National Front March, 1970s

[@Sameoldfitup]

At the 2011 census, London had a population of 8,173,941. Of this number 44.9% were White British. 37% of the population were born outside the UK, including 24.5% born outside of Europe.

[@Nefus1988]

So this is Britain in 1977? Holy fuck how does London look now?

[@MichaelJ44]

Even worse than 14 years ago

[@dionstraker6784]

Another point often over looked on the race question is the way that areas have become 'Black areas' or 'Asian areas' etc which clearly indicates that racial minorities have a natural attraction to their own kind which simultaneously to some degree involves the exclusion of other races; Southall for example is at least 90% Asian, there are no more blacks living there than whites.

[@seerauberjohnny]

It's birmingham mate,the 'battle of Digbeth'.

[@mwingereza]

1. As already stated, this was the Battle of Digbeth 1978. 2. The police were there to prevent the left storming the Digbeth Civic Hall (shown at 0:03, and elsewhere). The building had been purchased decades earlier by the council, and hired out for concerts, wrestling and other events. 3. The Young National Front hired the venue for a rally. You can see them being let through police lines 0:19 to 1:27 . 4. The guy at 1:24 may be a young Andrew Brons (then 30, now 62 and MEP for the BNP).

[@dionstraker6784]

In addition to that it is interesting to consider that although the NF and BNP only had about 2% or whatever of the vote, in recent times around 40% of the public stated they were in favor of compulsory repatriation of non white immigrants and about 70% feel immigration overall has been a bad thing for this country. Thus it is not that so much that the public are unsympathetic to the anti immigrant and repatriation position held by the NF and BNP, but that they're unwilling to give support to the them in the first place.

[@johngoose1497]

Dion straker. You do not take into consideration the fiddled figures that have often been exposed in voting, & over a million people voted for two BNP MEPs Andrew Bronze & Nick Griffin, & the big fact that immigration was put here without democratic vote because the corrupt left would have lost the vote if there was democracy, the same gos for the evil EU that has crippled britian ,& over 17, million voted brexit. As one man once sed When you can't get on a bus. We can Now see his speech evolving more every day. I hope I die before it happens because it will be the worst disaster the world has ever seen & it will happen.

[@bigCyril]

A now look what they are stuck with.

[@flagwaver1969]

The NF weren't even marching or gathered in a mob. You don't know much about this footage from Rude Boy, do you?

[@Damien558]

Back then the coppers would have been part of the support.

[@paulph12002]

This is definitely Digbeth in Birmingham, circa 1978.

[@irissaification]

the footage was used in the clash film "rude boy"

[@RockAndRollMassacre]

I know who you mean. I never realised it was the same person, if that's what you're saying.

[@MsRobert1967]

It never worked , did it ?.

[@mats5]

VOTE BNP YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!

[@MRROCKET23]

The National Front were holding a meeting which they had the right to do, the matter begins and ends there chuckees.

[@barrydavies3475]

Old bill seemed alright then having a go at the anti fascists as they call themselves aka troublemakers because they was kicking off,perfectly fair,yet the police get accused of protecting the "racists" which is total crap,and also if a brick or a bottle is being chucked at anyone it's human nature to react whether your NF or not and all I've seen is the anti lot always kicking off and the far right getting the blame for defending themselves,total joke this country.

[@jimmytgoose476]

The far right murder people at bus stops .

[@blahblah225]

it looks like birmingham.....in digbeth by the custard factory....am i right?

[@jimmytgoose476]

Yes mate , dead right .

[@michaels.thomas1564]

1978 was the year of this march if its the one from Rude boy

[@MRROCKET23]

+Michael S. Thomas Probably was 1978, I think this was specifically filmed for inclusion in 'Rude Boy', I remember seeing an interview with the film's director who mentioned they were filming NF demos when they were making it.

[@jigglyfidda125]

Are people who are 1 quarter black white? Are Turkish people white? Are portuguese footballers such as Deco white? Are Argentianians white? What if you're white but tan very easily and have brownish skin. Are you white then? What about Siberians or Kazakhstanis? Are they white? Wht if you're Australian with european ancestry who's skin evolved to be a bit darker. Are you white then? What f you're born to arab parents, but your skin is much whiter than your parents. Are you white then?

[@constantino1889]

britian was built on its exploration and empire, but you cant expect a country to have an empire where we invade and run others countries and not have someof them as our citizens, all we need is control and obedience form all parties

[@stingray4real]

0:53 Boris Johnson walking past 😉

[@RockAndRollMassacre]

Quite, if only these weekend rebels could walk it like they talk it eg Bragg in his countryside mansion, you can't get any further from the barricades than that.

[@stevens5541]

This is oldham......I've lived here all my life and I can confirm to people saying it's Birmingham that it is actually oldham

[@tar1895]

lol lol it’s not Oldham it’s Birmingham. You can see Digbeth town hall and the rotunda. Both notable Birmingham buildings.

[@krizzzzer]

This is sad... So increadibly sad.

[@WBPcImx]

If British people do not rise now, R.I.P Great Britain ! ! !

[@jimmytgoose476]

.....and good riddance 😃👍

[@judgedredd123]

1:52 was a moustache mandatory for british coppers?

[@Waterford1992]

Im gonna join the National Front!

[@todles777]

i am a black male and i am proud of the country i live in england.....ignorance is bliss.....

[@greenghost2008]

@TheAdarkon "which is unfair." says nothing about wether or not its based in fact. Its unfair that some are born pretty.

[@BazzerObama]

Half of these kids don't even look old enough to vote

[@dionstraker6784]

To anyone interested in the race issue in England may be interested to consider a remark made by my late Grandmother who was a National Front member who once said"What you don't seem to realise living in Bromley is that wherever you go in London there's blacks. They're not used to wearing our clothes, in the hot countries they only wear a loin cloth round their waste, they come over here they put our clothes on and what happens ? They stink."

[@TheTruth-ht7qm]

You Boys are mentally damaged. Moan as much as you like . Britain is BLACK. Fuck all you can do about it. So have your little meetings , while the rest of the world gets on with Humility and Love. Don't fuck with a Sleeping Lion.

[@spanner4778]

@@TheTruth-ht7qm Britain has never been black and hopefully never will be.

[@spanner4778]

@@TheTruth-ht7qm we wuz kangz

[@rjram7140]

Fuck off did u say the way nf got smacked up pussys look at england now ur worst nightmare its diverse my grandad was out there beating the shit out of u racist arses and im proud

[@Flyingscotsman93]

looks like Birmingham around the mid 70s

[@stevens5541]

Oldham

[@jimmytgoose476]

You cant have been to either ; that is Digbeth High Street, a few minutes walk from New Street Station in Birmingham. It still has most of the same buildings today .

[@Flyingscotsman93]

@@jimmytgoose476 Can imagine it now total shitehouse packed with child groomers and drug dealers maybe some numptys running around dressed like fookin peaky blinders 🤣

[@andybelfield6034]

birmingham 19 77 and it is much worse now

[@cook119]

@stepahead2be There is a chance I am wrong but Japan has a very low immigration rate.

[@johnkevinwilshaw2490]

This was the inaugural meeting of the YNF, Young National Front. It wasn't a 'march' and the riot outside involved counter demonstrators and the police. How do I know? I was there. I was 19 and this was my first N.F. activity. I'm quite puzzled by some of the comments here. Yes, I was in the N.F. I've never 'murdered ' anyone and have never heard of any of my former political associates who have. One person mentioned convicted child killer Jason Owens. A few years ago a paedophile ring was discovered to have been led by a Liberal Democrat, not only a member of the party but a Liberal Democrat COUNCILLOR! Is that whole political party going to be smeared with his odium? I think not! I'm getting on in years and have other things to do with my time these days. Whether or not we got 'beaten up' is immaterial. I did what I thought was right at the time.

[@WillScarlet1991]

Hi Can I ask if you still hold the views that you did back in the 70s ?

[@johnkevinwilshaw2490]

Will Scarlett No. they've got worse! Or, I should say, more radical. I wasn't as well read then as I am now and was a little bit naïve. My core views regarding multi racialism, democracy and Communism haven't changed at all. My views concerning the implementation and achievement of political aims HAVE changed; no more ballot box dead ends.

[@WillScarlet1991]

john kevin wilshaw Ok, thanks. Appreciate your time to respond. I do agree with some of your points but I don't agree that one race is better than another. For example, in the Middle Ages, it was the Arabs at the forefront; now it's the Caucasians (or Chinese/Japanese etc..).

[@markstokes3685]

yea, me and my brother attended too, but we were wearing not yet fashionable clothes, a bit 50s 60s punky, and we got a bit of a cold sholder. The speaker with the long fringe bit Hitler style put us off with his speech, but I joined latter in1990.

[@jimmytgoose476]

Finally . A fash who actually admits that they are against democracy .

[@mikefranky]

I give you thumbs up for that mate!!

[@supershqipa]

@TheAdarkon Maybe so but, WE OBVIOUSLY USED THEM BETTER

[@judgedredd123]

@Aegaleus Isn't that what the Nazi's did, calling people intellectuals and locking them up for it? Your arguement states that anyone who reads and thinks for themselves must have a narrow view of the world. Anyone with an opinion differing from yours must be wrong. You use words like "intellectual" and " ranting" as insults. Exactly the tactics the nazis used, so you will excuse me if I compare you with them

[@shellieflowers98]

1977 Digbeth High St, Birmingham, The YNF were holding a meeting inside Digbeth Civic Hall, outside the police cracked down heavy against the anti-fascist using water cannons & dogs & horses.

[@mikefranky]

At 1:41 i think he is in the wrong place at the wrong time!!!!!!!!!

[@retrojaxed2]

bit to late for that now.

[@whattheholf91]

If you don't give racists the right to make their point, are you as bad as they are?

[@jimmytgoose476]

Nope . No platform for fascism . You let weeds off and they spread . Look at America.

[@SEANOG1916]

Digbeth, Birmingham.

[@superalihare]

You know I'm right.

[@slobjob13]

show your love for britain and vote NF!!!! save our nation from the 3rd world invasion!!!

[@seerauberjohnny]

Ive got a feeling this is actually Digbeth Birmingham,(listen to the accents!)

[@stevens5541]

It is oldham

[@jimmytgoose476]

Birmingham .

[@mugsy3122]

It's late 70's in Digbeth , Birmingham city centre..

[@stevens5541]

It's oldham

[@stevens5541]

It's actually oldham

[@jimmytgoose476]

Why are you saying its Oldham ?

[@crowhawk6626]

@Aegaleus Britain has had immigration since before the Romans (who were themselves multiculturalists) came here. Then the Danes, the Saxons, the Norman Conquest, etc. The parochial, insular, small island, mindset of the average BNP supporter seems to think the British are a race appart. Evolving in a kind of splendid isolation. Nothing could be further from the truth! "What do they know of England, who only England know? What do they know of the world, who only England know?" Ruddyard Kippling

[@klssv]

@TheAdarkon Don't forget to mention it was stolen from the (white) greeks and "arabic" numerals are from India just in case.

[@dionstraker6784]

To all and sundry. The bottom line is whether or not a counter demonstration took place at this meeting or not whether left wing groups turned up to disrupt NF marches or not, the NF had little chance of gaining widespread public support, absolutely nothing was achieved by the left other than making a nuisance of themselves and to mete out gratuitous violence against their political opponents. In short the NF's failure to achieve more at elections was nothing to do with anti racist activities, the NF were mistaken to continue marching through inner cities because it conveyed the the wrong kind of image to the electorate. Martin Webster and John Tyndall were both ex Conservatives, taking a cue from the fate met by Enoch Powell after making his Rivers of Blood speech in 1968 (he was packed off to an obscure constituency), they would have better off staying with the Tories but keeping their anti immigrant pro repatriation views unannounced. Then, if and when they were in a position to implement a halt to Commonwealth Immigration and initiate the repatriation process as they proposed in the NF, they could have done so without anybody being able to do anything about it. Enoch Powell could and should have done just this rather than spout off in the way he did, in doing so he let the cat out of the bag which was a grave mistake on his part. STEVEN HARMAN

[@vrz07]

the cops look so funny in this video. those days must of been really bad for the migrants. things are a lot better now.

[@thecreativemillenial]

joining the NF is an insult to the memory of Baby P

[@judgedredd123]

@Aegaleus Didn't think I was ranting, merely taking the piss out of your rants. Where is the cut off for this identity? The Saxons,Romans. the Normans, maybe the Irish, or is it just when the immigrants aren't white. "England has a unique culture" Guess what? So does every country in the world, even some areas within a country, That identity is constantly changing, or do you believe the Englishman of today has that mush in common with the Englishman of 1000 years ago

[@MaryGalbraithCampervans]

Digbeth Birmingham

[@stevens5541]

It was in oldham

[@jimmytgoose476]

Have you had a lobotomy ?

[@rabsmiff]

get out the tea and digestives, for Christ's sake!

[@aprc1977a]

the charm of 1 man's presence and oratory skills coupled with a disaffected pack mentality of lower IQ. is the most powerful form of human behaviour

[@klssv]

@TheAdarkon Immigrants from Germany Saxons Angles then Normans and French Were all white! And blowing shit up isn't building!

[@tungstenkid2271]

It's 2019 now, and I vote UKIP, the only current Brit party pledged to stop mass immigration, so if only enough of the Brit public did the same thing the problem would be solved..:)

[@jimmytgoose476]

Yeah , lets all bend over so Nige and his chums can take control ....

[@ShikiraPressley]

That was an anti-establishment demonstration: there was a unity of mixed race throwing stones at the police. Great clear video footage however.

[@klssv]

@TheAdarkon Again, islam is not a race! It doesn't matter if you are from the UK or not, same people with the same opinion like you lives in my country too.

[@judgedredd123]

@Aegaleus Do you really need a history of immigration into this country? Cultural pluralism has been a way of life for thousands of years, not just in this country, but all over the world. Nobody putes it into practive, it evolves naturally. You don't have to agree with it, but it usually leads to peaceful coexistance between neighbours if you do. May be you are just full of hate and don't want to live with peacefully with your fellow human beings.

[@RobertBeowulf]

Usual assorted rabble causing trouble at a peaceful march.

[@hayatli8]

dead fascist! :D

[@jimmytgoose476]

The best sort !

[@crowhawk6626]

If this is the demo where Blair Peach was killed by the SPG? The anti-NF demo in Southall took place in April 1979. (If I remember right) It was St Georges day & the Fascists were comemorating it.

[@stingray4real]

That was at Southall outside Southall Town Hall where the NF held a public meeting. Blair Peach got kill by the police unit SPG.This is at Digbeth Birmingham.

[@irissaification]

the guy with NF t shirt at0:49 !!!!!!!!! ye wouldnt stop punchin that

[@andybelfield6034]

You would stop when he knocked you out lol

[@judgedredd123]

@Aegaleus I've read my history, that's how I know what tactics the Nazis used, perhaps you should do the same and see where views like yours lead to. How has CP not been a way of life, of course it has, hasn't always worked perfectly, but it's been there. How many jews, or catholics or any other differing culture has maintained it's own individuality and still been a part of British mainstream?

[@baronvonflange]

i think 3:24 says it all scum

[@bluethunder6801]

Digbeth Birmingham

[@stevens5541]

Actually oldham

[@jimmytgoose476]

Get a train to New Street . Ask for Digbeth Civic Hall, its about a five minute walk . Take a long look at it , turn round, get the train back to wherever you live and delete everyone of your wrong comments. Hell, tell me when you are coming and I'll give you your train fare .