Young union firebrand and the middle-aged anarchist behind parties of hatred

Law graduate Bryan Simpson was the architect of party in Glasgow Used Facebook to invite over 8,000 people to street party on Monday Meanwhile, Ian Bone, 65, used blog to tell followers where parties were
By Arthur Martin, Emine Sinmaz and Ryan Kisiel PUBLISHED: 23:37 GMT, 9 April 2013 | UPDATED: 06:59 GMT, 10 April 2013

Their hate-filled rants on the internet encouraged violent scenes across the country at anti-Thatcher parties. And an investigation by the Mail has discovered that the organisers of the street parties include a young union firebrand, a former Unison branch secretary and committed anarchists. Members of various anarchist and socialist groups used the power of the internet to arrange disgraceful Thatcher death parties in various British cities. Scroll down for video

Bryan Simpson, who sits on the executive council for Britain's largest trade union Unite, used Facebook to invite over 8,000 people to the street party in Glasgow on Monday

Law graduate Bryan Simpson, 24, who sits on the executive council for Britains largest trade union Unite, was the architect of a vile party in Glasgow. Using his Facebook account, he invited over 8,000 people to the street party on Monday night. More than 1,200 people signed up to the page to state they were going to the anti-Thatcher party. The Strathclyde University graduate later posted an image of himself and friends celebrating the death of Thatcher by spraying champagne. He was a central figure at the party, joining a conga line and an impromptu dance after a piper turned up. Simpson, who comes from a respectable Glasgow family, was seen taping up a banner to a statue in George Square and punching the air, and chanting Maggie, Maggie, Maggie dead, dead, dead.

Mr Simpson later posted an image of himself and friends 'celebrating' the death of Thatcher by spraying champagne

Mr Simpson (left) was a central figure at the party in Glasgow (right), joining a conga line and an impromptu dance after a piper turned up

Meanwhile, a group called the Glasgow Anarchist Federation with which he is affiliated, published details of the anti-Thatcher party.

A member of the anti-capitalist group wrote: Thatcher is Dead Party in George Square. 5pm. On another popular internet page, anarchist Ian Bone, 65, used his blog to tell his army of followers where the street parties were being held.

Were happy to be described as disrespectful. I am being disrespectful and I am glad of that. We are rejoicing at her death, I dont care about her family or her friends - Former Unison branch secretary Rahul Patel
Mr Bone published an image of Mrs Thatchers head being cut open by a meat cleaver. Next to the image he wrote: The best cut of all. He also encouraged anarchists to meet at Trafalgar Square in London this Saturday to rejoice at a class war party. Mr Bone claimed it would be the best night out since the poll tax riot. Neither Simpson nor Mr Bone were available for comment last night. In Brixton, more than 300 people began gathering on Monday afternoon chanting Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead. Former Unison branch secretary Rahul Patel, 54, led vile chants and boasted that he had organised the event through the Brixton Socialist Workers Party. He told the Mail: Were happy to be described as disrespectful. I am being disrespectful and I am glad of that. We are rejoicing at her death, I dont care about her family or her friends. In Bristol, one group used a well-known anarchist website called Indymedia to urge its followers to see the evil Tory off in style. The internet posting told people to congregate in a particular street in the city on Monday night.

Ian Bone, 65, used his blog to tell his followers where the street parties were being held

Organisers sent the message to thousands of activists using social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook. The anti-Thatcher party soon descended into violence. Elsewhere on the internet, Left wing agitators set up a page which said: Margaret Thatcher is dead. This ladys not returning. The authors, computer administrator Jared Earle and musician Antonio Lulic, wrote: How are you celebrating? Let us know... or get to one of the parties near you on Facebook. They later told the Guardian newspaper their provocative website had led to them receiving angry Twitter messages from Thatcher supporters telling them to watch their backs. A group calling itself the Informal Anarchist Federation claimed responsibility for smashing the window of a charity shop in Brixton. Writing on the Indymedia website: On the celebration of Thatchers death, we smashed a window of Barnardos charity shop in Brixton using a concrete slab from a bin on the street. And it was easy. We would of done more if it werent for self-proclaimed pacifists violently attempting to arrest us.

Police grapple with protesters as celebrations turned sour and protesters blocked the road in Brixton on Monday

Police turn up wearing riot gear as celebrations in Brixton turned sour on Monday

This action was in solidarity with all migrants detained, deported and struggling to cross borders. Barnardos was targeted because they fund and administrate Cedars detention centre in Croydon. They detain children, families and individuals who merely seek freedom from poverty, persecution, murder, rape and other oppression the borders. Simpson, 24, sits on the executive council for Unite after being elected as a young observer. He has been involved in public disturbances before the anti-Thatcher party in Glasgow. He joined a mob that attacked the Tory Party HQ in protest at rising tuition fees in November 2011.

Mr Simpson hurled a megaphone towards police officers during the violent disturbances at Millbank, Central London, in 2010 - but missed, hitting a fellow protester on the head. BBC cameras captured him, in red, as a police medic's cap is pulled off

He hurled a megaphone towards police officers during the violent disturbances at Millbank, Central London but missed, hitting a fellow protester on the head. Simpson admitted affray last year. He received a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. Mr Bone is a well-known rabble-rouser who regularly backs anti-establishment protests on his internet blog. At times he has written in gleeful terms about riots which have crippled parts of the country. His firebrand stance led him to be dubbed by one commentator as the most dangerous man in Britain. He publishes anarchist newspapers such as Class War, which, at its height, sold 15,000 copies a week.

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Newest Oldest Best rated Worst rated View all This is a free country isn't it, arnt people allowed by law to gather and party or protest?...If not why are our troops dying in other countries to bring them 'freedom' when you are so intent on denying it to the people in the UK? - tia_darcy , Bristol, 10/4/2013 06:48 Click to rate Report abuse Imature children of the something for nothing culture, they need to grow up and get a job - topgun54 , Bolton, 10/4/2013 06:44 Click to rate Report abuse These are the people who will end up on benefits and then complain about the people who work hard and earn a good wage and say everything is so unfair..... I'm sick of these losers. - Kaiser , London, 10/4/2013 06:42 Click to rate Report abuse These so called anarchists are the first one to bleat about human rights when things kick off. true anarchy is survival of the strongest most of this shower wouldn't last 2 minutes without mummy and daddy to bank roll their middle class lives. - EssexInnit , Romford, 10/4/2013 06:42 Click to rate Report abuse I held her in contempt when she was alive and it would be duplicitious to do anything else now.- oyagdC7, scunthorpe, United Kingdom, 10/4/2013 2:11 +++++ Your post goes on about "ordinary people", of which I am one. My parents worked in a factory, I went to a comprehensive school, I didn't go to Uni or college. Following a period in the Armed Forces I WORKED and managed to get into Information Technology, (in the early days of PC's). I didn't have a degree or much in the way of qualifications but ended up running my own company VERY successfully. I was a child of the Thatcher Years and had the same background as many, so why is my recollection so different? Because I was PREPARED TO WORK HARD! There are always whiners but as far as I am concerned Baroness Thatcher was one of the BEST PRIME MINISTERS we have ever had and we could sorely do with her to sort out the mess we are in now! Stop the Whining and get a life! - True Nationalist , dorset, United Kingdom, 10/4/2013 06:41 Rating 1 Rating (0) Rating (0) Rating (0)

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Seeing as this self-righteous little twerp was still riding a bike with stabilisers in the late eighties his "oh so right-on" anger at the injustices of the poor seem a little fake. Him and his fellow "revellers" are little more than pawns for the Marxist union barons and the nasty arm of the Labour party - The Fabian Society. This prominent Glasgow family, along with the other Champagne Socialists are entirely without honesty, morality, respect for themselves or others. No doubt this gives him all the necessary qualities to follow a career in legal profession and make himself a nuisance as a Human Rights Lawyer. - Jonthan Roberts , Munich, 10/4/2013 06:36 Click to rate Report abuse You have had your moment. Now crawl back under the woodwork where you came from - Roger , Portland. Dorset, United Kingdom, 10/4/2013 06:36 Click to rate Report abuse These two people and the rioters they are inciting are nothing but scum and vandals and no higher up the evolutionary scale than pond life. - LORD SNOOTY , EAST SUSSEX, United Kingdom, 10/4/2013 06:34 Click to rate Report abuse Bone and Simpson? TWO OF THE MOST TRAITOROUS DOGS EVER TO WALK THIS PLANET, SHOULD BOTH BE HUNG! - True Nationalist , dorset, United Kingdom, 10/4/2013 06:31 Click to rate Report abuse Name and shame all of the clowns who took part in the vile shameful act of celebrating someone's death while vandalizing property and being antagonistic and violent towards the police. - DoubleEdge , London, United Kingdom, 10/4/2013 06:31 Click to rate Report abuse The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Rating 3 Rating (0) Rating 4 Rating 5 Rating 5

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