I’m copying an email from Hope Not Hate, who are collecting signatures for a petition to oppose a planned march by the English Defence League, who plan on marching in Bradford in August in the hope of stirring up tensions in our community.
Hope Not Hate are meeting outside Bradford Town Hall to collect signatures from 11am tomorrow, see text below:
We need your help in our efforts to stop the English Defence League marching
> in Bradford this summer. Our petition to stop the march of hate has been
> building but we need many more supporters. Can you help?
>
> We will be in Bradford city centre this Saturday 24th to encourage members
> of the public to sign the Bradford Together petition. The more visible and
> well staffed the better the chance of mobilising wider support to persuade
> the powers that be that Bradford does not need racists marching on our
> streets. We know only too well the trouble this could cause.
>
> Please lend us an hour or two this Saturday, meeting 11am at City Hall
> steps, Centenary Square, Bradford.
>
> If you’ve not yet signed the petition you’ll find it on the website
> http://www.hopenothate.org.uk
>
> All the best
>
> Lorraine and Paul
> Hope Not Hate Yorkshire