Far-right protesters escorted from Elgin High Street by police as crowds chant "cheerio, cheerio"
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FAR-right protesters who gathered in Elgin this afternoon for a fascist rally were greeted by chants of "cheerio, cheerio" as they departed the High Street via police escort.
The rally, organised by far-right group Highland Division, was being held to protest the housing of asylum seekers in hotels.
Alek Yerbury, once dubbed the 'Hull Hitler', was drowned out by anti-fascism protesters as he tried to address the crowd.
The small group accompanying Mr Yerbury were vastly outnumbered by those opposing him and his ideals.
And, after more than two hours of trying and failing to get their message across, the group were escorted from the High Street by police.
Their departure was widely welcomed with one anti-fascism protester shouting "well done Elgin" as they left.
Euan Mitchell, from Stand up to Racism, travelled to Elgin to oppose the protest after a similar campaign in Erskine.
Mr Mitchell said: "They had a banner with the infamous 14 words of white supremacists so these people are pretty open about it.
"That's why it's really important to see this kind of response, not just from the organisations involved but the local response as well.
"People seeing that kind of bile in their local community and saying I'm not having that and responding with a real show of diversity and showing that refugees are welcome in Elgin is really lovely to see.
"It was just a groundswell of opposition to the far right which is just the best thing you can imagine. The positive message is getting out there and the negative one isn't.
"The way that we show that communities like Elgin are welcoming places is by outnumbering them and that's what we did today."
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