The canvassing (to support the far right party's electioneering efforts in Crawley) was intended as a photo opportunity for the mainstream press. Held at 10.00 on Sunday great efforts had been taken with secrecy but when you're as unpopular as the BNP then word doesn't take long to leak out!

At the first sight of opposition the master race fled to their vehicles and refused to come out and leaflet eventually ignominiously ending up begging for help at the police station.