The British National Party is an ethno-nationalist party, and not a civic nationalist party like the Tories or UKIP, BNP press officer in the East Midlands Mr John Ryde said.

Speaking at the latest meeting of the Charnwood BNP branch, Mr Ryde said that the right of British people to be an ethnically homogenous group was the same right which all other people on earth had, and was not based on false ideas of supremacy or other failed ideologies.

“We are the indigenous people of this island, and as such, have a right to maintain our homeland for our own people. No one would tell the Japanese they do not have the right to have Japan as their homeland, so why are we not allowed to claim our land as our homeland?”

The meeting, one of Charnwood BNP’s largest yet, was attended by over eighty people. Other speakers included Reverend Robert West, the East Midland’s number one Euro candidate for the BNP, and Mr Arthur Kemp, BNP web content editor.

Reverend West provided a fascinating insight into how the European Union was fundamentally undemocratic in its structure and founding ideology.

Mr Kemp provided an overview of main BNP policy points, and how to present them to the general public.

The meeting raised over £250 in the collection, which will be put towards the election campaign.