Editing Neil Hamilton (politician) (section)

====Statement contradictions====
Press interest turned to Hamilton's past statements about the Berlin visit, over which Tory witnesses were alleged to have been pressured to say that they had not seen goose-stepping or Nazi-style salutes. Hamilton had given a categorical denial he had made a Nazi salute in Berlin to John Selwyn Gummer, the Party Chairman, in January 1984:

:"Dear John... I make it absolutely clear that, whilst in Berlin, I did not do any goose-stepping nor did I at any time give Nazi salutes. Indeed, I have always thought the latter was a criminal offence in the Federal Republic."

Writing in the ''Sunday Times'', Hamilton admitted making "a little salute" in the Reichstag.<ref>Neil Hamilton News in Focus feature, ''Sunday Times'', 26 October 1986<br />David Leigh and Paul Lashmar, Nazi Salute storm refuses to die down", ''The Observer'', 2 November 1986<br />[[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]], "Spot the Goose", ''Daily Mirror'', 3 November 1986.</ref> Hamilton's admission had the effect of reaffirming the testimony of the two witnesses who alleged he had given a Nazi salute in Berlin and exposing those witnesses who had reversed their position.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}