Scottish Defence League
The Scottish Defence League (SDL) is a far right organisation based in Scotland, and connected with the English Defence League.
Its best publicists are the far left, particularly trade union groups, the Anti-Nazi League and Unite Against Fascism, whose posters have given this vile little group a fame beyond its numbers. It is not a political party.
The SDL is basically an outgrowth of the English Defence League, and on protests EDL people seem to make up the numbers. The remaining membership seems to consist of the more rabid elements of Rangers Football Club fandom, and the usual knuckleheads.
The SDL has attempted a couple of marches, but has found itself hopelessly outnumbered. However, the massive publicity given the group has probably also allowed them to recruit a few more members.
In 2009, the Sunday Herald revealed links between the SDL and the British National Party (BNP) though both groups have publicly tried to distance themselves from each other, with the BNP claiming it would expel members found to be active in the SDL and its English counterpart, the EDL.[1]
[edit] External links
- Scottish Defence League on Powerbase.
- Extra officers on duty for Scottish Defence League marches in Berwick
- Scottish Defence League demo at Scottish parliament met by anti-fascist protestors