I’d scroll through social media late at night, and that’s where, in 2009, I found the English Defence League (EDL). I was raising money with a friend for the British Army - we were doing it voluntarily - and had seen a Facebook video showing the hate preacher Anjem Choudary verbally attacking British troops. I wrote a comment expressing my anger and within 15 minutes, someone had sent me a message. We chatted for three hours about my fundraising work and why I posted my comment and he asked if I wanted to be an admin on the EDL’s Facebook page. I said yes. I was just looking for somewhere to belong.