The row following the NUS’s botched opposition to the proposed British National Party debate at Durham University (and the spineless response from police) raises serious questions about this sort of “no platform” activism. These photos tell their own story.
- Four BNP activists (including Adam and Mark Walker, and Pete Malloy) pose as “victims” alongside Durham students.
- Instead of fighting fascism, the NUS has to issue a humbling apology.
- A Facebook group with thousands of supporters in favour of the challenge to the BNP.
- Andrew Brons and Chris Beverley, who are not good debaters, have escaped an embarrassing show-down.
- BNP policies, which NB have shown are ludicrous, are not being challenged.
No one thinks that the BNP should not be given uncontested platforms to espouse their hate. But they should be challenged. This can only happen if opponents of extremism and segregation are given a chance to debate the BNP in contested environments.
” BNP policies, which NB have shown are ludicrous”
That’s working well eh?
Legends in your own lunchtimes?
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Maybe we will get the mass debate now eh?
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“Instead of fighting fascism, the NUS has to issue a humbling apology.”
A historic first, I think.
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Why do you delete so many comments?
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See our guidlines here: http://www.nothingbritish.com/01/help-us-improve-the-site/
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It is called self preservation, all this negative karma is keeping them up at nights.
They are sneaking postings on, in the hope that underemployed trolls like me don’t post a comment on it but it ain’t working, so Maurice’s cyber shredder has been busy.
If a white man could get full time work, he hasn’t the time for this marlarkey.
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A Facebook group?
Maybe we could have a Handbook group where we go talk to the hand as the face doesn’t want to know?
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Your allowed to speak of the positive side of multiculturism (whatever they are, when there at home), but if you dare speak of the negative side of multiculturism ( ask trident, victims of 7,7, kris donalds family etc) you get goverment, and goverment funded organisations jump on you from a great hieght, fortunatly even the brain washed students are waking up to the fascism that already exsists within our goverment, they may not be ready to vote for a party such as the BNP, but thanks to the goverments “magabe style tactics” the seeds have been sown!!
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You need to look at this argument from both angles, the BNP scream about their rights to freedom of speech being degraded yet on their own website they quash that same freedom of speech by deleting any comment that isn’t in favour of the BNP.
And no matter what the bNP supporters/members here may say about it the fact is its true I have in the past many posts on the BNP website that were instantly deleted because I asked question about their polices etc.
So before claiming your freedoms are being quashed look at what the BNP as a party do themselves.
Not that I am against the BNP being allowed to attend such events as personally having seen Nick Griffin failed Question Time appearance and the performance of Chis Beverley on the Radio 5 programme after QT well frankly they both damaged the BNP by what they said and turned more voters away than many anti-BNP websites could do in a month.
So I am all for allowing the BNP to appear on TV because each time they do they mess up and say something that puts voters off them like Nick Griffin in the EU Parliment saying “Sink a few immigrant boats” I bet than won eerrr NO more votes.
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I have seen some anti comments on the BNP site.
Well they probably could let a few more reasoned anti comments through, I guess.
Shock horror, that they don’t even print all my comments either.
I guess this is more your forum & I have seen complaints from BNP members that the Daily Mail won’t accept their comments & I have also found it difficult to get any comment posted there.
Everbody has limits to free speech I guess?
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Nick Griffin on QT it was a witch hunt, victimised for his way to put Britain first, did you see QT last night? X IRA on the panel, an outlaw group who killed kids, mothers, fathers and lots of our soldiers,your ok with that are you? no witch hunt for him,or no Bumblebee interorgation, tell me what sort of Britain would you like? LAB CON LIB UKIP, do you have a job? you seem to be in the Sun, the Daily Star, on here, on the BNP site, remeber how some times you thought i realy want to do that and years done the line you think what a daft idea that was, like some of the things Nick Griffin has said in the past, but because its Nick Griffin its never forgot is it.
Seems like you can’t wait to live under Sheria law, bought your misses a burka yet.
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Maurice, I was talking about anti comments on the BNP site which Annon wants more of.
I think you get more anti than pro comments at the moment, unless it is the pro ones you have been deleting?
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Note one of them is wearing an Ushanka hat, a Soviet or Federal Russian navy hat.
Communists in the BNP!
Maybe he is a Chelsea supporter, they like Soviet surplus at the moment.
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“Nick Griffin in the EU Parliment saying “Sink a few immigrant boats” I bet than won eerrr NO more votes.” no he didn’t it was the italian prime minister who said it actually, and you are forgetting? to mention that he also said that the immigrants would be taken off first and deported in the normal way. nice try, people are getting wise to these commie tricks annon.
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J E, Have you not seen the interview Nick Griffin did with the BBC where he used the same words?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8141069.stm
Really if you want to defend Nick Griffin you should at least be aware of the words he used. Have a listen to him in the interview and see for yourself.
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Fairplay Nick Griffin.
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johnathan, is your finger itching to press the delete button? but not sure what to do? if so, you can call the national union of journalist’s helpline for journalists who are having a moral dilemma about printing lies about the BNP (true) 0845 450 0864.
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“BNP policies, which NB have shown are ludicrous”
Shown to who exactly?!
Take a look at your comments section, I think you’ll find most people think it is YOU who is ludicrous!
And dont prattle on about freedom of speech when you delete most pro-BNP comments on this site yet let the insane off-subject ramblings of scum pauli through!
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Ahh but Sam Pauli has retired!
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You mean SAM Song. St Pauli. ReeperBahnn. Bheast FC.
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Nothing British friends of the IRA.
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I do miss Sam. Isn’t it funny how Maurice et al have started showing their little faces on the forum – a bit like worried sheepdogs!
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Anyway, we clearly do not have freedom of speech in this country and when they find a way to control our thoughts we won’t be free to think of anything but glorious visions of our great leader.
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Ive seen them guidlines, there must be some i haven’t seen because i’ve been within them guidlines and still been deleted.
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So what is the banned vocabulary? Your link does not work.
You seem very keen to delete posts that do not suit your sensibilities, even when they are pertinent, even important to the argument. Your blue pencil must be down to a stub!
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We don’t have an issue with anti-comments -so long as they are on topic and are backed up by facts.
We want to encourage a decent discussion.
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“We don’t have an issue with anti-comments -so long as they are on topic and are backed up by facts”
NB are breaking their own rule, what facts do you have about most of the stories you post site?
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“We don’t have an issue with anti-comments -so long as they are on topic and are backed up by facts”
When the facts are supplied and they do not suit NB’s beliefs, the post is erased.
I am not a BNP member and I don’t know if they erase posts or not. If they do, then like this site, it is wrong.
Nobody should be afraid of the truth.
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Reguired – comments should stay on topic, add to the debate and not trade in conspiracy theories.
Thank you.
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youtube. Shebeen Sam song. You’ll see what NB’s only fan is all about.
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And celtic st Pauli song.
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lol orange paranoia from reguired(truth denier)
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I know he repeated the italian idea to sink immigrant boats and happen to agree with this idea. But you are taking it out of context either deliberately or cos you have been reading too much uaf propaganda. what you failed to mention is that he meant it as a way of punishing the human traffickers who owned the boats, and at the same time stopping the trade and immigrants. What you have also failed to mention is that he also said that the immigrants would be provided with liferafts and towed back to libya. (a brilliant idea)
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JE Let me point out what you said previously:
You said something about Nick Griffin saying “he said take them off the boats and deport them in the proper way” or something alone those lines.
Yet watching the interview (in Nick Griffins own words) he said “throw them a life rafts” no mention of deporting in the correct manner.
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Dunno about buying the missus a burka, she wouldn’t want a member of the Conservative Pary hanging in her closet!
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The site owners probably have enough dosh to emigrate, so why should they worry.
Perhaps in a few years time, they might start a new site entitled, “Nothing Danish” – that is if the Dane’s let them in!
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