David Irving gives angry speech at Glasgow hotel

He continued in this vein, painting himself as the victim of his own narrative - “When you look at the way these people for the last 50 years have spent 50 years trying to destroy me and my family, as Jews, they have done this as Jews, I criticise them and they accuse me of antisemitism.”

At another point Irving claimed that Hitler was still very popular in Germany: “They all say they admire him immensely. Admiration for him is super abundant.”

He also complained bitterly about negative reviews for his books in The Sunday Times and elsewhere. “I remember we got a four-page review in The Sunday Times from Arthur Koestler. He didn’t like the book…another Jew, what was his name, Rosenthal, something like that. He called it a ‘bucketful of slime’.”

The 78-year-old concluded on a hopeful note, saying “I am very conscious of the fact that we are not being disturbed here this evening. I am wondering whether this means that the Jews now have given me carte blanche and said, ‘Lay off him, he’s getting old’.”

A spokesperson for the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central hotel told the Herald: “We can confirm that an event took place at the hotel on 10 February that was attended by approximately 40 people. The hotel management does not adopt, share or promote the views of the individuals or groups to which we provide accommodations and services.”