Pressure on BNP Cllr. Steve Batkin, Bentilee, is continuing to grow after Nothing British exposed him as being friends with a number of neo-Nazis, who he claims are members of Blood and Honour, an organisation proscribed to members of the BNP.
South Staffordshire Royal British Legion manager Peter Smith said he viewed the photograph with “revulsion”.
“Three hundred and twenty six thousand servicemen and women died in World War II so that we wouldn’t have Nazi salutes on the streets of Britain.”
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has called for Mr Batkin to resign his school governorships and stand down from his council post.
Batkin defended his actions – saying it was down to the other men’s “drunken youth.”
“You’ve got a few seconds to think and when someone just puts their hands up in a few seconds and a fascist salute, basically you’re trapped.
Ex-BNP councillor Alby Walker, who left the BNP to stand as Independent, said that Cllr Batkin is not an exception and this is why he left the BNP:
“I shall make it my job now to expose to the public what the true face of the BNP is, what’s behind the scenes rather than the public persona they’re putting on at the moment.
“The true face of the BNP behind closed doors is quite different to what you will see publicly and that’s coming from the horses mouth.
“These are some of the reasons I had to move away from the BNP. I did try to change the image but obviously it’s still lurking in the background.”
At the time of writing, Griffin has still failed sack Batkin from the BNP, despite out BNP warning notices from last week. So let’s hope that when it comes to next year’s council elections in Stoke, the voters will do Griffin’s job for him and boot Batkin out of office after they realise there really is Nothing British or patriotic about the BNP.
Maurice Cousins
