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When the flag of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was unfurled at the Pegida protest, many of the demonstrators rushed to snatch it away. "That is not what we're about," insisted Marion Rogers, a Pegida organiser, immediately after the incident. "We are not Nazis, and that's why we stopped it."

The White Man March, though, celebrated all things neo-Nazi. A small contingent of extremists from Poland had made the journey to Newcastle to be there, as had a famous Italian fascist. Two of nine arrests made at the march were for the burning of an Israeli flag during the protest, Northumbria police told BuzzFeed News. A further arrest was made for hate speech. Two others were arrested for public order offences, while four others were arrested for unknown reasons.

A gay pride flag and one depicting Che Guevara were also burned, and protesters gave the Nazi salute.