Does the EDL still exist? Everything you need to know about the far-right group

Founded in 2009, the main ideologies and tenets of the group include islamophobia and English ultranationalism.

It rapidly gained support after coalescing around several football hooligan firms protesting the presence of a small Salafi group called Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah in Luton.

In the years following its foundation, the group which was once led by Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (also known as Tommy Robinson), would hold…