Neo-Nazi terrorist
Does rising electoral support for racist parties like the BNP lead to more racial violence?
The conviction earlier this week of Neil Lewington, a neo-Nazi who planned a terror campaign in Britain, certainly raises that question.
Lewington is one of the nastiest (if crack-pot) potential neo-Nazi terrorists in recent history. In his summing up, the Judge said Lewington’s terrorist actions were “designed to intimidate non-white people … for the purpose of pursuing the ideological cause of white supremacy and neo-fascism, albeit in a rather unsophisticated way.” In Lewington’s bedroom police found a nail bomb factory and a notebook entitled “Waffen SS UK Members’ Handbook”.
During the trial the court heard about one of Lewington’s inspirations, David Copeland, the Soho nail bomber and former member of the BNP. (Another was Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma bomber).
Despite there being no evidence of Lewington’s involvement with the BNP (he appears to have been a lone wolf), his attempt to emulate the likes of Copeland raises the question: does the electoral success of the BNP lead to violent extremism?
The BNP is legitimate political party operating within the law. For that we should be thankful.
It does, however, hold many white supremacist and neo-fascist views which have direct lineage to Oswald Mosley, the German Nazi Party, the American KKK, Roberto Fiore and modern East European extremists like Jobbik. This is particularly true of leadership figures like Nick Griffin MEP, Andrew Brons MEP, Lee Barnes (Legal Director) and Mark Collett (Head of Publicity).
Whilst all parties have their rotten eggs, the BNP has more than its fair share of violent racists. Some like Robert Cottage (who stood as a BNP candidate three times) and Tony Lecomber were BNP activists. Others like Copeland and Mark Bullman (who used a BNP leaflet to light his firebomb) were on the fringe. (More details here).
Certainly the pool of candidates is likely to grow. The election and consequent media promotion of Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons gives a certain level of legitimacy to the BNP and its ideals. This means disaffected people trying to find answers to their worries are more likely to turn to the politics of racism, segregation and intolerance and follow the examples set by the BNP’s high profile leaders and violent members.
And the temperature is likely to increase, particularly if politicians refuse to debate the issues that leave some of the population feeling angry, frustrated and dispossessed. Those issues include immigration, Britishness and joblessness.
Experts on Irish Republicanism and Islamism call this the “conveyor belt” to violence. It is too early for any clear evidence either way. But we fear that the election of a small number of weird, nutty and inadequate politicians legitimises the politics of racism and that, in turn, introduces an element of violence and intimidation to British society that changes the way we do politics forever.
See Nick Griffin defend neo-Nazi terrorists:
Tags: David Copeland, extremism, Jobbik, Neil Lewington, Neo-Nazi, Robert Cottage, Roberto Fiore, terrorism, Tony Lecomber, violence, white supremacism
TIMES HAVE CHANGED,GET USE TO IT THE BNP ARE HERE TO STAY.
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aye ,we,ll see..im sure hitler said the third reich would last a 1000 years as well ,and we all know whit happened tae him.
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Even if “violent extremism” in order to maintain control of one’s homeland were wrong (remind me agin why we think colonialism is wrong…) the general focus should be on “violent extremism” not the BNP.
The focus of this blog demonstrates that your concern with “violent extremism” is opportunistic — why do you not consider the question of whether racial, ethnic and religious diversity correlates with and leads in cases to “violenet extremism”? Why do you not show us the statistics on interracial violent crime and ask if certain groups are more prone to “violent extremism”?
Why, the question ultimately is, are you so adamant that Europeans should be race-replaced and should welcome it rather than oppose it?
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Yet again a story just full of buzz words and no substance. Writers of this blog need to get a new life, instead of being full of hate.
Nothing British about the Tories.
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Sami you dickheads in Scotland let a Libyan terrorist go your a disgrace to your nation,not all scots are the same as you dimmi,thank god there are patriotic Scots.
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i let a libyan terrorist go free?YOUR goverment are in talks wae gaddafi to get libyan oil to keep your country movin,and as usual for the brits they needed a scapegoat ,and it so happens t o be the scots this time.didny hear yous little englanders complain about the scots when we we re the first wans over the top in the trenches ,or the first wans to cross the rhine in ww2,oh thats right your side lost that one ….NAZI boy
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RJMitchell, please ignore this moron. He’s not a true Scotsman. He’s a supporter of IRA terrorists.
There’s no point in engaging him in reasonable debate. He simply isn’t capable of that.
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gazza ,wheres your substance for your ridicoulous statement you bitter little boy.
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i dont support the bnp ,so i must support the ira,well folks thats rational thinking again from the hitlerites,you can see why people would vote for them pmsl.
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gasbag,you support a rascist/fascist far right political party who condones mass murder and denies the holocaust,believes in hitlers ideals,supports rounding up ethnic minorities ans shipping them back to asia/africa,supports a terrorist bomber for killing gay people encourages racial abuse of women and children supports the death penalty so you see YOU ARE NOT A TRUE SCOTSMAN , in case it passed you by ,we were at war with the NAZIS ,not supporting them ,so all those men women and kids who died in ww2 ,died in vain when we see people like you supporting hitler which in any sensible persons eyes would mean that you are a TRAITOR.so you and peggy can go and live together in your fantasy white angko saxon protestant disneyland
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If you can’t see why I’m calling you a supporter of IRA terrorism then I really do despair!
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nope cant see it myself,but im sure those nasty little predjucies eating away at your insides will think of something blatantly untrue to try and poison your other narrow minded xenophobic little hitlers into your nasty way of thinking and pre judging people,so carry on and amuse yourself.
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Why are you calling me a little Hitler?
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british nazi party you support share the same ideoligies as hitlers nazi party ,therefore you are a little hitlerite.
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And you wonder why I call you an IRA-supporter!!
You are too thick to realise!
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aye ok youre right like your kind always are,now go back to garys world and leave the talking to the men.
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arent the ira defunct now,just like the nazis that you support?
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as per normal gaz,youve no actual substance for your fantasist comments,so you just keep repeating it ,and you think that makes it true,garys world must be a wonderful little whites only wonderland!
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Gary Stewart
Don’t worry about this traitor it is a mutant oxygen theif and deserves the respect of his views the prick.
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Truly this piece is opportunistic. Surely the ballot box gives people an outlet? Surely one could make a much better case that multiple ethnic groups competing in the same geographical location leads to violent extremism. Or one could make a tremendous case that invading Muslim countries will lead to violent extremism? But no, I forgot that the BNP is the one scapegoat which can always be wheeled out when one needs someone to blame. A perfect example are the EDL demonstrations which are consistently mentioned in connection with the BNP, when in fact they have absolutely nothing to do with them.
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peggy mitchell fascist woman beater.
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bnp white trailer trash
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Sam what is trailer trash? You have a bigoted opinion of people you dont even know.
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oh ,unlike those chaps at the bnp you mean?
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are you kenny(THE TIM)or the other one
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Mark Bullman wasn’t on the fringes of the BNP, he was one of their most prominent youth activists at one time.
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The only problem with your argument is this, the British National Party are not neo nazis or fascists, the UAF and unions are the ones demanding people who vote a certain way, or are members of a certain party, are not allowed to have certain jobs and should be treated as ’sub human’ and given no platform.
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the bnp are nazi scum,they are neo nazis,they are rascist,they are fascist,and they stink of self importance,when actually no one gives a f what they think
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Gary im still waiting on proof i support terrorism,or is it another of those good old bnp myths that keep surfacing
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gary gary gary whit can i say apart from the words WATTY MUST STAY
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[...] have already written about the threat posed by neo-fascist violence in Britain, but in today’s [...]
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Не совсем уловил некоторые моменты, но в общем интересно
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Rj Mitchell “Sami you dickheads in Scotland let a Libyan terrorist go your a disgrace to your nation”
Come on rjm do you honestly believe Al-megrahi did it? He was a patsy the libyans handed over so they can come in from the cold. He was released so that we can tap Libya for its oil and gas wealth. Also it was in exchange for holding immigrants trying to cross into europe via Libya. Instead of the previous libyan policy of letting them go through. Visit southern Italy there are no africans getting across from North Africa anymore… I thought youd be pleased!!
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VOR, I agree. Al-megrahi was not guilty and the trial was unfair. Even a senior police officer (Asst? Chief Constable) has stated that evidence was tampered with. The timer’s printed circuit board fragment given in evidence was from only one of three prototypes made. One was broken and the fragments put in a waste bin. The other two went to East Germany. Libya did buy these timers but not the prototypes which were of a different colour. The makers have been trying to get this across for years but they have been ignored. If this had happened in an English courtroom, Sam would be screaming “Englisg bas***ds”, or something similar.
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