Hundreds of protesters surrounded the Oxford Union chanting anti-fascist slogansProtesters have stormed the Oxford Union throwing a planned debate featuring BNP leader Nick Griffin and controversial historian David Irving into disarray.
After pushing and shoving their way through the doors into the hall they staged a sit down protest at the debating table.
Scuffles erupted as the protesters tried to get into the building which had been surrounded by tight security ahead of Monday night’s event.
Around 30 people sat in the debating hall singing protest songs until they were persuaded to leave.
The debate eventually went ahead more than a hour late with speakers split into two groups for safety. It was considered by university authorities to be too dangerous to walk Mr Griffin and Mr Irving across the quadrangle between the main Union building and the debating hall.
Instead Mr Irving, who was jailed for three years in Austria… Read the full story