The BNP’s constitutionally entrenched committment to racial segregation is both un-British and unpatriotic.

Despite Nick Griffin claiming the BNP is no longer racist because it has changed its membership policy to accept non-whites, the newly amended constitution contradicts him by openly promoting racial separatism, stating the BNP is:

“… implacably opposed to the promotion by any means of any form of integration or assimilation of any indigenous people, including the Indigenous British”

Britain has never been a country defined by ethnicity, but by an idea and the common bond of our institutions. We are, and always have been, a union of different peoples and races, united under the rule of law and a democratic parliament. Throughout the centuries peoples from all corners of the world have fought to preserve British ideals of freedom and tolerance.

Apartheid, racial segregation and preferencial treatment for certain ethnic groups, was a foreign means of state rule famously enforced in South Africa between 1948-94. Throughout its years fifty years of rule a majority of Britons were understandably horrified by the injustice and indignity imposed on the Black majority by their white minority masters.

Segregatiom’s harsh ideological core, racial supremacism, anti-personal freedom and lack of human compassion, is inimical to Britain’s gentle liberal democratic values. Victorian Liberal thinkers such as John Stuart Mill were great advocates for non-whites to enjoy the benefits of liberal democracy. In his Considerations on Representative Government Mill says that England was “incomparably the most conscientous of all nations … which of all in existence best understands liberty.”

But Nick Griffin justifies his racial segregation beliefs by claiming he is defending the ”identity of Britain and the British people” and fighting the “liberal elite’s master race theory”. In a March 2009, Griffin said:

“… you only have to turn on the BBC, you only have to look at your kids, your grandchildren, your nephews and nieces are taught in schools and you will see indeed that there is indeed a new master race theory. The master race of the liberal elite is a coffee coloured, mongrelized rootless proletariat and you cannot even turn the television on without seeing it … we are the people whom the head of the BBC referred to as being “hideously white” … we are the new sub-humans … we are the new Jews.”

British patriots are not fooled by Nick Griffin’s Trojan Horse attempts to defend his racial hygiene theories by pretending he is a champion of diversity and sticking up for “indigenous rights”. Voters are understandably horrified by Griffins absurd effort to draw an equivalence between government policy failures on social cohesion and the Nazis’ organized mass extermination of millions of European Jews.

True patriots see that it is the BNP who are the real enemies of British identity as they recognise there is nothing British about Griffin’s inverted multiculturalism, which seeks to compartmentalize, eradicate individual identity and segregate people along racial lines. Ture patriots prefer, instead, to admire compassion, tolerance and fair-play.

Maurice Cousins

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The BNP is selective when complying with the law

The BNP says it is a democratic party of law and order, but many of its leaders have convictions for serious offences.

Britain takes great pride in being a country that observes law and order. Britons are among the most law abiding citizens in the world.

But when it comes to complying with the law the BNP is very selective.

Examples of the BNP non-compliance with law and order:

• 1. When it came to the Race Relations Act it only complied with the law when it was threatened with a possible court injunction over its whites-only membership policy by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
• 2. The BNP adopts a selective attitude towards freedom of the press – which is protected under British law. This was graphically displayed by the attempted nose ripping of Dominic Kennedy from The Times.

Though the BNP adopts a tough stance on law and order, many prominent leaders, members and supporters have convictions for public order, race relations and even terror charges.

Examples of BNP offences:

1. Nick Griffin MEP – In 1998 the Griffin was convicted for incitement to racial hatred for material denying the Holocaust. He was convicted and received a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and was fined £2,300. Griffin claims that the law under which he was convicted “is an unjust law and he therefore has no obligation to follow it”.

2. Andrew Brons MEP – In June 1984, Brons was convicted by Leeds magistrates of using insulting words and behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace. The court was told that when PC John Raj, the area’s community constable, who was of Malaysian origin, told the group to disperse, Brons, then 37, responded: “I am aware of my legal rights. Inferior beings like yourself probably do not appreciate the principle of free speech.” Brons denied the allegations at the time and continues to deny them, describing them as “absurd”. His challenge to Raj’s evidence was not, however, accepted at his subsequent appeal at Leeds crown court.

3. Martin Wingfield – In November 1985 the former editor of the BNP newspaper Voice of Freedom and current constituency manager for Nick Griffin received a 90-day sentence for failing to pay a fine imposed earlier that year for two offences under the race relations laws. He was convicted for inciting racial hatred in election literature distributed by the National Front in 1983.

4. Terence Gavan – The former BNP “Gold Member” was sentenced to a total of 11 years imprisonment under the Terrorism Act 2000 after pleading guilty to 22 charges involving explosives, firearms and terrorism offences. Gavan had 54 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) some of which contained ball bearings and nails, together with 12 firearms, 10 of which he had made or modified himself.

5. Roberto Fiore – In 1981 Fiore, a close friend of Nick Griffin for over 30 years, was arrested by Scotland Yard officers and brought before Bow Street court in relation to the bombing of Bologna train station, which killed 85 (including two Britons). In 1985 he was sentenced by an Italian court to 10 years in prison in absentia for being a member of the political wing of the ARN. He was convicted for conspiring to carry out an armed attack. Fiore’s sentence was eventually reduced to five-and-a-half on appeal. During the trial Fiore was cleared of involvement in the bombing, but was convicted of subversive association.

If the BNP want to present themselves as a modern democratic party, then they need to start playing by the rules.

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Jabron Hashmi who was killed in Afghanistan in 2006

The BNP claims to be the only party to support British troops, but its barmy policies on non-white soldiers and the disrespectful language used by some party officials towards our troops is a disgrace.

The BNP’s recruitment policy is to have an all white (what it terms it as ”the right to remain British”) British Army. It states there should be a top limit on the number of “non-British” soldiers in forces. This policy - which amounts to a cut over a period of time - is not only highly irresponsible, particularly during a time when the Falklands crisis is heating up and British forces are fighting terrorists in Afghanistan, but also ignores the massive contribution non-white Armed Service personnel have made historically and still make today.

(In October 2009 Nothing British was consulted by Britain’s most senior Generals. They condemned the BNP’s policy and said it would damage the frontline operational capacity of the Armed Forces - putting British civilian lives at risk.)

Today’s British military has a total of 11,300 ethnic minorities serving as regular forces. Men and women from Africa, Asia, the Indian sub-continent and the Caribbean have all willingly served on the front line, as soldiers, pilots and seamen throughout Britain’s  history. Ethnic minorities play a vital role in every aspect of the Armed Forces and are taking increasingly senior positions. They are risking their lives every day in Afghanistan as they bravely battle against the enemies of Britain.

The BNP dismisses claims that it is racist towards “non-British” soldiers, but party officials have used racially charged and disrespectful language towards some of Britain’s bravest and most celebrated non-white veterans.

Recent examples used by the BNP and its supporters towards non-white service personnel:

• 1. May 2009 – The party dismissed the exceptional bravery of Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry VC as “routine”. They suggested he was awarded the VC because of “politicial correctness”. They contemptuously called L/Cpl. Beharry, who lives in London but was born in Grenada, an “immigrant”.
• 2. May 2009 – Nick Griffin showed a lack of regard towards the Gurkhas when he labelled them as “mercenaries” during a BBC Radio Five Live interview. He also said he didn’t think Britain can “realistically” say “Look you can all come and all your relatives”.
• 3. August 2009 – Andrew Brons MEP referred to the former soldier and Olympic gold medalist Dame Kelly Holmes as “non-British”.
• 4. October 2009 – BNP supporter and blogger The Green Arrow, which is run by Paul Morris, condemned the contribution made by Muslim soldiers.

British voters are not only horrified by these un-patriotic examples, but also know that without the daily sacrifice of non-white servicemen and women, more British lives would be put at risk and we would not enjoy our freedom.

The British Army relies on teamwork and our servicemen standing together, the complete opposite of the BNP’s ideology of sectarianism and division.

Maurice Cousins

For more information on the BNP and the Armed Forces please read our Stolen Valour report

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