Group that emerged from Tory party hosts forum for Britain’s far right

Gerold Otten, of the Alternative für Deutschland party, said he had addressed the conference about restoring Germany’s defence capabilities. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty

A group that emerged out of a faction of the Conservative party has become a forum for Britain’s splintered far right.

A private conference hosted earlier this month by the Traditional Britain Group (TBG) was attended by figures from the Homeland party, an extreme nationalist group, as well as rivals from other groups such as Patriotic Alternative.