Reply to: Quitting the English Defence League: When Tommy Met Mo

[Old Greg]

Maajid Nawaz, co-founder of the Quilliam Foundation and a man frequently described as smooth and slick by those who have followed his public profile over the years since his transition from teenage gang member through to jailed Islamist extremist and, most recently, would-be Liberal Democrat MP.

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Nice bloke.

Yes, it's a salutary example of descent into the gutter of society.

[SueEllen]

They go at it on Twitter sometimes. Tommy called MoAnsar a "professional victim" a couple of days ago. Tommy's a jerk - I don't believe he truly is out of the EDL. He'll go back to it I'm almost certain of that.

So it looks like they deserve each other then.

[lilelvis2000]

Not much he isn't - according to an interview with Mo yesterday in which the BBC were using their "news" to promote their own progs. Mo said he hadn't seen much of "Tommy*" since they made the Panorama prog.

*He isn't even called Tommy

They go at it on Twitter sometimes. Tommy called MoAnsar a "professional victim" a couple of days ago. Tommy's a jerk - I don't believe he truly is out of the EDL. He'll go back to it I'm almost certain of that.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Lets see.



Nice bloke.



I had no idea taxpayers money was used to found this good cause.



Ah. Right. This good cause was Mr Nawaz's pockets then

How very progressive of you.

[Mich the Tester]

Does it. Leopards don't readily change their spots.

Yep, but cretins can.

[suityou01]

You tell him suity.

Can't you read? I already did.

[RedSauce]

The EDL always make me think of the film Four Lions

[minestrone]

That's new. When I met him I told him the edl (newly formed at the time) ran the risk of becoming a bunch of football hooligans and if he really wanted to make a difference he should look at the greatest political leaders of our time for inspiration.

He got quite aerated and then two of his burly associates dragged their knuckles along the ground to tell me to fck off.

Tetchy fecker.

You tell him suity.

[suityou01]

Does it. Leopards don't readily change their spots.

They do if you use Tippex

He is working with a Muslim organisation called the Quilliam foundation

Lets see.

Maajid Nawaz, co-founder of the Quilliam Foundation and a man frequently described as smooth and slick by those who have followed his public profile over the years since his transition from teenage gang member through to jailed Islamist extremist and, most recently, would-be Liberal Democrat MP.

Nice bloke.

Two years after the Home Office began to wind down its funding for the organisation, those accounts show that Quilliam was facing mounting debts, while having little in the way of relative assets. Income from training, consultancy and publications were haemorrhaging, while its income from grants and donations fell from just over £900,000 in 2011 to £532,099 in 2012.

I had no idea taxpayers money was used to found this good cause.

The company was in particular trouble in 2011, making a loss, but after taking radical action to cut back on expenses and parting company with half of its staff, it was just about able to make it into the red again in the following year, when Nawaz paid himself £77,438.

Ah. Right. This good cause was Mr Nawaz's pockets then

[Peoplesoft bloke]

He is working with a Muslim organisation called the Quilliam foundation

Not much he isn't - according to an interview with Mo yesterday in which the BBC were using their "news" to promote their own progs. Mo said he hadn't seen much of "Tommy*" since they made the Panorama prog.

*He isn't even called Tommy

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Does it. Leopards don't readily change their spots.

He is working with a Muslim organisation called the Quilliam foundation

[DaveB]

Well he has left the EDL now - which shows he has shifted from that position.

No, he still holds the same views he just got tired of having to deal with the thugs that he attracted to the EDL. He said it himself in other interviews, he couldn't handle it anymore.

His objectives are still the same, he's just realised that street protests and violence are not going to achieve anything other than vilification for him and his family and generate support for the anti-facist groups that are opposing the EDL.

Look forward to seeing him weasel his way onto question time and mainstream media to discuss "the issues of immigration".

[amcdonald]

Does it. Leopards don't readily change their spots.

They do if you use Tippex

[suityou01]

Well he has left the EDL now - which shows he has shifted from that position.

Does it. Leopards don't readily change their spots.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

That's new. When I met him I told him the edl (newly formed at the time) ran the risk of becoming a bunch of football hooligans and if he really wanted to make a difference he should look at the greatest political leaders of our time for inspiration.

He got quite aerated and then two of his burly associates dragged their knuckles along the ground to tell me to fck off.

Tetchy fecker.

Well he has left the EDL now - which shows he has shifted from that position.