Pie and Mash Squad

The Pie and Mash Squad (formerly Casuals United) is a British anti-Islam protest group set up by Jeff Marsh in 2009.[1] Officially, it is non-racist and peaceful; in practice, it is ultimately just the English Defence League all over again.

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The group is closely tied to football fandom, identifying itself as "uniting the UK’s football tribes against the Jihadists".[2] Its name derived from the "casual" subcultureFile:Wikipedia's W.svg which is associated with football hooliganism.

The Casuals United blog praises Enoch Powell: "Who still thinks Enoch Powell was wrong? Only left wing anti white morons", it says.[3] Beyond this, the outfit's dubious racial views extend to its support for a white pride event run by a family of Welsh neo-Nazis.[4]

The group had a falling out with the EDL's LGBT division[note 1] after the Casuals United blogger Zoe Marsh (also known as Zoe Smith) posted homophobic comments.[5]

From 2014, the group renamed themselves on Twitter and Facebook as the Pie And Mash Squad.[6]

See also

Notes
  1. Wait … the EDL has one of those?

References
  1. http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/archive/the-fringe-of-the-fringe
  2. http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/news/article/1761/edl-rejects-barnbrook-approach
  3. http://casualsunited.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/who-still-thinks-enoch-powell-was-wrong-only-left-wing-anti-white-morons-edl-manchester/img
  4. http://edlnews.co.uk/index.php/featured-stories/derek-fender-corner/1022-casuals-united-promote-swansea-nazi-fest
  5. http://edlnews.co.uk/index.php/featured-stories/derek-fender-corner/816-jeff-marsh-his-17-year-old-blogger-and-homophobic-abuse
  6. http://edlnews.co.uk/2014/07/24/all-change-at-casuals-united-jay-butler-brighton/
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