Below is an email we sent to Bill Murray today asking him to clarify a few key questions about his relationship with the BNP and SOTS.
Dear Mr Murray,
Clarification of issues concerning Soldiers off the Street
In your statement released through the “Green Arrow” web site on the 7th October 2009 (http://www.thegreenarrow.co.uk/index.php/writers/arrow-straight/303-soldiers-off-the-street-and-nothing-british) you say that on Friday 2nd October 2009 “false statements” were made about you and SOTS via our blog (http://www.nothingbritish.com/10/nb-reports-new-bnp-front-to-charities-commission/). According to the statement, you set up SOTS after leaving the British National Party and that you have never hidden the fact that you are a former member of the BNP.
The statement also says that all of these facts could have been clarified if we had contacted SOTS prior to making our announcement, which indeed we did so via telephone (on the 14th September 2009 and 23rd September 2009).
Some questions that we feel need clarifying:
1. You state that you set up SOTS when you left BNP what was the actual date of your resignation from the party?
2. How did you resign from your membership of the BNP? (telephone, email or letter?)
3. Have you applied to become a charity?
4. Are you a member of any other organisations associated with the BNP?
5. When were you last in touch with the BNP?
6. When was the last time you were in contact with Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP, or other senior members of the party including Brian Mahoney, regional organiser in Wales, and Simon Darby, deputy leader?
7. What efforts have you made to recruit volunteers outside of the BNP arena?
Further questions on the suitability of SOTS and its role as a carer for vulnerable veterans
1. How many medically qualified staff do you have working at SOTS?
2. How many ex-servicemen have you have working at SOTS?
Thank you for taking the time to read this email and I look forward to hearing your response.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Cousins
NB – We shall be posting this email onto our blog.
Tags: Bill Murray, Green Arrow, Nothing British, Paul Morris, Soldiers off the Street
