A RACIST demonstration outside a refugee hotel in South Yorkshire was dwarfed on Saturday when hundreds of anti-racists rallied to block the front of the building.

More than 300 counter-protesters from unions, trade union councils, the Labour Party and other organisations chanted “welcome” messages aimed at refugees inside the hotel in Wath-upon-Dearne, outside Rotherham. 

Their stand saw about 50 supporters of fascist Patriotic Alternative confined to a roundabout in the middle of a busy dual carriageway.