Jabran Ali:

The EDL have created a Facebook fan page in homage to us, and for that we are extremely flattered – as they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. We, however, do not approve of unofficial fan pages; if you are a fan of the United Shades of Britain, or if you want to get to know us a bit more, come on over and join our Facebook Group (with over 14,000 members!) or our Official Fan Page.  

I would like to thank the leadership of the EDL for being our fans, but would also ask them to stop violating our copyrighted logo, it is not in the public domain and we do not approve of its use in unauthorised pages. Outside of our own work, the only approval we give for the use of our logo is as the profile picture of our supporters. This is not the first attempt by the EDL to imitate us, they have learnt their tricks from racists in the BNP who created a website in our name using the “.org” domain name.

We feel it’s sad that, as well as hurting local communities through antics such as trespass and “protests” that often turn violent, the EDL feel the need to try and undo any good work that is bringing communities throughout the UK together. We would rather that hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayer money be spent in local communities instead of policing a mob and I’m sure the good people of Cardiff and Newcastle share in that sentiment.

Anyway Tommy & co, cheers for the support, but please refrain from copying us – thanks!