Far right groups clash with anti-fascists in Rochester ahead of by-election Leaders of BNP splinter group Britain First say they have 'almost everything' in common with Ukip and are backing Mark Reckless 'one hundred per cent'
Far-right extremists clashed with anti-fascists on the streets of Rochester, bringing a bitter note to the by-election campaign.
Members of Britain First, the BNP splinter group, marched in uniform to the town's war memorial shouting incendiary anti-Muslim slogans.
They were blocked by a crowd of more than 100 people, including Labour supporters, teenage Tory activists and anti-fascist groups, hurling chants of "scum" back at them as a wall of police officers kept the two groups apart.