Remember when the English Defence League were actually a thing? Nah, me neither.
Even if you don't, you may still be as surprised as everyone else to discover that they are still a thing in 2018, sort of.
Yesterday, what remains of the EDL showed up for a march in the city centre of Manchester and, by the looks of things, times are hard for the once well-supported far right group.
I mean, there were literally about 15 or 20 of them, look. Some estimates have claimed that there were as many as 50 EDL marchers, but the photos tell their own story.
Anyway, as is usually the case at this sort of things, they were easily outnumbered by a counter protest organised by organisations such as 'Stand Up To Racism'.
In the end, there were an estimated 300 anti-fascist protesters in the city centre.
Perhaps all is not lost.
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But many people have been laying into the group for the low turnout. One even went as far as to say: "There have been more members of the Sugababes than turned up to this protest."
That's not too far off, actually.
Needless to say, the tiny EDL protest was flanked by probably two or three times as many police, so it's going to have cost the taxpayer quite a bit.
It does seem slightly unnecessary to have a huge police presence for a group who can no longer even summon up enough gammon to get through a Sunday lunchtime at Yates'.
That said, given that they were outnumbered so heavily, perhaps it was as much for their own safety as anything else.
Luckily, the 'event' passed off without too much incident. There were two arrests, and police cordoned off an area in the middle of the city centre.
Greater Manchester Police Chief Superintendent Wasim Chaudhry, who was in charge of the police effort, said: "Today an EDL protest and counter protest took place in Piccadilly Gardens in the city centre.
"In the lead up to this event, we worked closely with the organisers and our partners at Transport for Greater Manchester, Manchester City Council and British Transport Police to reduce impact on the public and minimise the risk of disorder.
"I am happy to say that the overwhelming majority of people who exercised their democratic right to protest have done so peacefully and the demonstration has passed with little disruption.
"There have been two arrests, which is not uncommon for an event of this size.
"There is still a major police operation in place to ensure the rest of the day continues in the same manner, and all of the other events happening in the city run smoothly."
There you have it. Everything has now returned to normal after what was, in the end, a minor inconvenience.
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