UKIP leader Nick Tenconi was criticised for using a gesture with his right arm which some social media users compared to a ‘Nazi salute’. The leader of UKIP has faced online accusations he used a Nazi salute in a clip he posted. In a video he shared on social media, Nick Tenconi was seen outside the Royal Beach Hotel in Southsea, Portsmouth, performing a gesture with his right arm. Tenconi, a 43-year-old personal trainer, curled his right hand into a fist and put it to his chest before raising his right arm in the air. The clip also showed Me Tenconi dancing to a ‘L’Amour Toujours’, a hit by Italian DJ Gigi D’Agostino released in 1999 that more recently has been used by members of the German far right. “Turns my stomach that @NickTenconi feels able to throw a Nazi salute on an English street without consequences,” one person wrote. “UKIP leader Nick Tenconi at an anti migrant protest,” another observed, asking “is that a Nazi salute?”. Mr Tenconi told the Mirror: “For the past 13 months I have been using a unique salute which nobody, nor the left nor the right has ownership of. Its origins is in the Roman victory salute and is amalgamated into the power fist symbol.”
via mirror: UKIP leader Nick Tenconi accused of ‘Nazi salute’ in video he shared online
siehe auch: UKIP leader Nick Tenconi accused of ‘Nazi salute’ in online clip Nick Tenconi was criticised for using a gesture with his right arm which was compared to a ‘Nazi salute’ The leader of UKIP has faced online accusations that he used a Nazi salute in a clip he posted online. In a video he shared on social media, Nick Tenconi was seen outside the Royal Beach Hotel in Southsea, Portsmouth, performing a gesture with his right arm. Tenconi, a 43-year-old personal trainer, curled his right hand into a fist and put it to his chest before raising his right arm in the air, the Mirror reports.