The far-right ultranationalist political group Britain First called itself Patriot Merchandise to secure a meeting room for their 2017 one-day conference last December at Wyboston Lakes in Bedfordshire. (Conference News)

The booking was made at short notice and images on social media showed the Oakley Suite decked with banners carrying the slogan “Taking our country back”.

Management at the venue have donated the fee paid to charity and have stated that they would not have accepted the booking had they realised the nature of it and that the values of their company “conflict in totality” with those of Britain First.