Swansea Council leader speaks out on White Pride march in city centre
SUPPORTERS travelling to a march called White Pride being held in Swansea are not welcome in the city, council leader David Phillips has said.
Supporters of Saturday's rally, that will coincide with the White Pride World Wide Day, are being urged to bring along flags of "white nations" and to be "part of history with the UK's first White Pride World Wide day demo".
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Swansea Council leader David Phillips
However Mr Phillips has said that any supporters of organisations like the National Front should stay away from the city.
He said: "They are not welcome in Swansea.
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"Their message is opposed by the vast majority of people in our city.
"We do not want them here and I think people in Swansea will make that clear on Saturday."
Elsewhere, anti-fascist campaigners, MPs and trade unionists, have also condemned the planned rally due to be held in Castle Square.
A spokesman for Swansea Unite Against Fascism (SUAF) Wales said: "Swansea UAF has been informed that the NF have now organised transport from across the UK to attend their White Pride event .
"As a consequence our new assembly point is in front of the National Waterfront Museum at 11.30am."
Rally
Neath MP Peter Hain, speaking at a SUAF rally organised to oppose Saturday's march, said: "There should be no place in our society for race hatred."
Andy Richards, Wales Secretary of Unite Union, said: "There is no place in Wales for the politics of hate. We will always fight fear- mongering."
Another SUAF supporter said: "The SUAF march will be a peaceful one, with speakers from different political parties, trade unions and religious organisations coming together to show how the people of Swansea oppose bigotry, and are standing together to maintain the multicultural nature of our city."
Meanwhile, a message posted on a website called South Wales National Front, which says it is not an official National Front site, denied that the White Pride March was being organised purely by the National Front.
It said: "The march is being organised and supported by a collective of independent nationalists.
"Those who attempt to play on the current divisions within the National movement by painting the march an exclusively NF one will find their efforts frustrated."
Police have confirmed that they will be monitoring the event.
Demonstrate
A spokesman South Wales Police said: "The police have a responsibility to facilitate a person's right to demonstrate lawfully.
"We are aware of the planned march in Swansea on March 9, and, as you would expect, officers will be on duty to safeguard the right of the general public to go about their normal business, and to ensure the demonstrations do not disrupt local business activities."




10 Comments
by Dr_Conker
Sunday, March 10 2013, 9:41PM
“Roger_Luton "Thank God we have the NF, the BNP, the EDL and other patriotic Brits to look out for our rights."
beano12345 " i shall be attending the white pride day"
Fascist scum are not welcome or tolerated in the city I live in - and I WILL fight tooth and nail to keep them out, just as my foreathers fought to keep out the german nazis 70 years ago.
Take your filthy poison and ignorance elsewhere”
by david-jones
Sunday, March 10 2013, 7:51AM
“In normal times, white people should not have to go through the process of marching and publicly telling all and sundry how good they are and how "proud" they are to be white and to be here. That's a given, and we can leave it to other groups to have to rely upon such comforting self promotion. However, thanks to political correctness these are not normal times.”
by Roger_Luton
Saturday, March 09 2013, 9:06PM
“So UAF demonstrate against White people being proud of themselves, but not blacks? What a bunch of racists they must be, and if Diane Abbott is anything to go by, the Labour party are no better.
Thank God we have the NF, the BNP, the EDL and other patriotic Brits to look out for our rights.”
by jamesjSwansea
Saturday, March 09 2013, 5:07PM
“Nice being paid over £100 a year, hey Mr Phillips?”
by Brit-soc
Friday, March 08 2013, 11:51PM
“Let the hysteria reign: get oppositional, get national!
What this piece of filth fails to realise is that many of those attending will be BORN and BRED in Swansea, and not from the plush areas where poverty and deprivation are alien to them, but those who have to deal with the failings of the cosmopolitan state!
This march serves a purpose - it empowers those who have been disenfranchised by these spineless politicians, who care not for the national community. White people have been absolutely marginalized in the political process and in public life - whilst we see White faces on the television screen none of them are speaking in our name or our interest, they're committed to false universal ideals. Concurrent to this, many of our public institutions such as the university have officials that speak exclusively for Black students and 'diversity' officers that ensure the institutions project an image of sickening pluralistic harmony.
In Swansea we have appalling social services, we have appalling levels of impoverishment in pockets of the city, we have a heroin epidemic; failing schools, ineffectual healthcare and disgusting levels of youth unemployment - how about this moralizing ******* stop making these veiled threats to NF supporters and actually DO something for the people. This pretentious excuse for a public servant needs to get on with the REAL work of alleviating the disgusting conditions many of our folks are living in.
The British people don't want protestations about the Nazi phantom, they want ACTION!”
by gaggsowen
Friday, March 08 2013, 8:53PM
“Mr Phillips as you have stated the SUAF will be having a peacefull protest.
Can you remember the little meeting you went to last thursday or have you got a selective memory. Just the same as you like to say things about other council members whom are not in the Labour party. If you recall in the meeting last thursday 2 of the people in the room where on about fighting with the National Front whom everyone not involved believe are the organisers of this wonderful occasion as this is going to be a GREAT DAY for white people, just as Black Pride is for Black people and Gay Pride is for Gay people. I do sincerely hope this is a not good but a GREAT DAY for all involved”
by JaySavolon
Friday, March 08 2013, 4:24PM
“Why cant there be a mind your own business pride day. Why should white people, black people, gay people, straiht people or even people with urges towards animals feel the need to march and proclaim a pride towards something they had no control over since birth.
Your White...so what, your black...so what....
Why do people feel the need to be part of a heard of sheep...baaaa baaaing their way down a main street when they could be doing something a lot more useful like dishing food out to the homeless or cleaning litter from the scummier areas of town such as Newton and Langland.
Get off the streets boys....your only two steps away from playing with hand painted goblins in a World of Warcraft shop!!!”
by Spideyjonesy
Friday, March 08 2013, 4:03PM
“Bit sad to see it's 2013 and we are still seeing divides over race and colour. I am a man in my 70's who served in her majestys armed forces for over 20 years. I consider myself a citzen of the world with friends of every race,creed colour and religion.
My advice to these white power chaps, is to try and actually speak to and get to know some of these minorities they seem hell bent on hating you have far more common with these people than you think.
However as much as I disagree with their polictis I full stand by their right to peaceful protest and the council should not quell their freedom of speech.
So all in all I think it is a pointless march for daft reasons but it should be allowed to go ahead.
Although why these people don't make the most of their weekends by playing sport , travelling to west brom or going down their local boozer to watch the rugby I don;t know.
It's lot more fun having a beer and chatting to some ladies than screaming and shouting in the rain”
by beano12345
Friday, March 08 2013, 12:59PM
“Dear Mr Phillips, it nice to know you have attended the councils diversity and awanreness course and would like to remind you i shall be attending the white pride day, with no ties to the bNP. i suggest you seek employment with Southwark concil and speak out against their
Black Pride Days of which I enclose a paste and link to their site. It is idiots like yourself
who seem to want to stop our rights to free speech, Russia is on a downward spiral towards
communism go there. You will not be getting my vote and i will be attending the demo as im proud to be the person i am not ashamed like yourself.
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by potsandpans
Friday, March 08 2013, 12:29PM
“well Mr Phillips unlike yourself and many others against this demo , the National Front support freedom of speech , and it will be going ahead despite any disagreements , but yes i see your plan of trying to portray a good image in front of your followers in the hope of making it on the council again , well done you , you must be so proud trying to deny people of freedom of speech , i wonder how you would feel if some one tried spewing hate against you and your opinions and denied you of freedom of speech , anyway haters , im looking forward to this and i shall be there standing there proud to be white with no shame what so ever , as do the blacks on black pride day , as do the gays on gay pride day , i also look forward to reading your future hate speeches against these activities when they arise , how sad are your petty little lives ...”