Nick Griffin has cynically sought to convince would be supporters that the party is no longer a racist organization and has even put his bodyguards, heavily tatooed with swastikas and 'Hitler' into smart suits.

Recently the psrty sought to disassociate themselves from Helen Forster convicted of intimidating an Asian mother and branded a 'BNP mum' by the media

"She was the lone adult urging the hate-filled kids - some only 10 - to shout abuse during the siege at the home of terrified Meherjan Miah, who had previously lodged a complaint to police about a racially-aggravated assault."

BNP mum Helen Forster led kids' race attack

In response, Paul Golding, councillor for the St Mary's ward of Swanley, made a video in which he claimed the reports were "outrageous lies".

The video was posted on the BNP website and YouTube. In it, Cllr Golding said Forster "is not a member of the British National Party and she never has been". He added: "I contacted our membership department and asked them to check all of our records going back many years and she is not on there whatsoever. I spoke to Andy McBride, the south east regional organiser, and he said that no-one in the whole region had ever heard of her."

Cllr Golding went to Forster's home in Park Place and interviewed her on her doorstep, and she too called the reports "lies". The 32-year-old said: "I was not a paid member, I was just a graphic designer. I produced leaflets."

However, a woman named Helen Colclough, of the same address as Helen Forster, was registered as a member and activist for the BNP. Last week a Kent Police spokeswoman confirmed that Helen Forster and Helen Colclough are, in fact, the same person.