The entire team of the British National Party staff, members and supporters have joined together in wishing Nick and Jackie Griffin sincerest congratulations on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary celebrated over the past weekend.

“It was a truly wonderful weekend,” Mr Griffin wrote in an entry on his EU MEP blog.

“Even after 25 years of marriage, Jackie and I were both taken aback at just how emotional we (and I think many other people) were during the Rev West's splendid service,” Mr Griffin continued.

“After the service and lunch (complete with a longer speech from Jackie than from me, there's a first!) we and the immediate family and close old friends who had attended headed back home to the evening party, complete with other friends old and new, and neighbours,” he wrote.

Mr Griffin’s EU MEP website can be found by clicking here.