Who Said What

Did John Denham really make the remark that headlined the news on the radio this morning?

The Communities Secretary, John Denham, has compared some modern right-wing groups to Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s.

Was he really echoing the notorious claim that “Muslims are the new Jews?”
On the Today programme he said the Guardian had put the words into his mouth.
The news headline later changed to “John Denham sought to clarify…..”
What is going on? Who said what? Who wrote the headline and what did they mean?