Man charged over Braintree mosque incident
Essex Chronicle | Thursday, 23 May 2013
A man will appear in court tomorrow in connection with an alleged incident at a mosque in Braintree yesterday. Geoffrey Ryan, 43, of Brick Kiln Way, Braintree, has been charged with two counts of possession of offensive weapons and affray. The incident took place at the Al Falah Braintree Islamist Centre in Silks Way at 7.15pm. Ryan remains in custody and will appear... Read more
Man charged after 'incident' at mosque
ITV | Thursday, 23 May 2013
Andrew John Grindlay, 45 from Rochester has been charged with religiously aggravated criminal damage and burglary. Police say it follows an incident at a religious building in Canterbury Street, Gillingham at 8.40pm on Wednesday, May 22. He will appear in court tomorrow... Read more
Message of hate daubed on bridge in wake of Woolwich slaughter
Wimbledon Guardian by Khaleda Rahman | Thursday, 23 May 2013
A message of hate was painted near Mitcham Junction station in the aftermath of yesterdays brutal murder of a soldier in Woolwich. While English Defence League supporters were rioting in Woolwich, it appears the graffiti, which read “Hell 2 Muslims EDL” appeared overnight in Carshalton Road. @ReubenPinder tweeted: "Pretty disgusted to hear that Mitcham Junction railway bridge has been *decorated* by spray-painted... Read more
Woolwich: The EDL were camped outside my house
The Independent by Emily Jupp | Thursday, 23 May 2013
Woolwich has been my home for six years. It has always felt safe. Even during the riots, I wandered down the high street past smashed windows, past looters in hoodies. Yes, it was unsettling, there was a sense of anger and frustration, but it was directed at property, and sometimes at the police, it wasn’t divided along racial or religious... Read more
Two mosques vandalised, far-right group attack police
Herald.ie by Neil Lancefield | Thursday, 23 May 2013
Two men have been arrested after separate attacks on mosques following the Woolwich terrorist attack. A 43-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of attempted arson after reportedly walking into a mosque with a knife in Braintree, Essex, UK. No one was thought to have been injured. Essex Police said a 43-year-old from Braintree was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive... Read more
UKIP removes Italian MEP for racist insult at black Italian minister
The Telegraph by Nick Squires ,Rome and Bruno Waterfield in Brussel | Thursday, 23 May 2013
The UK Independence Party ordered the suspension from the European Parliament of an MEP who delivered a racist tirade against Italy's first black government minister, it emerged on Thursday. Mario Borghezio said Congolese-born Cecile Kyenge, who was recently appointed minister for integration, would be more suited to being a “housekeeper” or a low-level council official than a minister and claimed that... Read more
Police probe 'racist' Facebook UKIP councillors in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Echo by Mark Williams | Thursday, 23 May 2013
Police have now stepped in to investigate allegations of racism against three newly-elected UKIP politicians on Lincolnshire County Council. Officers will probe claims of racist Facebook rants by leader Chris Pain and two colleagues. The authority referred the case to police following 'several' complaints from members of the public. All three councillors deny making the comments and say their accounts were hacked. A... Read more
UKIP donor Demetri Marchessini quits after controversy over views on women
BBC by Ross Hawkins | Wednesday, 22 May 2013
A UKIP donor who said unmarried mothers should be "given a good smack" has said he will give no more money to the party because of the controversy about his views. Demetri Marchessini, who has made two donations totalling £10,000 to the party, wrote a book arguing women who wear trousers are demonstrating "hostile behaviour". He told the BBC he stood by... Read more
By-election date to replace race row councillor Eric Kitson
Wolverhampton Express & Star | Tuesday, 21 May 2013
A by-election will take place next month to find a replacement county councillor for Stourport following the resignation of shamed UKIP councillor Eric Kitson. Worcestershire County Council officials say an election will take place on June 27 with a formal notice being sent out in due course. Mr Kitson stepped down 14 days after he was elected amid a furore over... Read more
Nigel Farage: I won't expel members who call gay sex 'disgusting
The Telegraph by Rosa Silverman and agencies | Tuesday, 21 May 2013
He was responding to reports of a Ukip online forum in which one of the party's candidates allegedly used the word to describe gay sex and said that homosexuals were not "normal". Mr Farage said that racist comments allegedly made by a Ukip councillor were "over the top" and would be discussed by the party's national executive in two weeks' time. But... Read more
Ukip Councillor Alan Jesson Accused Of Racist And Homophobic Rants On Facebook
Huffington Post by Felicity A Morse | Tuesday, 21 May 2013
A second Ukip councillor from Lincolnshire council appears to have made racist and homophobic remarks on Facebook, suggesting he is about to take the law into his own hands "to rid the country of foreigners." A Facebook account appearing to belong to Ukip's Alan Jesson, who was voted in as councillor for Spalding South in this year's local elections, tells a... Read more
Doubts expressed over UKIP councillor’s ‘racist rant’ hacking defence
Skegness Standard by Andrew Hirst | Tuesday, 21 May 2013
The freelance journalist investigating ‘racist’ Facebook posts allegedly made by a newly elected UKIP county councillor has expressed doubts over his hacking defence claims. Colin Cortbus’s expose of several UKIP councillors’ ‘racist rants’, including those posted under the account of Burgh and Wainfleet ward-holder Coun Chris Pain, featured in last weekend’s Sunday Mirror. Coun Pain says his Facebook account had been hacked... Read more
UKIP's membership surges towards 30,000
New Statesman by George Eaton | Tuesday, 21 May 2013
While David Cameron reassures his party's dwindling membership that he would never employ anyone who "sneered" at them, UKIP is attracting thousands of new recruits. A spokesman told me today that the party now has 27,517 members after gaining 2,000 this month and 6,000 since March. Once the backlog is cleared, it expects to have more than 30,000. UKIP's next target... Read more
UKIP councillors: “We’re not racist”
Boston Standard | Monday, 20 May 2013
Two new county councillors have defended themselves against a national press report which branded them racists. Yesterday’s Sunday Mirror newspaper featured an article ‘Racist Rants of the UKIP Councillors’ which highlighted Facebook posts from councillors Chris Pain and Tiggs Keywood-Wainwright. The pair both firmly stressed to The Standard that they are not racist – and said attempts to paint them as such... Read more
Council admits mistakes over Ukip foster parents storm
The Guardian by Ben Quinn | Monday, 20 May 2013
A council that sparked outrage after taking three eastern European children away from their Ukip-supporting foster parents has apologised over its handling of the case after a review concluded that mistakes were made but the decision was taken in the children's best interests. Rotherham borough council said it accepted that the impression given was that the removal was solely because of... Read more
Norfolk UKIP councillor at centre of malpractice inquiry
BBC | Monday, 20 May 2013
A newly-elected UKIP councillor, at the centre of an investigation into a forged electoral nomination paper, has said he has not "done anything wrong". Jonathon Childs, who won a seat on Norfolk County Council, reported ahead of the 2 May election that the signature on his form was not his. The Conservatives lost overall control of the council and UKIP became the... Read more
Former Merton Conservative leader and deputy confirm defection to UKIP
This is London by Lauren May | Monday, 20 May 2013
The former deputy leader and leader of the Merton Conservatives have confirmed they will be joining UKIP. Four Conservative councillors shocked Merton's council chamber by resigning from their party at the annual Mayor Making meeting on Wednesday (May 15) over claims of "backstabbing and duplicity" in the party, with Coun Evans announcing her intention to form a new group. Conservative councillor Chris... Read more
UKIP says Eric Kitson 'deceived' the party
Halesowen News by William Tomaney | Monday, 20 May 2013
The chairman of Wyre Forest’s UK Independence Party says the group was “deceived” by race-row former councillor Eric Kitson, who has now been thrown out of the party. Neil Jukes, Wyre Forest branch chairman, defended UKIP’s vetting process but admitted a “small number” of the party’s candidates had “let themselves and the electorate down”. He said UKIP regretted the “inconvenience caused and... Read more
UKIP councillor for Burgh and Wainfleet defends name against ‘racist rant’ allegations
Skegness Standard by Andrew Hirst | Monday, 20 May 2013
The UKIP councillor accused of making racist Facebook comments has protested his innocence, claiming the account was hacked in a ‘concerted’ and ‘malicious’ attempt to discredit him and his party. Chris Pain, the newly elected county councillor for Burgh and Wainfleet, was reported by the Sunday Mirror to have labelled ‘illegal immigrants’ as ‘bomb-making, ragheads’ in a ‘racist rant’ last November. However,... Read more
UKIP face fresh right-wing row
Sunday Herald by Paul Hutcheon | Sunday, 19 May 2013
UKIP have suffered another blow after it emerged that their by-election candidate in Aberdeen is linked to a group that has denounced Islam as a "brutal theocracy". Otto Inglis has attended meetings of the right-wing Letter Writers' Guild (LWG) – a forum for people of a conservative bent who correspond with the press – which has hit out at the "protection"... Read more
UKIP councillors' racist rants: More of Nigel Farage's troops exposed as bigots
The Sunday Mirror by Ben Glaze, Colin Cortbus | Sunday, 19 May 2013
A Sunday Mirror investigation has discovered sickening rants on the Facebook pages of party officials. Nigel Farage’s UKIP party is still riddled with racism... despite his claim of a crackdown. A Sunday Mirror investigation has discovered sickening rants on the Facebook pages of party officials. Details of their vitriol emerged only days after Eric Kitson quit as a councillor in Stourbridge, Worcs, after... Read more
Ukip Councillor Chris Pain Involved In Second Facebook Race Row
Huffington Post by Felicity A Morse | Sunday, 19 May 2013
Ukip's leading councillor for Lincoln, Chris Pain, has been embroiled in a second scandal over his Facebook page, with another posting that appears to show him suggesting that asylum seekers are benefit-scrounging terrorists. The post, made last August, is made in the style of game show, mocking the government for being lax in their assignment of welfare. "Good Day and welcome to... Read more
Second man arrested over Muslim prayer centre Facebook comments
Shropshire Satr | Saturday, 18 May 2013
A second man has been arrested for alleged race hate comments made on the internet over the proposed Muslim prayer centre in Shrewsbury, it was revealed today. The man in his 20s, who lives in the town, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of using words or carrying out behaviour likely to stir up racial hatred. His computers were also seized and the... Read more
Nigel Farage blasts 'fascist' protesters after Edinburgh confrontation
BBC | Friday, 17 May 2013
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has described protesters who besieged him in an Edinburgh pub as "fascist scum". Mr Farage had to be escorted from the Canons' Gait pub in a police van after angry confrontations on Thursday. He told BBC Scotland the incident was deeply racist and displayed a total hatred of the English. Mr Farage called on Scottish National Party leader Alex... Read more
UKIP members of Lincolnshire County Council refuse to back anti-racism pledge
Lincolnshire Echo | Friday, 17 May 2013
All 16 UKIP councillors on Lincolnshire County Council have refused to sign an anti-racism declaration. Labour’s Rob Parker presented the document to ensure all Lincolnshire residents are treated equality and have access to the same services. But Chris Pain, leader of the county council’s UKIP group, the official opposition, told today’s annual meeting of the council: “I cannot support this document. “It actually... Read more
UKIP should pay for by-election, not the public
Worcester News by Tom Edwards | Friday, 17 May 2013
Calls are being made for UKIP to fund the cost of a by-election triggered by the farcical resignation of a former Worcestershire councillor embroiled in a race rant. Politicians want the UK Independence Party to meet the bill for a new count following Eric Kitson’s departure after just 14 days in office. The resignation of the 59-year-old, who has been investigated by... Read more
Police question UKIP councillor Eric Kitson
Wolverhampton Express & Star | Thursday, 16 May 2013
Police have quizzed shamed UKIP councillor Eric Kitson and have now handed an evidence file to prosecutors after he admitted publishing offensive and racist comments online. Lawyers for the Crown Prosecution Service will now decide if the 59-year-old will be prosecuted in court over his Facebook posts. Mr Kitson quit his position on Worcestershire County Council yesterday. He secured one of... Read more
Second man arrested over Muslim prayer centre Facebook comments
Shropshire Star | Thursday, 16 May 2013
A second man has been arrested for alleged race hate comments made on the internet over the proposed Muslim prayer centre in Shrewsbury, it was revealed today. The man in his 20s, who lives in the town, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of using words or carrying out behaviour likely to stir up racial hatred. His computers were also seized and... Read more
Outrage at fascist activitst's claims
Burton Mail | Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Reports of a far-right political activist living in a sleepy South Derbyshire village have drawn condemnation from community leaders and residents. Sudbury resident Matthew Gill, who recently stepped down as policies officer for the New British Union, has ruffled feathers after being quoted in the national press defending Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. The New British Union is an openly fascist party aiming... Read more
UKIP's Eric Kitson resigns as Stourport councillor after 'racist' comments row
Worcester News by William Tomaney | Wednesday, 15 May 2013
The Stourport UKIP councillor at the centre of a “racist” facebook comments storm has resigned from the role, his party has announced. UKIP spokesman Gawain Towler tonight said: “We believe Eric Kitson is an honest man who has made, by his own admission, some serious mistakes by posting or reposting offensive material on his facebook which he should never have associated... Read more
Teenager locked up over Walsall EDL disorder
Wolverhampton Express & Star | Wednesday, 15 May 2013
A teenager has been locked up for his role in a riot that saw demonstrators clash with police in Walsall town centre. The 16-year-old from Brownhills, who cannot be named for legal reasons, broke wooden pieces of pub garden furniture which thugs then hurled at police during a march by the English Defence League. Officers were injured during ugly scenes that... Read more
Labour Party urges police to ban EDL's march through Tower Hamlets this summer
The Wharf by Rob Virtue | Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Politicians have condemned an English Defence League march planned for Tower Hamlets this summer and urged the police to intervene. The borough's Labour Party responded after the right-wing group announced on Monday it would hold a demo in east London on August 24. Planned marches in 2011 and 2012 were banned and now MPs are calling on the Met Police to act... Read more
UKIP race row fury: Councillor faces sack as Facebook rants are exposed
The Mirror by Vincent Moss | Sunday, 12 May 2013
A new UKIP councillor has sparked outrage amid allegations he unleashed racist abuse online. Newly elected county councillor Eric Kitson triggered a furore over a cartoon of a Muslim being spit-roasted on a fire fuelled by copies of the Koran – which was posted on his Facebook profile. It has also shown a string of anti-Jewish remarks including false claims that the... Read more
Police confirm pig’s head was brandished during far right Leeds protest
Yorkshire Evening Post by Sam Casey | Wednesday, 8 May 2013
West Yorkshire Police have now confirmed that a pig’s head was brandished during a far right demonstration in Leeds. As reported on the YEP’s website, the severed head was allegedly carried by English Defence League supporters during a rally outside the derelict Lingfield pub in Alwoodley on Saturday. That part of the story was removed after police issued a statement which said... Read more
Muslim leaders back campaign against street grooming gangs
Yorkshire Post | Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Muslim organisations and civil rights groups are to meet in West Yorkshire to launch a community campaign against sexual grooming by gangs. Led by the Islamic Society of Britain and civil rights movement Hope not Hate, the Community Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) is being launched in Bradford on Friday. Speakers from West Yorkshire Police, Bradford Council of Mosques and Bradford Council... Read more
Ukip toughens checks on candidates ready for next year's European elections
The Independent by Nigel Morris , Andy McSmith | Saturday, 4 May 2013
Ukip candidates will for the first time face tough checks by party chiefs in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the embarrassing publicity that dogged it throughout the local election campaign. Nigel Farage publicly laughed off a series of disclosures about the views of several candidates, admitting that Ukip did not have the resources to vet everyone who stood for... Read more
BNP calls on members to breed more after elections disaster
The Guardian by Conal Urquhart | Saturday, 4 May 2013
The British National Party has urged its members to procreate after it lost every seat it contested in the English local elections on Thursday. The BNP fielded 99 candidates but did not win a seat. It lost the one county council seat it held in Lancashire, leaving Nick Griffin's party with just two councillors. In a post on the party's website, members... Read more
CUMBRIA POLICE INVESTIGATE BNP ELECTION LEAFLET
News & Star | Friday, 3 May 2013
Police are investigating complaints about a British National Party election leaflet in Maryport. The leaflet, issued ahead of yesterday’s Cumbria County Council poll, claims that Labour candidates paid Polish people small amounts of cash to deliver election propaganda. Beside this paragraph is a drawing of a monkey delivering Labour leaflets. The leaflet says: “Labour has given the Poles our kids’ houses.” Barbara Cannon, the... Read more
UKIP candidate who published homophobic and biphobic flyers defeated in Staffordshire contest
Pink News by Scott Roberts | Friday, 3 May 2013
UKIP candidate David Nixon, who distributed leaflets claiming legalising same-sex marriage would lead to explicit “Homosexual Sex Education”, has failed to be elected as the councillor for Stone Rural in Staffordshire. A copy of the leaflet, which was sent to PinkNews by a reader last Friday, listed several statements by the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC), an... Read more
Ukip Candidate Laurence Keeley Jailed For Burning Pig Heads And Spinal Cords Wins Council Seat
The Huffington Post by Felicity Morse | Friday, 3 May 2013
A UKIP candidate who was jailed for dumping pig carcasses in a wood has won a local council seat in East Sussex. Laurence Keeley, who was standing for UKIP in the Hailsham and Herstmonceux ward, is a former butcher who was jailed for 31 days after burning pigs’ heads, cows’ lungs and spinal cords at a beauty spot in 2003,... Read more
Ukip canvasser suspended over racist comments and images
Darlington & Stockton Times by Joe Willis | Thursday, 2 May 2013
A Ukip canvasser was last night suspended from the party pending an urgent investigation after posting sickening anti-Muslim comments and racist pictures on-line. North Yorkshire pensioner Tony Nixon made jokes on Facebook about destroying mosques, setting Muslims on fire and running over people from Pakistan with a bus. The profile of the Ukip member, who claims to have canvassed 800 homes in... Read more
Winchester UKIP candidate criticised for call to scrap NHS
This is Hampshire by Rachel Masker | Thursday, 2 May 2013
UKIP Hampshire County Council hopeful Bradley Monk is in favour of abolishing the NHS, it has emerged as campaigning climaxes with voting today. The candidate for Winchester Eastgate posted on Twitter: “The welfare state is massively bloated. I’d scrap the NHS personally, but that is political suicide.” His comment comes after Tory grandee Ken Clarke claimed the UKIP candidates are a “collection... Read more
Di Canio Update – Durham Miners reply to Sunderland AFC
by Graeme Atkinson | Wednesday, 1 May 2013
The Durham Miners' Association today issued a further statement on Sunderland AFC's handling of the appointment of self-declared fascist Paolo Di Canio as the club's "chief coach". From the statement, it is evident that now the club is in a hole, its chief executive Margaret Byrne and club owner Ellis Short intend to keep on digging. This regrettable stance is clear from,... Read more
Alex Wood UKIP candidate suspended over 'Nazi salute' insists he was 'reaching for a friend’s phone'
The Mirror by Jason Beattie | Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Alex Wood, exposed by the Daily Mirror for delivering the fascist gesture, pleaded his innocence with far-fetched excuses UKIP leader Nigel Farage yesterday suspended a party election candidate who was pictured making the Nazi salute. It came as Alex Wood, exposed by the Daily Mirror for delivering the fascist gesture, pleaded his innocence with far-fetched excuses for his action. He insisted he... Read more
UKIP candidate in Photoshopped Hitler picture row
Evesham Journal by Tom Edwards | Wednesday, 1 May 2013
A UK Independence Party election candidate in Worcester has published a doctored image of himself on the internet standing behind Adolf Hitler. Richard Delingpole, who is standing for county council election in the Riverside ward, posted the image on Twitter. One political rival has branded the picture “sickening and abhorrent”. But the businessman, of Henwick Road, St John’s, has insisted the image was... Read more
Ukip: Nigel Farage defends candidate over alleged Nazi salute
The Telegraph by Peter Dominiczak | Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, has defended a candidate who was pictured apparently making a Nazi salute, insisting the man was reaching for a mobile telephone whilst “imitating a pot plant”. Alex Wood, a Ukip candidate in Thursday’s local elections, was suspended from the party after the photo appeared in a newspaper. Mr Wood has denied that the gesture he was making... Read more
St Albans UKIP candidate comes clean after allegations of male escort sting
Herts Advertiser by Samantha Lewis | Wednesday, 1 May 2013
UKIP has suffered another embarrassment this week after it has come to light that a candidate standing in tomorrow’s county council elections allegedly worked as a male escort while he was a member of the police force. Christopher Thorpe, who is the party’s candidate for The Colneys, had to resign as a Herts Police officer in 2001 when he was found... Read more
Farage denies urging tabloid reporter to stand for Ukip
Channel 4 by Michael Crick | Wednesday, 1 May 2013
In my Channel 4 News report from South Shields last night I was unable to include a series of exchanges I had with Nigel Farage about the controversial former News of the World journalist Paul McMullan, who has frequently in public defended the use of phone hacking. Mr McMullan had planned to stand as a Ukip candidate in... Read more
Confusion as BNP candidates fail to declare their party
The News Portsmouth | Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Two British National Party candidates are standing in the local elections tomorrow – and haven’t officially declared their party. Concerns have been raised by community leaders as Gene Cann and Christopher Gould are recorded on the notice of poll as having no party. The election notice was made public on April 9 when all the candidates for the county council elections were... Read more
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