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The British National Party has called Wembley "colonised" in a controversial YouTube video. The Football Association are fuming after The True Face Of Immigration clip used the iconic national stadium as a backdrop. For five minutes a South Welsh BNP activist cruises around the North London area filming crowds of non whites and loiters outside a mosque saying that iconic areas has been taken over by Asians and Africans. Standing in front of Wembley's landmark arch, he says: "Wembley stadium is iconic, the heart of British football ... What we're about to show you is a Wembley that you're not likely to recognise. What you're about to see is horrific." The presenter mocks one man's clothes as "pyjamas", and ads: "I feel like I'm abroad on holidays ... Look at this. This is just total colonisation." "Vile film" In his final address to the camera outside the Central Mosque Wembley on Ealing Road, which was once a church, he speaks in Welsh and is surrounded by several police officers. Nearly 150,000 people have watched the clip, some leaving commenter’s slating the far-right's claim that "London is no longer a British City" other supporting the claim. BNP leader Nick Griffin said the same thing after his comprehensive routing on a London based Question Time on BBC last month. Barry Gardiner, MP for the Brent North constituency, called the film "vile" and condemned the BNP for suggesting ethnic minority residents were "not British". The FA has demanded the clip be taken down but there are several versions online. A spokesman said: "The FA condemns the comments made in the video and immediately contacted the relevant authorities for it to be removed." Rajinder Singh, a Sikh man, could become the party’s first non white member after the group was forced to change its constitution by the Equality Commission this month. He also provided a character reference for Griffin during his race hatred trial for which he was acquitted. Click 'video' to see the entire footage
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