Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) group were involved in a demonstration outside a mosque in Harrow, north east London, to mark the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

“I think that the English Defence League and other organisations are not actually large numbers of people,” Mr Denham told the Guardian. “They clearly, though, have among them people who know what exactly they’re doing.

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