Alan Lake

Who is Alan Lake?

"Alan Lake" is the pseudonym used by Alan Ayling, a computer expert from Highgate, London. Ayling is a millionaire, and has been described as the 'chief financier' of the English Defence League by the media, which reportedly is "fiercely denied by Lake." He however admitted to having "given some money to help some EDL things happen" in his first television interview, on Norwegian TV 2. According to EDL leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Ayling has never been a member of the EDL, and the EDL has not received funding from him. Responding to media claims saying the opposite, Lennon said that "he [Ayling] spoke at two demos and he wore a suit, and all of a sudden he was a millionaire funder."

Lake is considered a central figure in organising international anti-Islamist contacts. Lake spoke at a seminar on Islamisation in Malmö, Sweden in 2009, organised by the Sweden Democrats. Lake has since said that he continues to maintain good relations with many of the party's members, and that he is a good friend of MP Kent Ekeroth. He has considered that the state "might as well" execute Islamists who seek to impose Sharia law in the UK. Ayling also founded the far-right "4 Freedoms" website.