POLICE seized Britain First’s sound system in the middle of a demonstration... because they did not have an entertainment licence.

The far right group had been using the speaker to blast out the National Anthem during a demonstration in Crawley on Saturday, July 25.

But the amplification system was seized by officers mid-protest after the group failed to provide the relevant licence to play music.

In a confrontation caught on camera, an officer says: “If you don’t turn it off, we will seize it because you have not got an entertainment licence.” He then takes the sound equipment.

A protester responds: “You would not be doing this if we were the opposition.”

Posting the video online, a Twitter user said: “The irony is that the man who repeatedly rants about ‘living by the laws of this land’ wasn’t in possession of a legal entertainment licence.”

Sussex Police said they were called shortly after midday on Saturday after being made aware of the demonstration in the town.

A spokesman said: “Officers attended to ensure a peaceful protest.

“The group dispersed and an amplified speaker system was seized as those present did not have an entertainment licence.”

Britain First is a political organisation formed in 2011.

The organisation’s leader is former BNP councillor Paul Golding, who was at the Crawley demonstration.

The group campaigns against multi-culturalism and what it sees as the “Islamisation of the United Kingdom”.

Mr Golding filmed himself on a car ride home from Saturday’s demonstration where he spoke against UAF (Unite Against Fascism) and Stand Up to Racism.

He said: “The police as expected told us to turn our PA system down I told them to… I told them to… I told them no, sod off, we’re not doing it, go away.

“In the end they confiscated the PA system in front of everyone.”

In May, Mr Golding was found guilty of an offence under the Terrorism Act after refusing to give police access to his mobile phone on his return from a political trip to Russia.

He was stopped at Heathrow Airport on October 23 last year on his way back from Moscow by officers from the Metropolitan Police.

He refused to give the pin codes for an iPhone and Apple computer and was later charged with wilfully refusing to comply with a duty under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act.

Golding denied the charge but was found guilty of the offence following a trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London.