Around 100 hard-left militants and 100 Neo-Nazis took to the streets of Dover in the South East of England today, ostensibly to wage war on the streets over their differing views on the Calais Jungle camp and the ongoing migrant crisis.
But the two groups had very little to say on the issues themselves, with the left-wing militants intent on provoking violence at a march led by the National Front, initially billed to be in support of British truckers being attacked and threatened in Calais, France, by migrants.
The Labour Party’s Diane Abbott, the Shadow Secretary for International Development, attended for 10 minutes early on in the day, to egg on the hard-left militants. The National Front-led protest is charged with using the case of British truckers as a “front” issue by which to assert their nationalism.
Both sides of protesters came armed, with many even pulling the cobbles and bricks from the streets to hurl at their opponents as police attempted to control the two groups.
While left-wing activists screamed at police for “supporting fascists”, the Neo Nazi groups gave Nazi salutes, even accusing a Breitbart London journalist of being a “Marxist” who they hoped “was raped by Muslims”.
Kent Police reported nine arrests in total, and said that one person suffered a broken arm, and five others sustained minor injuries during the day’s events.
IN PICTURES
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National Front members stick two fingers up to the Jeremy Corbyn-backed “Momentum” group
National flags flew on one side, with Socialist placards on the other
Diane Abbott MP eggs on the hard left
Hard left protesters
Nationalist protesters
The ‘Edinburgh’ Division of the English Defence League…
Old fascist symbols were displayed
The police closed ranks to keep the groups apart
One man held a placard goading the left
A line of police vans ready for action
An “infidel” flag
National Front members said “We are full”
While others were genuinely concerned about the plight of British truckers
“Multiculturalism has failed”
The groups were small, but intent on violence
Syed Bokhari, a key agitator of pro migrant, open borders activities
A protester struggles with a policeman
Running fights broke out
Both sides attacked each other with makeshift weapons
A Hard Left protester goads the Neo Nazi pack
Nationalists dressed in jeans and tracksuits
While the hard left came in all black hoodies
Journalists wore helmets to protect themselves
A female police officer braced for action
There were almost as many police as protesters
The groups fought wherever they could
This photo shows a hard-left placard emblazoned with “Never Again” – a reference to the Holocaust – hurled at nationalist demonstrators. Ironically, Jeremy Corbyn is the one who has campaigned alongside anti-Semites and Neo Nazis
The “North West Infidels” group in attendance
The hard left brought rainbow flags too
While the nationalists offered Nazi salutes
Tensions running high
Hard left militants throw bricks
More bricks
More bricks again
Some were left injured
Hard left activists set off smoke bombs
More smoke bombs
The “Kinder Politics” of Jeremy Corbyn
More hard left
More injuries
Bleeding
Hordes of the hard left
At times, police struggled to separate the groups
Orwell was quoted by the nationalists, towards the communist sympathisers. A reversal of the Spanish Civil War
More injuries
A bunch of Nazi salutes
Corbyn’s “Momentum” banner was displayed
Hard left protesters deploy smoke near a police dog