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Poll: Should the EDL be banned?

In light of the convictions of dozens of EDL members this week, we want to know your thoughts on the extremist group.

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The group wreaked havoc on September 29 last year but members faced their day of reckoning this week as 31 of them were sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Police have been working for a year to bring those involved to justice, trawling through hours of CCTV in a bid to track down those responsible.

Officers welcomed the jail terms handed down to the yobs and said they hoped it would stop protests such as this one being organised and descending into violence.

Should it be banned? Or should police continue to enforce existing laws while allowing the group to make its point?

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