The EDL's leader Tommy Robinson speaking at a rally in Birmingham recently

Tommy Robinson speaks pretty well and is clearly far more intelligent than the BBC portray him. His picking up of Nick Clegg's misinformation is well presented.

Whatever your preconceptions of Tommy Robinson and the English Defence League, listen to this speech.

Tommy Robinson says that he spent his time in prison learning about the Koran: he explains abrogation, something that the BBC seem incapable of discussing because it destroys their argument that Islam is a religion of peace. The passages about the Koran instructing Muslims not to take Christians and Jews and their friends is something else that the BBC ignores as it runs counter their narrative.

The problem that I have with the EDL is that some people at this and other EDL demonstration do not seem quite as intelligent or in control as Tommy Robinson and that worries me.

What did Tommy Robinson say that was racist?

What I found interesting in the above clip was the number people who kept telling Tommy that "you've had your chance to talk" whilst shouting him down and ignoring his points, preferring to use the tried and tested leftist technique of shutting down debate by calling someone 'a racist'.  Do watch this video clip and please explain what Tommy Robinson said that was racist.

Tommy Robinson, Islamism and the EDL: when should we listen to extremists? – Telegraph Blogs

One odd argument struck me in this piece.

'He claimed the EDL was an organisation committed to peaceful protest, even though last year its planned march through Walthamstow was banned by the Home Secretary in order to "ensure local communities and property are protected". '

That the march was banned by the Home Secretary does not necessarily mean that the EDL were or are violent.

More here http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100221217/tommy-robinson-islamism-and-the-edl-when-should-we-listen-to-extremists/