The last group of British National party activist delegations to visit the European Parliament in Brussels this year as guests of Andrew Brons MEP have completed their tour, reports North West regional organiser Clive Jefferson.

“I and national organiser Eddy Butler took 50 BNP members on an extensive two day trip to Brussels earlier this month,” Mr Jefferson told BNP News.

“We visited Tyne Cot cemetery where 11,956 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War are buried or commemorated.’Tyne Cot’ or ‘Tyne Cottage’ was the name given by the Northumberland Fusiliers to a barn which stood near the level crossing on the Passchendaele-Broodseinde road,” he said.

“The barn, which had become the centre of five or six German blockhouses, or pill-boxes, was captured by the 3rd Australian Division on 4 October 1917, in the advance on Passchendaele.

“On the evening of the first day the delegation also visited the Menin Gate where every night of the year, without exception, policemen close the road to traffic at 8.00 p.m. and then stand at the salute while buglers from the Ypres Fire Brigade play ‘The Last Post.’

“This happens whatever the weather and there is always someone there to watch. The people living near the Menin Gate often open their doors and stand on their doorsteps to join in this daily act of Remembrance in honour of the young and brave who came from all over the world to die in the defence of their town.

“It is an incredibly powerful and moving day that brings home the magnitude of the sacrifice of lives during the First World War.”

The second day of the visit was spent in the European Parliament itself with Andrew Brons MEP taking the delegation round the vast European Parliament building in Brussels and showing the delegation exactly how their tax money is wasted.