Astro-turf-watch: coverage of NB campaign against fake veterans “charities”

Third Sector

Third Sector, the charity industry magazine, has highlighted the dangers of BNP-related veterans organisations preying on the warm feelings the general public feel towards our soldiers, an issue first raised by our investigation into Soldiers off the Street.

The article describes Nothing British’s complaint to the Charity Commission and repeats our warnings to bona fide charties to treat appeals for collaboration from unknown veterans’ organisations with caution (a copy of the article is here).

Third Sector also spoke to the Charities Commission who said it was reasonable for organisations with incomes of less than £5,000 to say they were “charitable” provided they did not say they were registered charities. She said people with political affiliations could establish charities provided the organisations did not have political purposes. The commission would treat Soldiers off the Street’s application “in line with the registration criteria”, she said.

Bill Murray, SOTS Director and Leader of the BNP in Wales

Bill Murray

Bill Murray, director of SOTS, claims his organisation is not a front for the BNP and that he is no longer involved with the extremist party. But he remains friendly with some of the high command and many of its BNP supporting blogs.

On Murray’s Facebook page he is “friends” with Andrew Brons’ chief of staff Chris Beverley. He also says he is a Facebook “fan” of Richard Barnbrook, French fascist Jean Marie Le Pen and the extremist organisation March for England.

Murray also says that he is a fan of Simon Weston. Murray may be interested to watch Simon’s film for Nothing British on his strongly-held views on the BNP.

(For more information on SOTS please see our SOTS Briefing Note.)

Maurice Cousins.

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24 Responses to “Astro-turf-watch: coverage of NB campaign against fake veterans “charities””

  1. Davey says:

    Only the mean spirited tories could criticize someone for being charitable to it’s own brave and deserving people. No doubt the tories would like us to give our money to some foreign cause!

    So what if the BNP are involved with SOTS how is that a bad thing?

    Yet again NB scrapes the barrell!

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  2. jason norris says:

    Davey, the trouble is that years ago labour, cons etc were all ,no matter how they stood in local politics, british.But now they are trojan horses because they actually are loyal to an alien conspiracy called the eu. Now they are disadvantaged because they cannot hold their heads up and look people in the eye as they know that they are not representative of britain, so anyone who is a true brit, and doing something which is from true british hearts, scares them, and being scared they attack the bnp. The way ahead is quite clear, treat any mp with suspicion, and if possible kick them out ( by votes of course ) and elect a true brit. Now is the time, onward with the BNP.

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  3. WTF says:

    OK NB you lot aren’t short of a penny or two, how about you set up a charity & out do SOTS so it isn’t necessary?

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  4. Davey says:

    Speaking of charity…

    British National Party MEP Nick Griffin has challenged all his fellow Euro Parliamentarians to donate one day’s attendance allowance to the Haiti disaster fund, rather than forcing the taxpayers to pay once again.

    GOOD OLD NICK!!!

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  5. Jim Millard says:

    ‘Third Sector, the charity industry magazine, has highlighted the dangers of BNP-related veterans’

    Are BNP related veterans dangerous? Well, when they threaten to depose to liblabcon pack, then, yes I suppose they are.

    ‘Third Sector’ and ‘Nothing British’ whilst being very dangerous, are in fact one of the best recruiting drives for potential new BNP members, the British majority have had enough of pushed to the back and preferences given to unwanted foreign invaders with their own laws and special needs.

    Keep up the good work for SOTS Bill Murray, only the true Brits are behind you all the way mate.

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  6. jason norris says:

    Well said Jim, truth all the way.

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  7. Sam Pauli says:

    jayboy s found a new “friend” ahem

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  8. jason norris says:

    Polly, there are thousands of us. Vote BNP.

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  9. Patrick says:

    The british public should take note of the above article and not give any money to groups such as this who are in fact a front for nazis. Imagine giving money to a charity say moseley set up for soldiers during WW2? I dont think so. The British public are too clever to be fooled by traitors such as murray, no matter what the other comments nazis have left on this page.

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  10. jason norris says:

    Patrick,the situation during ww2 was different in that we all faced a clearly identifiable enemy, the nazis. The enemy we now face is non identifiable, well in a way, it is called the eu. This eu has been able to usurp the powers as granted in the magna carta by no opposition from our elected mps so rendering them as being not british but eu. It is a hard fact to accept but that is a fact. So who are the traitors, the bnp or the pseudo british mps? Go to any fishing port and asked the locals trying to eek a living from their own british waters while foreign boats hoover up the fish. This is only one example. There are many more.The public are becoming more aware on a daily basis of this blotting out of national identity.Now all this is going on with the blessings of our so called british mps so I ask again, who are the traitors?

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  11. jason norris says:

    Patrick, also please take into account that both Brown and Cameron have refused to give the British people a say in this EU matter. Now think carefully, those two so called leaders are refusing to give us, a so called free people, a say in the EU join or not to join, because we are deemed to be thick, useless and worthy of disregard. It is the duty of the BNP to field a candidate in every constituency in order to see just who are the traiters to whom you refer.

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  12. Patrick says:

    Fair point about the eu. Im not saying we havent been sold out to europe. But please, this is no reason to vote for the nazi bnp. Their opposition to the european union is far outweighed by the fact that they are nazis.

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  13. jason norris says:

    Patrick, there is nobody else who will challenge Brown and the rest. I repeat nobody else. The way Cameron turned turk was the final straw, men of straw they should be called.You seem quite matter of fact that we have been sold out to europe, but I am not. I am not worthy of consideration, neither are you, neither is anyone else. Does this not worry you?

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  14. Sam Pauli says:

    jay boy ,your state of mind worries me.I hope i dont read about you sitting in a bell tower picking all those anti nazi people you dissapprove of.off with your army issue rifle.

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  15. jason norris says:

    Polly, if you mix irn bru and buckie you can go to the sheep and have a f*****!

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  16. dan says:

    james bethel you are liar and a cad and worst of all you dont even have the balls to sya you are a simply the buy servant of the torry party i support soldiers of the streets my web site is on there site and guess what the upcomming police investigation will put you where you belong behind bars
    oh and one more thing i am the propsective parlaimentary candidate for horsham so your other scummy friendmaude the fraud should tak eheed i aim to expose his greed and lies incidently just incase you try in your warped mind to say look bnp it must also be bnp i support nch gosh dogs trust
    help the aged help for heros rnli and oh yes the d.e.c appeal
    you are a disgrace to democracy do the right thing and take this garbage down from the web no infact leave it up
    and say hi to your pheado friend from croydon
    DANIEL MCDONALD
    HORSHAM

    ps due to your actions a young 28 year old exservice man committed suicide you bastard

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  17. dan says:

    KEY BOARD WENT WONKY EXCUSE MISTAKES BUT YOU ALL GET THE IDEA JAMES BETHEL IS A SAD SPOILT LITTLE BOY WHO WAS BUGGERED AT PUBLIC SCHOOL
    AND NOT ENOUGH IF YOU ASK ME SAD SAD YOU REMIND ME OF THAT OTHER ARSEHOLE GAVARA HE WAS A SPOILT TWAT TOO

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  18. dan says:

    I WOULD ALSO LIKE EVERYONE TO GO LOOK TO GGOLE AND GOOGLE EASTSDIE YOUNG LEADERS ACADEMY YOU WILL SEE WHAT THE TORYY AND LABOUR PARTIES ARE ALL ABOUT GETTING THE ETHNIC VOTE NO MATTER WHAT SO BETHEL AND HIS CHUMS CAN STAY IN CONTROL OF EUUK FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE
    FRANCIS THE FRAUD MAUDE IS A DIRECTOR OF THIS ORGANISATION WHOSE AIM IS TO PRODUCE BRITIANS FIRST BLACK PRIME MINISTER THEY THE TORRIES AND LABOUR ARE MORE HUNG UP ON RACE THAN ANYONE
    FRANCIS MAUDE CALLED THE BNP AN ELITIST RACIST PART WHY THEN CAN HE BE A DIRECTOR GETTING £120K PAYMENT WHICH HE HAS NOT DISCLOSED TO PARLIAMENT INCIDENTLY
    OF AN ORGANISATION WHICH EXCLUDES ANYONE WHO IS NOT AFRICAN OR AFRO CARIBBEAN THERE WORDS NOT MINE CHECK IT OUT GOOGLE EASTSIDE YOUNG LEADERS ACADEMY ON GOOLGE
    TWO FACED BASTARDS INCIDENTLY FRANCIS A NICE CLEAN PRISON CELL AWAITS YOUR COROPRATE FRAUD BACKSIDE
    SEE YOU ON THE HUSTINGS

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  19. Sam Pauli says:

    Dan,Dan the angry wee man,hit his head with the frying pan.

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  20. dan says:

    when someone dies sam people get angry
    a 28 year old ex service man with very bad ptsd was waiting to be brought to england from scotland for help in his home town
    but due to the garbage generated by bethel and co a donator pulled out as he was threatened and the young ex soldier beleiving he had been let down again killed himself
    would you not be angry

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  21. Sam Pauli says:

    No.

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  22. jason norris says:

    Dan, firstly good luck in the hustings. Secondly, dont try and explain yourself to polly because he is one of the guys who helped bring down the car industry in britain. Polly is a che guevara loving freak. The trouble is that disease is spreading. Apparently in northern ireland the ministry of education is now called the che guevara memorial ministry of education, and to prove it, it is all fucked up.

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  23. dan says:

    thanks jason
    best wishes
    dan

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  24. Sam Pauli says:

    dan dan dont get in tow ith the fascist klan

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