An Indymedia photographer was on the spot last Saturday, when the BNP were handing out pamphlets outside MacDonald's, and got pictures of what must be the shortest demonstration in Liverpool's history. They were only there for 15 minutes before they were lifted in a very efficient mass arrest. Twelve police officers marched in formation down Church Street, took a fascist each by the arm, and marched them back up the street to a waiting police van. The twelve decided to go quietly, except for a greasy-looking type who started shouting to the (very small) audience "Only the state is against the BNP" (you reckon?) and "Youse are all losin' yer country!" (Didn't know the working class ever owned this country in the first place.) A police officer gently silenced him by putting him in the back seat of a police car.
One of the twelve looked familiar. He may have been the "fuehrer" Nick Griffin, but I was unable to confirm this.
It is easy to see why the police might have legal objections to the pamphlet they were handing out. The editorial is carefully worded, but the rest consists of racist slanders, and the kind of lies and urban myths that stir people's prejudices: Asian paedophile rings are exploiting white girls; asylum seekers get "luxury accomodation" - you get the picture. It is clearly intended to incite racial hatred.