GMB's Kate Garraway left speechless at former far-right member's revelation live on-air

During Thursday's edition of Good Morning Britain, presenters Kate Garraway and Ed Balls delved into the ongoing riots across the nation.

In a segment of the show, they spoke with Matt Collins, a former high-ranking member of the National Front, who has since become an advocate for Hope not Hate, an organisation that combats racism and fascism.

Matt shared a harrowing account from his past on the programme, recounting a violent episode in a library that marked a pivotal moment in his life.

He recounted: "My colleagues and I, from the National Front and the British National Party the BMP, went to a meeting to exercise our right to free speech."

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"We got into this meeting and we saw we were outnumbered, we overpowered the people in there who were mainly women, mainly Asian women. They attacked them, we attacked them," reports the Mirror.

Matt detailed how the brutal altercation involved the use of hammers, chairs, and tables, leading to 17 individuals being sent to hospital.

Kate audibly gasped in shock as Matt described the events of that day. He then narrated the moment of epiphany he experienced mid-assault when he observed the victims on the ground.

Matt added: ""I looked at the people I was with who were stamping on the heads of these people and I realised, these people on the floor are the ones who care about me, these are the ones who have these petitions to keep libraries open, to keep hospitals open, these were the good people.

"I actually thought we were the good guys, standing up for race and nation. I stood