A newly-re-elected Labour MEP of British-Asian Sikh heritage was heckled by people telling her to "go home" during her acceptance speech in the West Midlands.
West Midlands Labour posted a video to Twitter showing angry people said to be supporters of the Brexit Party, yelling towards the stage at the Birmingham count where Neena Gill was making her speech. Labour called the incident "an ugly truth".
The Labour party candidate was re-elected on Sunday as the first British- Asian Sikh woman MEP, after winning 35% of the vote - 25,000 more than the Brexit Party candidate.
Ms Gill reportedly accused the Brexit Party of being “far-right” and “fascist” in her speech on Monday.
In 50 seconds of footage, audience members can be heard saying “how dare you” and “go home” in response to the MEP's statement.
Many are seen wearing blue Brexit Party rosettes and carrying placards in support of Nigel Farage’s party. They can be seen shaking their heads as they watch the stage.
One Brexit party supporter reportedly shouted “f*** off” multiple times during her speech.
Others can be heard in the video saying “Off, Off, Off,” as she struggled to carry her speech above the noise of the protesters.
One angry crowd member shouted: “That’s the rhetoric that brought us here" and others yelled: "You're allowed to call us a fascist?" and “Half a million people are nasty and fascist.”
The video was watched more than 10,000 times in just two hours.
West Midlands Labour posted the clip with the caption: “Angry Brexit Party supporters at Birmingham count telling first British-Asian Sikh woman MEP @NeenaGmep to “go home” exposes an ugly truth.
Matt Western, MP for Warwick and Leamington also posted about the incident saying: “This should disturb any decent, tolerant person in our community and our country.
“@NeenaGmep has been, and will continue to be an excellent representative for the W. Midlands.”
It follows as both Labour and Conservatives lost ground in the European elections with Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party coming out out top with 28 seats and 32 per cent of the vote.
