A British National Party (BNP) councillor admitted this afternoon that he felt “slightly uncomfortable” with his party leader’s performance on Question Time last night.

Councillor Seamus Dunne, elected last year to Three Rivers District Council, was speaking after the controversial appearance of party leader Nick Griffin on the BBC’s flag-ship show.

Mr Griffin, heckled throughout by members of the audience, again criticised Islam, appeared to defend the Ku Klux Klan, called homosexuals “creepy” and refused to clarify earlier comments he had made casting doubt on the Holocaust.

He also argued that white “indigenous” Britons were facing a cultural “genocide” and argued that non-white people born in the UK could not truly be British.

Councillor Dunne, of Irish heritage, has always denied he holds any racist views. He said he supported some of what Mr Griffin had to say, notably on voluntary repatriation, but said other comments made were “just not me at all.”

He said: “I did feel slightly uncomfortable for a lot of reasons last night. One for the way that it was programme structured but also for some of the things Nick Griffin said.

“He said a lot of things on there that I did not agree with at all.

“I agree that immigration must be tightly controlled but would never supported forcing people to leave. You can’t just kick people out of the country.

“But I don’t speak for Nick Griffin, I can only speak for myself.”

Councillor Dunne, who represents the Ashridge ward, said that, on the whole, he felt “slightly less comfortable” with his role as an elected representative after his leader’s performance.