A thousand people turned up to support the U.A.F in Shotton on Saturday 9th of November. Dozens of miners from North East England arrived in traditional miner`s clothes and many were displaying placards saying "build more mosques" and "Islam is a religion of peace". Weyman Bennett appeared dressed in miner`s clothes with coal dust rubbed on his face in order to show solidarity with the mining community. One U.A.F supporter with dreadlocks stated that it was a disgrace that the E.D.L had assembled to oppose the mosque. One local miner stated that he welcomed the new mosque and was looking forward to more Muslim immigrants moving into the area and seeing White people become a minority.
Weyman Bennett delivered a speech stating that former North East resident Brian Clough who supported the Anti Nazi League would be proud of everybody today. Brian was a devout Socialist despite being on a massive salary of thousands of pounds when he was England coach. Bennett apologised on behalf of Brian stating that he could not attend the demonstration as he was not fit to travel and was busy helping a compost heap grow fungi and other specimens. Matthew Collins stated that the far right had no support in the area. Collins was previously sent on a job placement scheme to a colliery but was unable to fit in the mine shaft and that the job was too much hard work.
