Nick Griffin has sparked outrage online after claiming advertising agency bosses should 'go to the wall' for using mixed race children in TV adverts.
On Sunday, the former BNP leader tweeted:
I am SO sick of half-caste kids on every TV advert. One class of scum should go to the wall before politicians - advertising agency bosses!
— Nick Griffin (@NickGriffinBU) November 8, 2015
His tweet provoked a backlash among Twitter users including former Harry Potter actor Sean Biggerstaff.
@NickGriffinBU What's it like being so consumed with hate at all times? Are you at least aware that most other people aren't like this?
— Dick Socrates (@DickSocrates) November 8, 2015
.@NickGriffinBU They were "half caste" in the 70's when people started to get over racsism. Mixed race now, 40 years past "half-caste"
— The Rationaliser (@TheRationaliser) November 9, 2015
@NickGriffinBU why?
— Da Masked Avenger (@GleamingRazor) November 8, 2015
@NickGriffinBU They are actually called people. Will it be women next, or brown eyes people?
— eric donnelly (@bracken10011) November 9, 2015
@NickGriffinBU Only type of scum I can see - the bigoted type! 'Half-caste'?!? What decade do you live in? Just crawl back under your rock!!
— Vicky Pottinger (@VickyPottinger) November 9, 2015
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