"You’re not welcome here," writes Phil Hill.
That was the message you’d have taken away from both sides of a protest in Taunton on a Saturday a couple of weeks ago.
We don’t want you in our country if you’re an ‘illegal immigrant’, shout members of a neo-fascist group.
We don’t want you in our town if you’re spouting such jingoism, counter a team composed mainly of local politicians.
So, what’s behind these confrontational exchanges?
Let’s set the scene.
A total of 150 protesters land in our county town, waving flags and holding up placards, although their leader seems to have missed his train and fails to arrive.
On being pre-warned of their planned descent on Somerset, 250 locals have been recruited in a show of opposition.
To keep the town safe and presumably prevent any aggro, 110 police officers are taken away from their normal crime-tackling duties.
The outsiders from a band of guys calling themselves Britain First insist they are not anti-migration - just the arrival of people from other countries who come here ‘illegally’.
They’ve been accused of hijacking the flag for sinister purposes.
Their raison d’être appears to be to stem the flow of undocumented migration and asylum seekers disembarking on our shores after crossing the English Channel.
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You might think there’s nothing wrong with that.
After all, Britain First is not a proscribed organisation.
But think again.
An anti-racism group has called Britain First "the most dangerous group to have emerged on the British far right scene for several years".
Opponents say their views have no place in a civilised society.
I was not at the protest, but I find some of their statements offensive, an opinion more people than not would probably agree with.
But does that mean Britain First should be banned from airing their views on our streets?
Well, the moment any of their members break the law, those individual members should most definitely be dealt with.
As the law of this land stands, we all have a right to free speech and protest, with certain important provisos, one of which is that racism is a crime.
I am not a fan of Britain First, but if and until they are ever outlawed, we must accept they have the right to behave as other protesters.
That means that they have a right to march through Taunton - so long as what they say or do is legal.
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