Overview

• Members of the British Movement’s north-west branch covertly celebrated Adolf Hitler’s 136th birthday at the Duke of Edinburgh pub in Royton, Oldham, on April 20.
• The group displayed Nazi flags, SS symbols, and a swastika cake, which they later shared in images online, boasting about the gathering.
• Pub operators, unaware of the nature of the event at the time, reported the incident to Greater Manchester Police upon discovering photos on April 23.
• Greater Manchester Police are investigating the gathering as a potential Section 18 public order offence, which includes actions intended to incite racial hatred.
• Local politicians and anti-hate groups have strongly condemned the gathering, with MP Jim McMahon describing it as an insult to those who died fighting Nazism.