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| EDL supporter gets shut down by his 12-year-old niece in a very public Facebook spat | EDL supporter gets shut down by his 12-year-old niece in a very public Facebook spat |
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| An English Defence League (EDL) supporter got into a bizarre and very public Facebook spat with his 12-year-old niece after she called out his views on Islam, politicians and a local garage. | An English Defence League (EDL) supporter got into a bizarre and very public Facebook spat with his 12-year-old niece after she called out his views on Islam, politicians and a local garage. |
| Wayne Knight, from Bishop Auckland, County Durham, took to Facebook to vent his frustrations with the few Muslim people in the town, which is 99.2 per cent white. | Wayne Knight, from Bishop Auckland, County Durham, took to Facebook to vent his frustrations with the few Muslim people in the town, which is 99.2 per cent white. |
| In the post, he wrote: "F*** CAMER.ORON.. F*** ISLAM... F*** COCKTON HILL GARAGE... F*** HELEN GOODMAN... F*** ALL THE NON BELEIVERS... B.A.A.I" | In the post, he wrote: "F*** CAMER.ORON.. F*** ISLAM... F*** COCKTON HILL GARAGE... F*** HELEN GOODMAN... F*** ALL THE NON BELEIVERS... B.A.A.I" |
| Helen Goodman is Bishop Auckland's Labour MP, and the Cockton Hill Garage is a nearby service station, disliked by Knight because it apparently has Muslims working there - whom he refers to with a particularly vile racial slur. | Helen Goodman is Bishop Auckland's Labour MP, and the Cockton Hill Garage is a nearby service station, disliked by Knight because it apparently has Muslims working there - whom he refers to with a particularly vile racial slur. |
| The post has been shared widely online In response to his poorly spelled, bizarre, caps-locked rant, his 12-year-old niece chimes in, perhaps naively telling him to stop clinging to his racist beliefs. | |
| After Knight tells her to "keep ya nose out about this s*** please", the niece tells her uncle that she's "sick of seeing on my wall loads of crap about Islam", helpfully reminding him that he's her 12-year-old niece. | After Knight tells her to "keep ya nose out about this s*** please", the niece tells her uncle that she's "sick of seeing on my wall loads of crap about Islam", helpfully reminding him that he's her 12-year-old niece. |
| Knight simply replies: "Im deleting you. Bye." | Knight simply replies: "Im deleting you. Bye." |
| While not the most serious piece of news you'll read today, the post has been shared widely online, and is a fine showcase of the idiocy of the dying EDL movement. | While not the most serious piece of news you'll read today, the post has been shared widely online, and is a fine showcase of the idiocy of the dying EDL movement. |
| Since the resignation of founder and former leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, more commonly known by his pseudonym, Tommy Robinson, the movement has been left rudderless, and their demonstrations typically attract tens of supporters, a sharp contrast to the hundreds or sometimes thousands of people who attended larger marches a few years ago. | Since the resignation of founder and former leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, more commonly known by his pseudonym, Tommy Robinson, the movement has been left rudderless, and their demonstrations typically attract tens of supporters, a sharp contrast to the hundreds or sometimes thousands of people who attended larger marches a few years ago. |
| Robinson and his deputy leader Kevin Caroll publicly resigned from the group in October 2013, with Robinson saying he had considered leaving for a long time due to his concerns over the "dangers of far-right extremism." |