BNP hires security guards for poster
The Sun by Victoria Allen | Wednesday, 31 March 2010
FURIOUS BNP chiefs have drafted in security guards - to protect a POSTER. The far-right party splashed out £2,000 on its first billboard campaign in Scotland. But just hours after the massive sign was unveiled, it was targeted by outraged protesters and torn down. And since being replaced, the poster has been pelted with paint, covered in graffiti branding the BNP "nazi scum"... Read more
Banned, play that challenged the BNP
The Independent by Arifa Akbar | Tuesday, 30 March 2010
A critically acclaimed play about the British National Party and homophobia which has toured the most racially sensitive areas of the country in an effort to "start a conversation about the far right" has been barred from a stage in Dudley for fear of community disapproval. The play's production team yesterday expressed their dismay at the decision to pull Moonfleece from... Read more
BNP goes upmarket to target white middle class
The Independent on Sunday by Jane Merrick | Sunday, 28 March 2010
The British National Party is attempting to cloak its image as a party of violent, racist thugs by appealing to middle-class voters at the general election. Nick Griffin, the BNP's leader, has signalled a radical change in strategy for the forthcoming campaign after his widely derided performance last October on BBC1's Question Time, which draws a large middle-class audience. It will... Read more
BNP faces cash probe
News of the World by Ian Kirby | Saturday, 27 March 2010
THE British National Party faces a new probe after its chief fundraiser secured more than £111,000 of European Union cash. James Dowson, who raised money for the party’s general election campaign, received the funds in 2006 under an EU programme to promote peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. His organisation Solas NI claimed to be a “victim support group”, but it is... Read more
‘Racist’ London BNP chief threatened with suspension
Evening Standard by Ross Lydall and Jonathan Bernard | Friday, 26 March 2010
The BNP's London campaign chief was today facing suspension as a councillor after launching a racist “tirade” against Nigerian church-goers. Bob Bailey, 44, took an “antagonistic and offensive” tone when a black pastor applied for planning permission to convert Barking offices into a church. A meeting in Barking town hall was in uproar when Mr Bailey said: “We don't want any more... Read more
The ugly truth behind a BNP council
Daily Mirror by Ros Wynne-Jones | Tuesday, 23 March 2010
On Friday, May 7, Britain could wake up to its first British National Party-run council. The previous day many parts of the country will hold local elections - and the far-right party is in striking distance of winning control of Barking and Dagenham Council. The BNP is already the official opposition there, with 12 councillors. Its leader, Nick Griffin, is standing in... Read more
Don’t vote BNP urges Bishop
The Independent by Ella Pickover | Monday, 22 March 2010
The next Bishop of Chelmsford today urged people in his diocese not to vote for the British National Party in the forthcoming general election. The Right Reverend Steven Cottrell, the Bishop of Reading - who was named as the next Bishop of the Essex and East London Diocese - said the "Christian voice must counter racist voices". The 51-year-old, who will be... Read more
Joint statement condemns BNP 'race hate'
News Shopper by Mark Chandler | Monday, 22 March 2010
COUNCILLORS, religious leaders and union representatives have joined together to condemn the British National Party. A joint statement by 44 people accuses the party, which is contesting Lewisham’s mayoral election, of stirring up race hate. Along with other mayoral candidates, signatories also include the Bishop of Woolwich the Rt Rev Christopher Chessun and Archdeacon of Lewisham and Greenwich the Venerable Christine Hardman. Representatives... Read more
Hope Not Hate 2010: BNP leader Nick Griffin on the gravy train
Daily Mirror by Ros Wynne-Jones | Monday, 22 March 2010
A year after the BNP's Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons were elected to the European Parliament on an "antisleaze" ticket, the pair stand accused of exploiting expense allowances. The Daily Mirror can reveal that much of the party leadership is on the EU payroll, including a personal bodyguard. Last June Nick Griffin's website claimed the "BNP is going to set a higher... Read more
Former Stoke-on-Trent BNP man criticises party
BBC News | Sunday, 21 March 2010
A former leader of the British National Party (BNP) in Stoke-on-Trent has criticised his old party as he prepares to fight it in the general election. Alby Walker said "there's a vein of Holocaust denying within the BNP". Mr Walker will stand as an independent parliamentary candidate in Stoke-on-Trent Central and face the BNP's national deputy leader, Simon Darby. Mr Darby said the... Read more
Football crazy
HOPE not hate / Searchlight by Matthew Collins | Sunday, 21 March 2010
An estimated 2000 extra people turned up to see the League Two match between Dagenham & Redbridge and Maclesfield Town yesterday. The extra 2000 people took advantage of a fantastic initiative by the club to have an anti-racist day with tickets for as little as 25p for under 18's and 99p for adults. Joining the club for the... Read more
Target BNP: a battle for the soul of east London
The Observer by Anushka Asthana | Sunday, 21 March 2010
While BNP leader Nick Griffin is standing for parliament in Barking, control of the local council is the party's main target. Now campaigners have begun to challenge the far right in an area where its rhetoric on jobs and homes has strong appeal The "war-room", as it has become known, occupies a vast space in a derelict building in the far... Read more
We must trust in basic British decency to beat the racist BNP
The Observer by Ian Austin | Sunday, 21 March 2010
The communities minister argues for a different approach to tackling the far right in the coming elections For decades, I have marched and demonstrated against the far right. But almost a million votes for the BNP last year, councillors across the country and the shameful election of Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons show we need to change our approach. Bans, pickets and... Read more
BNP chief Nick Griffin claims £200,000 Euro expenses
London Evening Standard by Paul Waugh | Wednesday, 17 March 2010
BNP leader Nick Griffin was accused of joining “the expenses gravy train” today after it emerged that he has claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds. The British National Party chief, who was elected last year as Euro MP for the North West of England, has submitted claims for more than £200,000 for his work in Brussels. The costs, which come on top... Read more
Right-wing BNP grandmother to run for mayor of Lewisham
News Shopper by Mark Chandler | Monday, 15 March 2010
A “VILE” and racist party has announced its candidate for Lewisham borough’s mayoral election. Tess Culnane, who previously ran unsuccessfully for the far-right National Front at the London Assembly, has now been named as the British National Party (BNP) candidate for Mayor of Lewisham. Ms Culnane, a long-term resident of the borough, has also spoken at a meeting of the British People’s... Read more
‘Make BNP expenses public’ call
The Bolton News | Monday, 15 March 2010
A Euro MP has challenged BNP leader Nick Griffin to make his expenses claims public. Liberal Democrat Chris Davies, who represents the North West in the European Parliament, says that despite an allowance of £14,000 a month for the payment of staff, Mr Griffin lists only three employees, one of whom is part time and one of whom also works for... Read more
BNP bid to lure lad in school
The Sun by Robin Perrie | Monday, 15 March 2010
A DAD branded the British National Party "despicable" last night for trying to recruit his son by sending leaflets to his school. Tom Hunter, 13, was targeted by the right-wing extremists after he stood for the UK Youth Parliament. He was shocked when he opened a letter left for him at the school office and found it contained BNP leaflets. Tom... Read more
BNP fights extremism strategy
The Independent on Sunday by Brian Brady and Jane Merrick | Sunday, 14 March 2010
British National Party leaders were under fire yesterday after it emerged that they were plotting to "derail" a government programme aimed at quashing violent extremism throughout the UK. A leaked email to BNP councillors revealed that the party is running a secret campaign to destabilise the Prevent strategy, set up three years ago to tackle "the specific problem of a small... Read more
BNP faces poll battle with Front
Sunday Mirror by Vincent Moss | Sunday, 14 March 2010
National Front extremists will fight the rival British National Party at the general election. The clash follows a court ban on the BNP accepting new members because its rules are loaded against non-whites. NF activists claim their membership has surged by 70 per cent, swelled by BNP defectors angry at attempts to force them to comply with anti-racism laws. The National Front hopes... Read more
Teacher racism is rare
The Guardian by John Dunford | Saturday, 13 March 2010
It goes without saying that schools should be places that promote tolerance and understanding, and that there is no room for racist views in such organisations. However, the decision of the government not to ban teachers who are members of the British National party (BNP) or other groups that may promote racism is a welcome glimmer of common sense in... Read more
Revised BNP membership rules 'still racist'
The Times by Fiona Hamilton | Friday, 12 March 2010
The British National Party was plunged into constitutional chaos today, just weeks before the general election, after a judge ruled its membership policy was still discriminatory. An injunction was placed on the far-right party preventing it from accepting new members until it complied with race relations laws. The BNP is also likely to be financially crippled after Judge Paul Collins ordered... Read more
BNP fails to publish European expenses details
Daily Telegraph by Bruno Waterfield | Friday, 12 March 2010
Nine months after accusing mainstream Westminster MPs and Brussels MEPs of having "their snouts in the trough", neither Mr Griffin, nor his BNP colleague Andrew Brons, have given any details of how they spend allowances worth a combined £530,000 every year. According to Mr Griffin's website: "All accounts and expenses will be published on this page for complete transparency as soon... Read more
BNP members will not be banned from teaching
BBC News | Friday, 12 March 2010
Teachers in England should not be banned from membership of the British National Party or any group which may promote racism, a review has concluded. The government commissioned the report last September after a leaked list identified 15 BNP members as teachers. Review author Maurice Smith added his recommendation should be reviewed every year, which ministers have accepted. BNP leader Nick... Read more
West Yorkshire Police race row tribunal is postponed
Yorkshire Evening Post | Thursday, 11 March 2010
A West Yorkshire Police employee who is claiming unfair dismissal has had his tribunal postponed. Gary Marsden I'Anson, 48, from Morley, was arrested and sacked over his alleged association with the British National Party and for using work time to compile right-wing CDs and DVDs. He was arrested at his home on suspicion of possession of written material with intent to cite... Read more
BNP plans to vet would-be members at their homes
The Guardian by Peter Walker and Matthew Taylor | Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The British National party plans to send officials to vet all would-be members in their homes, a court heard today. A clause in the far right group's revised constitution would require all applicants to submit to a two-hour home visit by two party officials, Central London county court was told. That could operate as a form of indirect discrimination against non-whites, said... Read more
BNP member rules discriminate indirectly, court told
BBC News | Tuesday, 9 March 2010
The BNP's new membership rules "indirectly" discriminate against black and Asian people, the UK equalities watchdog has told a court hearing. The BNP has voted to admit non-white members but still requires them to sign up to its principles, the Central London County Court was told. A judge will rule on Friday whether the new rules contravene race laws. The BNP, which voted... Read more
White supremacist admits producing ricin for terrorism
The Independent by Tom Wilkinson, Press Association | Monday, 8 March 2010
A white supremacist today admitted producing deadly ricin while preparing for acts of terrorism. Ian Davison's home in Myrtle Grove, Burnopfield, County Durham, was raided by anti-terror officers who found the killer substance in a jam jar in his kitchen. At Newcastle Crown Court he admitted producing a chemical weapon – ricin – and preparing for acts of terrorism. He also admitted three... Read more
BNP are caught lying through their teeth
Daily Star Sunday by Rick Lyons | Sunday, 7 March 2010
A SMILING white family pictured on a BNP election leaflet are actually American models. The good-looking group were portrayed in the pamphlet as Brits who voted for the right-wing party. The BNP is distributing thousands of the leaflets to homes across Britain in the run-up to the general election. The leaflets show the smiling family under the slogan “Why People Like You Voted... Read more
THE PEOPLE exposes BNP member sham
The People by Russell Myers and Shekhar Bhatia | Sunday, 7 March 2010
The British National Party's boast that it's changed its rules to let non-whites join is today exposed as a sickening sham. A senior figure in the far-right party openly told a British Asian reporter posing as a wannabe supporter he would not be welcome. Yet only weeks earlier, the BNP voted to end its ban on non-whites, with leader Nick Griffin bragging:... Read more
BNP in apartheid bid to keep party racist
Sunday Mirror by Gary Anderson | Sunday, 7 March 2010
BNP chiefs are plotting to keep ethnic minorities out of the party by introducing an apartheid-style membership system. The leadership has revealed plans to give special "founder member" status to whites who joined before the party was forced to drop its racist constitution. Earlier this month the party was threatened with legal sanctions if it refused to admit non-whites. The move will... Read more
Luton man guilty of protest march race attack
BBC News | Friday, 5 March 2010
A 19-year-old man has been found guilty of racially aggravated assault during a violent protest in Bedfordshire. Kier McElroy hit an Asian man with a banner in a shop doorway in Chapel Street, Luton, on 24 May last year. Jurors at Luton Crown Court found McElroy guilty of racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm on student Venkateswara Muppalla. Judge Michael Kay remanded... Read more
Football hooligan barred from matches for five years
South Wales Echo by David James | Friday, 5 March 2010
FOOTBALL hooligan Jeff Marsh has been banned from football grounds for five years after admitting affray. The 44-year-old Cardiff City supporter was found in possession of a knuckleduster when he was arrested for affray outside the Ninian Park pub in Canton, Cardiff, last June. The self-proclaimed hooligan, who has written two books about his exploits with the city’s infamous Soul Crew and... Read more
BNP photo fail
Political Penguin | Thursday, 4 March 2010
You’d have thought by now the BNP would have got a bit wise when it comes to using pictures of nice happy smiling (decidedly white) families on their leaflets that it’s probably not best when trying to depict ‘British’ people, to use foreigners. Not that they haven’t got form for it in the past, using Italian pensioners and the like but... Read more
Mark Walker has lost his case for unfair dismissal
The Northern Echo by Chris Fay | Thursday, 4 March 2010
A BRITISH National Party activist and former North-East teacher who was sacked for absenteeism has lost his case for unfair dismissal. A judgement against former Sunnydale Community College teacher Mark Walker was issued by an employment tribunal last month. Mr Walker, 39, was suspended from the school, in Shildon, County Durham, in March 2007, and claimed he was the subject of a... Read more
BNP leader Nick Griffin to be given TV platform by BBC again
Daily Mirror by Bob Roberts | Thursday, 4 March 2010
The BNP's Nick Griffin is to be given a new TV platform by the BBC, it was revealed yesterday. Despite the row in the wake of Griffin's appearance on Question Time last year, he will appear again at the height of the general election campaign in the spring. The BBC said "alongside" the TV debate between leaders Gordon Brown, David Cameron and... Read more
Simon Darby, BNP leader, interviewed by pupils in their classroom
The Times by Fiona Hamilton | Monday, 1 March 2010
A senior official in the British National Party was invited to address a classroom on whether the hijab should be banned, The Times has learnt. Simon Darby, the BNP’s deputy leader, was phoned by 14-year-old students in Rochdale, Lancashire. The pupils, supervised by a teacher, asked him questions over the phone about the French ban on the hijab. The BNP’s policy... Read more
Dominic Carman to fight Nick Griffin in Barking, East London, at election
The Times by Fiona Hamilton | Monday, 1 March 2010
The son of George Carman, QC, one of the Britain’s most notable barristers, is to take on Nick Griffin in the fight for Barking at the general election. The Times has learnt that Dominic Carman, the unauthorised biographer of the British National Party leader, is to stand as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in the East London constituency. The BNP... Read more
Irish punk rocker Feargal Sharkey spoke at the annual Hope, Not Hate rally
Northern Echo by Rachel Wearmouth | Monday, 1 March 2010
A CABINET minister and a punk have visited the region to join forces against racism. Home Secretary Alan Johnson and Irish punk rocker Feargal Sharkey spoke at the annual Hope, Not Hate rally at Trimdon Labour Club, in County Durham, on Saturday. The group campaigns against far right parties such as the BNP and National Front, which have targeted the region with... Read more
