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10 February 2011updated 17 Jan 2024 7:27am

Daily Star’s tacit support for EDL is no surprise

It could be a good thing – at least we now know where they stand.

By Steven Baxter

Wednesday’s front page of the Daily Star has been widely seen as an endorsement of the English Defence League. Roy Greenslade of the Guardian called it “a clear piece of propaganda on behalf of the EDL”, while the Independent‘s Ian Burrell asked, “Has the Daily Star decided to back the EDL?”

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