Gosh, wouldn't it help if people actually found out what the Bedfordshire incident actually involved rather than believing everything written in the paper ?
On an interview in PM on Radio 4 tonight (
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qskw - the interview starts around 26 minutes into the programme), the chap did explain, very calmly, what had happened ... no sign of anger about the issue at all. Someone from Bedford council explained their side of it too ... and did also say that they wouldn't have prosecuted, but felt that Harding should be aware of the fact that, given the sheer number of posters, what he did could be interpreted as fly-posting for which the fine is £1000.
As for the Muslims, I very much doubt that, unlike Mr Harding, they put a contact phone number on their posters !