[2] Ayling was described by the media in 2011 as a millionaire,[3] and as the "chief financier" of the English Defence League (EDL), which Lake reportedly "fiercely denied".
Responding to media claims saying the opposite, Robinson said that "he [Ayling] spoke at two demos and he wore a suit, and all of a sudden he was a millionaire funder.
[5] He has considered that the state "might as well" execute Islamists who seek to impose sharia law in the UK,[5] and according to The Guardian he called for discussion about killing the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Prime Minister David Cameron and the deputy PM Nick Clegg for allegedly supporting sharia law for Britain.
[8] In October 2011, Norwegian police formally investigated Lake to discover any potential ideological influence he may have had on mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik.
[12] In January 2012, after the true identity of "Alan Lake" was revealed, Ayling was suspended from his management post at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the City of London.