In Woolwich, a group of between 75 and 100 men gathered at The Queen's Arms pub on Burrage Grove, where they sang nationalist songs. EDL leader Stephen Lennon said: "Enough is enough. Our message is enough, enough. We have weak leaders. Our police, our leaders tip-toe around this issue.
"This issue is political Islam, political Islam that is spreading across this country." Bottles and other missiles were thrown at police in a square near the station. Police tried to contain the protesters and control them using baton charges.
Nick Raynsford, the MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, told Sky News the EDL members should "go home and grow up"."Behaving in the way that they did, trying to foment trouble and cause difficulties in a community that has just suffered such an appalling outrage is counter-productive," he said.
The crisis meeting chaired by Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday "recognised and commended" the response of the Muslim community following the murder.
Culled from uk.news.yahoo
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