Yazan: Sara | 11 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: BNP, elections, Uncategorized
It has certainly been a bad week for Nick Griffin. The party polled badly in the General Election, with Griffin’s much-hyped bid to win Barking constituency ending in a poor third place. The BNP’s already tiny local council base took a pounding, with total wipe-out in Barking & Dagenham, a council they hoped to control. [...]
Yazan: Sara | 07 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: BNP
It’s not like Nick Griffin to shy away from publicity. His reaction to any possibility of a flicker of spotlight is to run towards it, maximising the impact of his message of hate. But it seems that the BNP leader is now revealing a reticent side to his personality. Today’s London edition of the BBC’s [...]
Yazan: Sara | 28 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: BNP
At the time of the furore over Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time, I made it clear that I believed that no platform was not a solution to the BNP and other fascist parties. I was surprised how many people, particularly members of the Labour party, believed that free speech should be denied to legal [...]
Yazan: sarabedford | 11 June 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: BNP, Conservatives, students
Over the years’ the Oxford University Conservative Association has had quite a number of bad headlines. Racist and sexist, indulging in alleged electoral malpractice. Their public image has been of badly behaved and boorish Hooray Henrys – a sort of provisional wing of the Bullingdon Club. Over the years, they have. like Cameron, sought for present [...]
Yazan: sarabedford | 10 May 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: BNP
Today’s Independent brings the news that a far-right activist linked to the murder of a prominent ANC activist, is one of a number of white South Africans who are helping the British National Party. Kemp seems happy enough to talk about himself as a South African and about other white South Africans. But surely this would [...]
Yazan: sarabedford | 07 May 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: party funding, Soccer specials
You would have thought that the government had enough to do, sorting out the economy, taking care of the Gurkhas and reforming MPs expenses. But no: they want to take over the beautiful game. Today’s Times carries the news that Culture Secretary and Everton supporter Andy Burnham wants English clubs who qualify for the Champions [...]
Yazan: sarabedford | 08 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: BNP
The Sun and the Telegraph have both commented on the BNP selling replica Victoria Cross medals for £12. It’s not illegal, although the Ministry of Defence has condemned the sale as “an insult to both he Queen and our brave personnel“. The problem is that ‘fake’ or replica VCs are already sold by the National [...]