To Me, Too Far Right? Chuckle Brother Barry Elliott In Race Row

He made his name as a moustachioed children’s entertainer who used the catchphrase: “To me, to you.”

But one half of The Chuckle Brothers act, most famous in the late-80s, has now been accused of going too far.

Barry Elliott, below – who forms The Chuckle Brothers with brother Paul – is at the centre of a racism storm after he was linked to a Far Right group.

He shared a Facebook post by a mob called Britain First that calls for people who travel abroad for terror to be banned from returning.

Fans of the children’s TV star, 71, were furious he appeared to support the group when they spotted the promotion for the radical nationalists.

One wrote online: ‘Can’t believe that people are so naive as to share postings from this racist hate group.’

Another ranted: ‘My biggest concern was that an entertainer will always be held as a role model to some degree. The idea that someone who seems so good-natured with access to a young fan base might hold such unpleasant beliefs, undermining everything Britain has stood for, was painfully disappointing.’

Elliott, pictured above with his brother, shared the image in June 2015, when Britain First was at the height of its nationalistic campaign, but it has been highlighted again today after he defended his decision to support the group.

The post read: ‘If someone leaves Britain to join a terrorist group then they should never be allowed back into the United Kingdom. Strip them of their citizenship and keep them out!’

Britain First campaigns against mass immigration and the ‘Islamisation’ and ‘radicalisation’ of the UK.

Its vigilante wing Britain First Defence Force is known for storming mosques and handing out Bibles in so-called ‘Christian patrols’.

The group’s website lists policies including halting further immigration except in special cases and offering grants to people of foreign descent to leave the UK.

It also wants a ban on Islam, including halal slaughter, sharia courts, religious booklets, the operation of mosques, madrasas and cultural centres, and the public preaching and teaching of Islamic doctrines.

But Elliott, 71, who shot to fame with brother Paul, 68, in the hugely successful teatime show ChuckleVision has now taken to social media to deny he supports the group and only ‘agreed with that one comment’.

In the words of another of The Chuckle Brother’s oft-used phrases: “Oh dear, oh dear.”

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