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News round up: BNP offer help to Scot’s Veterans | Have the BNP surrendered to EHRC? | Migration Watch: Immigration affects population size | Man who claimed he was kidnapped is arrested

Friday, September 4th, 2009
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Accepting money from the BNP has serious consequences

BNP offer help to Scot’s Veterans

As the recession bites and the economy worsens the BNP have offered their support to a Scottish veterans charity.

It is reported by The Times that FEBA — a military term Forward Edge of Battle Area — based in South Lanacshire, which costs £60,000 to run annually, originally contacted the MOD and the Scottish Executive after its income plunged. Explaining why he accepted assistance from neo-fascists, Tommy Moffat, a former soldier with the Queen’s Own Highlanders and founder of FEBA, said: “I am in turmoil. We don’t believe in the BNP’s policies but this offer of help would save us.”

As we have already said, helping worthy causes like veterans charities is commendable, but the Trustees of FEBA, as with The Royal British Legion and the Three Owls Bird Sanctuary, should realise, by accepting help from the BNP, they are giving a leg up for neo-Nazis, with values that inimical to those which their members fought for, and allowing them to worm their way into the fabric of British life.

FEBA, think twice before you accept money from a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” like the BNP.

Veteran’s charity dilemma over BNP cash – The Times

  

 Has Griffin surrendered to the EHRC?

Griffin: BNP must change rules

The BNP is poised to give up its whites-only membership policy after a legal challenge accusing it of racial discrimination. Nick Griffin, leader of the neo-fascist party, indicated yesterday that the BNP would accept members of different ethnicities rather than face a court case that would “bleed the party dry”.

Griffin said that fighting the court case is costing the BNP too much and that attending another hearing would mean “raising and risking at least £80,000″.

In a sign that he as backtracking from his earlier statements about fighting this injunction through to the “bitter end”, Griffin added that this will “ban ethnically defined parties anyway”, meaning that the EHRC’s action is pointless.

Some critics of the EHRC have said their actions were a little too hasty, but perhaps they have demonstrated that if you seriously challenge the BNP they can be defeated.

The BNP are due to be back in court in six weeks time.

 

BNP must change rules, says Griffin – BBC

Migration Watch: Immigration affects population size

Andrew Green: The government are in denial about immigration

A report by the highly respected immigration campaign organisation Migration Watch claims that the UK population will hit 70 million in 25 years, even though the recession may temporarily halt immigration to Britain.

Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration, has said that  ”population projections have been accurate to 2.5% for the past half century.”

Sir Andrew concluded, “The government are in denial about the impact of their failure to control immigration on the whole nature of our society. They must now respond to intense public concern with a firm undertaking to take the measures necessary to limit the growth in our population rather than yet more attempts at spin.”

See Sir Andrew Green giving a recent talk on immigration below:

Also see latest statistics from UK Border Agency.

Man who claimed he was kidnapped is arrested

The Guardian have reported that detectives are questioning Muslim community leader, Noor Ramjanally, on suspicion of perverting course of justice over claims that he made against the BNP.

However, the police are continuing to investigate allegations that he suffered a firebomb attack and received hate mail in July.

Police arrest Muslim community leader who claimed he was abducted by racists – The Guardian

BNP member pleads not guilty to assault

BNP member Peter Tierney is on a charge for assault

Well known Liverpool BNP member, Peter Tierney, has denied violently assaulting a demonstrator handing out leaflets protesting against the BNP earlier that day.

Tierney is charged with assaulting a protester, which allegedly left a man with a cut on the back of his head, in Liverpool during the 2009 St Georges Day celebrations.

Tierney will go to the Crown Court in October.

BNP member Peter Tierney denies assaulting anti-fascist demonstrator

News round up: BNP “whites only” court case adjourned | BNP Duo back in Brussels

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

BNP “whites only” court case adjourned

Nick Griffin in car

Nick Griffin

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission’s injunction against the BNP for breaking race rules has been adjourned to allow the party more time to prepare a defence, after the court was told the party had only instructed its counsel on Tuesday.

Judge Paul Collins has said, while the BNP’s criteria might breach race rules, it had taken a “long time for someone to get round to the idea” that the BNP was breaking the law – which was founded 27 years ago.

The Judge pointed out that the case appears to have been prompted by complaints made to the Commission after the BNP won two seats in the European Parliament in June.

He also added that the EHRC had not provided any evidence that there was “a long queue of black people wanting to join the BNP”.

But the Judge said the BNP had known since June about the possibility of legal action and said it was “unfair” of the party to have instructed its counsel at the last minute. He therefore ordered the BNP to pay the costs of yesterday’s hearing.

There are signs, however, that the EHRC’s court proceedings have unnerved the BNP with Nick Griffin – who did not attend yesterday’s hearing - recently writing: “Adapt or die is the only decision left to make, for failure to adapt would lead either to our being bled white through the courts or crushed by new criminal laws. Party unity is priceless, because a party of brothers standing shoulder to shoulder can be persecuted, but it can never be beaten or broken.”

BNP Members Rules Case Adjourned – BBC News

BNP Duo back in Brussels

Andrew Brons tabled a question on the welfare of horses

This week the BNP’s two MEP’s - Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons – have started back in Brussels.

Nick Griffin sat on the Environment Committee and warned that it was worrying too much about climate change and said, “you are all dealing with the wrong crisis”.

Griffin added: “The crucial point is … the impact of diminishing resources in our geologically finite world.” Later writing, “Peak Oil, not climate change, is the big issue.”

Andrew Brons tabled a question to the European Parliament on the welfare of horses. In his role as an MEP, Brons is supporting the World Horse Welfare’s Make a Noise campaign, which calls for new welfare laws for horses in transit.

Later on today Brons will be sitting on  the “Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee” (LIBE), which is in charge of citizens and human rights within the EU.