53 supporters of the English Defence League were arrested yesterday on the motorway including Kevin Carrol and Tommy Robinson. The group had planned a day trip to the Alton Towers theme park one week before the Walthamstow demonstration, the idea was to have a social event and enjoy the rides, but the planned excursion turned into a disaster. The 53 met up at a pub in the Bedfordshire countryside before setting off, The EDL leaders had borrowed a removal van to transport the group to Alton Towers, this was done in order to reduce costs as many EDL supporters were saving their money for Walthamstow. Problems started when the removal van turned out to be a brightly coloured van that had been borrowed from a local graffiti artist, the van would no doubt attract attention.
The group set off up the M1 but after 30 minutes riot police vans stopped the removal van and ordered the driver surrender his drivers licence, the police then searched the removal van and discovered 50 EDL supporters shivering in the back van. The police searched all the supporters and discovered balaclavas, the group had the balaclavas in order to prevent them from getting cold, but the police decided to arrest the group and charge them with conspiracy to commit a public nuisance. This is a disgusting attack on democracy and people`s civil liberties. It has reached a point in the UK where people can`t even enjoy a day out without being harassed by the police.
