Protesters held a demonstration against the British National Party in Liverpool after they managed to snatch seats in the North West European elections.
Around 150 political activists brandishing ''Stop the Fascist BNP' banners, turned out to voice their anger at the far right party's victory.
Speeches on behalf of teacher unions, Unite and Unison were heard outside the busy Town Hall before the rally began in front of early evening shoppers.
Flanked by Merseyside Police, the demonstration passsed off peacefully as the protesters walked 800 yards through Liverpool City centre parade to BBC Radio Merseyside.
Meanwhile, BNP leader and Member-elect of the European Parliament Nick Griffin, was enjoying his victory with his wife Jackie at home in Welshpool north Wales.
Griffin, who has been the party Chairman since 1999, famously called the Holocaust 'the Holohoax' and appealed for "whites to defend their rights with well-directed boots and fists," in BNP publication The Rune.
Cambridge-educated family man, who wears a suit and tie also condemns homosexuals as "repulsive".
Demonstrator Martin Timpson, from the Merseyside Coalition Against Racism and Fascism said:
'We need to stand together, shoulder to shoulder to holt the progress of the BNP.'
'We must work collaboratively and speak as one. If we unite we will be the greater force.'
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