HUNDREDS of anti-racists and anti-fascists turned out on Saturday to counter demonstrations by far-right activists targeting refugees and LGBT events.

Around 200 anti-racists marched through Bristol where racists last week targeted refugee accommodation in the town.

Michael Bradley of Stand Up to Racism (SUTR), which organised the protest, said: “The march was to warn the far right not to come back to Bristol to spread hatred and division, and to show that the city was welcoming to people fleeing war and persecution.”

In Skegness, diminishing numbers of racists have been mounting protests at a hotel housing refugees.

Mr Bradley said: “The first time there were 300 racists organised by Patriotic Alternative. Then Patriotic Alternative split.

“The next time there were 50 or 60 at most.

“This time it was nearer 20. They didn’t even march past the hotel. They went straight to a park for a rally. We easily outnumbered them.”

Turning Point UK, an offshoot of a US far-right group, has also been targeting the Honor Oak pub in south-east London because it stages LGBT events, including story-telling by drag queens.

On Saturday, about 20 fascists, including unemployed actor Lawrence Fox, staged a demonstration.

He was recently suspended from GB News for his on-air comments about a female journalist.

A speech by Mr Fox to the small group of supporters was drowned out by about 200 anti-fascists chanting: “Loser.”

SUTR called the far-right protest “particularly embarrassing,” adding: “We call that 8-0.”