damn damn and damn. British citizens need to make their voice heard, I will really think that these guys are powerfull in this country.
PROTEST AGAINST RACISM!!!!

By lames. Posted August 24 2009 at 1:52 AM.

Does anyone realise that some members of Antifa and ANL (Anti-Nazi League) and many other left-wing movements have many "skinhead" looking members. Many of these left-wing hooligans and students often turn up wherever the BNP are, and they hold their hand in the air and salute Hitler, in hope that the media and cameras will photograph them. This is a clever way of distorting the truth. The guys in this picture could quite easily be members of Antifa.

By Dean McGuiggan. Posted April 19 2009 at 12:18 AM.

In 1938 Neville Chamberlain was in Germany trying to avert war over the Sudetenland crisis.During his visit he was greeted by many people with the Nazi salute,this did not make him a Nazi! The claim that Simon Darby being greeted in a similar manner in Italy means that he must be a fascist has as much merit as to claim Chamberlain was a supporter of Hitler because people he didn't know or control greeted him in a manner that THEY decided upon!
If this "evidence" is the best that Labour can scrape up of the BNP being fascist then the claim has about as much credibility as Gordon Brown's claim to being a prudent Chancellor !

By Gary Aronsson. Posted April 15 2009 at 2:32 AM.

British people are ANY one who are "British Citizens" regardless of race, colour and religion.

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And that sums up why Britain has gone to the dogs. Why should the right to call yourself British be something you can be handed by the Passport Office? My right to call myself British was earned for me by my father, my grandfather and my forefathers.

Being British is about more than a line on your passport... it's about roots, about history, about honour. I have nothing against people coming to this country, but don't tell me they're British - they can't possibly have the same British roots, the same British history or the same British honour as an indigenous person.

By Quickly. Posted April 14 2009 at 3:36 AM.

scrumbow, most of Europe does NOT salute like that. If you salute that way in Germany, you'll probably get arrested! Mussolini's bunch liked that salute to remind people of ancient Rome, but now it makes most people think of Hitler so only knuckledraggers like the BNP and their eurofascist friends use it these days.

By Tom Wilde. Posted April 13 2009 at 12:54 PM.

Here we go again a load of BNP fans trying to brain wash the general public in to believing their racist party is harmless and is the answer today's problems and that "none whites" are the bad guys.

Then the same people imply the recession, high unemployement and every thing else bad these days is caused by none whites.

One supporter said the BNP will "get their country back"....... back from who'm ?

This country belongs to "British Citizens".

The BNP do NOT represent the "British" people as British people are ANY one who are "British Citizens" regardless of race, colour and religion.

By scrumbow. Posted April 13 2009 at 4:48 AM.

Most of Europe salutes this way!

He was in Italy.

God! Theres some thicko's on here!

By Andyj. Posted April 13 2009 at 1:49 AM.

The PNP will never ever set foot in 10 downing street to take power as the British people are not that fool to let that happen so salut as much as as u want that will never change a thing.

By wendy clark. Posted April 13 2009 at 1:20 AM.

As a foreigner married to an Englishwoman, I have to say it is entirely fault of this government that the people like BNP are coming on top; the politicians are living in cosy enclaves totally removed from problems like living next to people with alien habits and mentality - and this goes for whole Europe.

By G. Del Copi. Posted April 12 2009 at 11:34 PM.

NuLab are terrified of the BNP and of the vote they will attract at the EU elections in June. People are fed up with lying, corrupt and sleazy NuLab politicians Smear stories like this will continue to be run and continued to be ignored when people look around them at the mess made of this country by NuLab and threir PC lickspittles.

By marcoscu. Posted April 12 2009 at 10:05 PM.

Yes can well understand why the main stream parties are terrified of the BNP because they offer the only hope to our country and their ideas cant be cherry picked, within ten years they will be in westminster mark my words.

By Bruce. Posted April 12 2009 at 10:24 PM.

Whats all the fuss about, BNP & the NuLibour experiment are both extremists parties, except that Libours policys are introduced via passive communism (aka political correctness) which oppresses freedom of speech & public opnion.

By Dis Gruntled. Posted April 12 2009 at 8:55 PM.

I agree with lippy57 and why, when homes of terror plot suspects are raided and the threat is there for all to see, do certain elements of the media play it down? We are told by figures from the church to carry on like nothing has happened.ok then, no worries! shock horror if it's the BNP.Oh yes the smears have well and truly started cos the incompetent ones in power want to take the heat of themselves and blame the nationalists for all the country's problems.If the BNP were really nazis they would surely switch to the labour dictatorship that really is and oozing the words 'unelected pm that signs our rights away to unelected beaurocrats'.

By shayman. Posted April 12 2009 at 8:28 PM.

I am sick of Labour trying to smear there way to political sucess this comes straight off the story from the Labour aide sending smear emails about the Tories.

I am sick to death of people like les ( Posted April 12 2009 at 7:30 PM) and there comments. This is one of les comments " and most of their supporters would have to get a job, blimey bet you never thought of that,no more benefits". Labour and Tories let people rot because it was easier to keep them on benefits. These people want work and need help, les just wants let immigrants in to fill the jobs and let British people rot, that whats he is saying. The NHS would not be full of immigrants becuase the BNP would have invested in the British people unlike labour and tory just look at the 5 year span to each general election.

By Adam. Posted April 12 2009 at 8:32 PM.

I was at a BNP protest outside the the UK border agency HQ last week. There was lots of support from passing motorists - beeping their horns at us. When they beeped, we waved back at them. This was reported in a far left newspaper, who interpreted our waves as 'nazi salutes'!

By Charlotte Lewis. Posted April 12 2009 at 7:18 PM.

the bnp only come out of the woodwork when things are bad otherwise you never hear from them ,if they got into power they die of fright,they would,nt know what to do after their ////kick em aht /////campaign, and most of their supporters would have to get a job,blimey bet you never thought of that,no more benefits,hope none of you are gay,cause your be gone as well,have you looked in any of the hospitals lately??? if it was,nt for foreigners they would shut,and if your life was on the line would you care what colour the doctor was??and no matter what garbage you come out with,your not fooling anyone,yeah this government is diabolical ,,,,but you are definately NOT the answer, and even you no that,cant wait to see what happens if you ever had to meet obama,ibet he,d be impressed

By les . Posted April 12 2009 at 7:30 PM.

Try looking at the BNP polices then you will see that they are not extremists, just trying to get our country back.

By Carr. Posted April 12 2009 at 7:51 PM.

honestly, I am foreigner living in Britain and I must say that there is no difference, whatsoever, between the speech from Labour and the one from BNP.
Remember the "British Jobs for British workers" slogan? Who said that? MR BROWN.
Tories, Labour, Lib Dem and BNP speak the same language.
So many times I listen Ministers "dumping" foreigners out, and they are leading this country.

By Raul Hernandez. Posted April 12 2009 at 5:37 PM.

I'm 33 and jewish lived in Britain all my life i dont beleive the BNP are nazi at all and i can assure you me and the majority of my family will be voting BNP. Somethings the stories get to distorted this is one of them. David Epstein 33

By David Epstein. Posted April 12 2009 at 3:48 PM.

Recession and immigration problems will never improve the BNP's fortunes or its popular vote, but may entice a misguided few into jumping into its narrow bandwagons. The reason why BNP exist in the first place is a direct result of the shortcomings of democracy and those principles safeguard their uneven and in most cases irrationale, if not unrealistic or unachievable proportions. The fact that BNP exist as a party with no realistic alternatives to failure, is the same reason why they try and associate themselves with thugs, though their present bunch of thugs are too insignificant to pose a threat. Lastly, those who waffle about foreigners causing crime, forget about the sex tourists causing grime along the shores of Phuket; Greece; Ibiza and Africa. Those people also need lessons on beneficial patriotism and the history of the rise and success of the British Empire.

By Motsi Madangombe. Posted April 12 2009 at 3:38 PM.

So because some wacko extremist, who appears to be OUTSIDE the event, is pathetic enough to give Mr Darby a salute; WHY should that mean Mr Darby or the BNP have anything to do with it???

Sorry, but anyone can salute anyone, the idiot in the picture is obviously confused and trying to attach his sick, fading-beliefs with the rise of popularity in nationalism.

Mr Darby was invited to a nationalist meeting and that is what he attended. The speech he made is available on youtube for anyone to hear.

By Oliver. Posted April 12 2009 at 3:27 PM.

Obviously the BNP don't hate Europeans at all - just the 'chilling' EU.

By phil. Posted April 12 2009 at 3:24 PM.

What a pathetic story. Each and every day we read about this rotten government or the murders rapes and atrocities by terrorists. And you call THIS chilling!!!

By katy nunn. Posted April 12 2009 at 2:03 PM.

Who cares? Sorry, time to look after our own. My vote goes to the BNP!

By r maskell. Posted April 12 2009 at 1:50 PM.

The Brits are luckey to have a choice,all we have over here are a goverment who give the foreigners every thing they want.I mean ok we joined the EU but nobody can tell me how Africans Asians and South Americans,can come here and seem to work no problem,and they are not in the EU and as for the Romanian Gypsies,just as nation of beggars.
I think its time to pull out and send all the foreigners home,as they make up 20% of the prison population.

The BNP would get my vote any time and I am Irish

By michael campbell. Posted April 12 2009 at 1:46 PM.

Actually that is a Roman salute, predating Nazi Germany by 2 millenia.
When in Rome.....!

By Valentino. Posted April 12 2009 at 1:34 PM.

If everyone who had an axe to grind with labour and the tories voted BNP in the next election they'd be at no 10.
Britain you now have a choice,use it.

By Paul Ware. Posted April 12 2009 at 12:57 PM.

YES INDEED!

It's high time we took Britain back for the British - and

By Frank. Posted April 12 2009 at 12:43 PM.

If our government did more to stop all the illegal immigrants out. Punish people properly then people wouldn't feel the need to vote BNP. I'm sick and tired of hearing about foreigners coming to this country and taking the piss. At least I know this would be stopped with the BNP unlike the self serving cowardly people in charge now. Who are too scared to do what needs to be done

By Hmm. Posted April 12 2009 at 12:20 PM.

So what, this was a set up look at the guy smirking? let the people deceid on june 4th.

By carl mason. Posted April 12 2009 at 12:08 PM.

So....what?

Brown has complete control of all his hanger-ons then? Didn't think so, which is why did Damien McBride has just resigned.

Is this the best Cruddas can do? He must be really panicking if that is the case; roll on 4th June.

By Peter. Posted April 12 2009 at 12:00 PM.

This won't stop me voting BNP this June,as lippy57 says They were more than likely mischief making Unite Against Facism supporters, after all they are getting very desperate.

By Kate hunt. Posted April 12 2009 at 11:37 AM.

so why do the police in this country today let muslim hooligans like the "hook" do exactly the same thing,i know why,because there frightened to say or do anything in case they pull the racist card out once again,britain get real for god sakes ,,,,,and the best of luck to the bnp in the next elections,thats what i say,cos gordon brown and any other members of the goverment paqrties are a waste of space,,,,,,good at spending our hard earned taxes,but thats about it!

By ronnie. Posted April 12 2009 at 11:20 AM.

I agree with Lippy57. They look as though they are taking the mick. The smallest one on the left of the picture isn't even white, he's looks mixed!

By n5chullo. Posted April 12 2009 at 10:43 AM.

It would seem the comments for support out way the negative ones on this page. Hopfully this is a sign that attitudes are chaning towards the BNP and people are finally starting to wake up to them and see that they are a proper democratic party who want to make a change just like all politions. If anyones facist its the left wing idioits who want to trounce out freedom of speach, over cook political corectness and suffocate the Brittich people with thier sence of shame at celibrating all things Brittish.

By jowett1987. Posted April 12 2009 at 10:40 AM.

Lol aw the BNP online cheering squad are smarting a bit here aren't they :D.

Why, if he's so blameless, is the 'deputy of a democratic party' hanging around with fascists in the first place? It's not like this is the first time, remember when he got photographed at that white supremacist rally in the US?

Personally I find it pretty easy to find places to hang out where I'm not running into outright nazis all the time and having them salute me. Maybe I'm just amazingly lucky like that.

By Rob Ray. Posted April 12 2009 at 10:50 AM.

Have a word. The bloke on the right is laughing nervously as he is doing it.

An obvious set-up if you ask me. Pathetic smear attempt!

By JohnnyBoy2. Posted April 12 2009 at 10:28 AM.

Scrapping the bottom of the barrel here aren't we? I wish the BNP every success this June, this country, and indeed the whole of Europe, needs a change. Things can't carry on as they are at the moment.

By Debbie. Posted April 12 2009 at 10:09 AM.

it seems the government has already started their smear campaign against a democratic party

By stephen day. Posted April 12 2009 at 9:50 AM.

It was a set of weak morally corrupt useless men and women purporting to be politicians that let the likes of Hitler, Mussolini and Franco into power.
With the likes of Brown the Clown, Jacqui Useless Smith, Prescott the two Jags slob, Cameron the Toff in his velvet suit, and the irrelevent Clegg............... the same is happening again. British people deserve better

By Tony. Posted April 12 2009 at 8:50 AM.

Where is it banned to do this? Italy? UK? Not that I agree with their politics, but what did these politicians actually do wrong here?

By Brian. Posted April 12 2009 at 8:17 AM.

Another "set up" to smear the BNP before the Euro elections. At least the BNP cannot be blamed for the state of our country today or the expenses swindling we read about daily. Give the BNP a fair chance for god sakes they have as much right to an opinion as anyone else. I have stopped buying any newspaper while this undemocratic nonsense continues

By Wellard67. Posted April 12 2009 at 7:33 AM.

Was Mr Derby doing this salute, so why is this his fault ?

By Adrian Peirson. Posted April 12 2009 at 5:00 AM.

the salutes are not even for him.it looks like a set up /smear

By David Steven. Posted April 12 2009 at 4:06 AM.

They are thugs and should be banned from standing in public office.

By Fiona Middleton. Posted April 12 2009 at 4:03 AM.

"This shows the BNP are a gang of thugs parading as politicians"

As opposed to "normal" politicians, who are a bunch of benefit scroungers parading as politicians.

By Tom. Posted April 12 2009 at 3:08 AM.

Where's the smear?

Darby went to a fascist rally. Fascists give Nazi salutes as fascist rallies.

End of.

End of BNP, with any luck.

By Shrugs. Posted April 12 2009 at 3:20 AM.

It seems the Conservative party aren't the only one to be at the receiving end of smear campaigns.

By dasco. Posted April 12 2009 at 2:37 AM.

" Three extremists flashed the banned Hitler-style sign to the British far-right boss outside the event in Italy."

They were more than likely mischief making Unite Against Facism supporters

By lippy57. Posted April 12 2009 at 1:26 AM.