The BNP say they are the only true patriots. But their words and actions tell a different story.

Nick Griffin continues to tolerate and promote Mark Collett who claims the Royal Family have “betrayed” Britain and should be ”wiped out”. Collett has said,

“The Royals have betrayed their people. When we’re in power they’ll be wiped out and we’ll get some Germans to rule properly.”

Griffin used the Buckingham Palace summer 2009 invite to his political advantage, knowing that it would mask the unpatriotic beliefs of BNP core supporters who believe the Queen is a “traitor” a “liar” and a “bitch”.

Equally, the BNP refuses to condemn supporters such as the Green Arrow, who said on the Queen’s 2009 Christmas message:

“F**k you and your descendants you treasonous bitch”.

The Green Arrow then wrote:

“She is no Monarch of England or the UK, she is a craven coward who has betrayed Our Trust … The Queen has committed Treason, we must now commit Sedition as Our Patriotic Duty. Long Live the British National Party.”

In January 2010 the Green Arrow, a BNP supporting blog, attacked the Queen for signing government legislation. The GA author said on his personal blog: “[She is a] liar and a traitor to her people”.

Ordinary voters will have nothing to do with a hypocritical and unpatriotic party that refuses to condemn revolting insults to the Queen.

Maurice Cousins

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Nick Griffin with ND president Marc Abramsson at RWB in Derbyshire (August 2009)

Nick Griffin wants to portray himself as a “British Bulldog”, but his courting of international fascists and extremists is anything but patriotic.

BNP propaganda regularly abuses the images of Churchill and the Spitfire, ignoring both their original purpose and meaning in the fight against enemies of Britain. To ordinary Britons these patriotic symbols represent the defence of our liberal democratic values of tolerance, fair-play and compassion – the very opposite to what Nick Griffin’s overseas extremists and nationalists admire.

Britain is a law abiding country, with a long history of strong, independent and liberal institutions such as Parliament and the Church. We have respect for the Armed Forces and proud of our great historical achievements, such as our role in ending the inhumane Slave Trade, exporting liberal democracy and free trade, and helping to stop genocide in Europe.

But Nick Griffin’s foreign fascist friends – like the BNP – are:

•  1. Violent -  In July 2008 Budapest’s Gay Pride event was attacked by Jobbik supporters. 48 people were arrested and 10 were injured. The violence was reportedby BBC news. The BNP recently entered into a political alliance with Jobbik in the European Parliament.
• 2. Law breakers -In January 2007 Front National’s European Parliamentary leader Bruno Gollnisch MEP was convicted by a Lyon court for “disputing a crime against humanity”. He was handed a three-month suspended jail sentence, fined €5,000 and ordered to pay €55,000 in damages to the plaintiffs and to pay for the judgment to be published in the newspapers that originally printed his remarks. In April 2009 Simon Darby, deputy-chairman of the BNP, has paid tribute to Gollnisch by referring to him as a “longstanding Frenchman”.
• 3. Sectarians – In September 2007 Roberto Fiore’sForza Nuova (FN) were accused of delivering leaflets that incited religious hatred against Protestants in Rome. According to the Italian Waldensian movement, a Protestant sect, FN called for “Waldensians to the stake!” and FN supporters drew neo-Nazi symbols on the sides of one of their churches. Fiore has been a close and personal friend of Griffin for over thirty years.
• 4. Intolerant – In Sweden, the homophobic National Democrats’ (ND) manifesto states: “Perverted forms of the family should not get social recognition as acceptable alternatives to natural families.” ND regards homosexuals as “paedophiles” and “victims of incest”. In 2003, Marc Abrammson, ND leader, friend of Nick Griffin and regular attendee of Red, White and Blue festival, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for assault and rioting after he and a violent fascist mob attacked a Gay Pride festival in Stockholm. His sentence was then reduced to four months.
• 5. Conspiracy theorists – In October 2008 Roberto Fiore spoke at Jobbik’s Budapest rally to commemorate 1956, Fiore delivered an anti-Semitic rant against the banking system. He told the crowd: “This is the same capitalism that is pushing thousands and millions towards poverty. But it is lead and it is directed from the same people who put Christ on the cross!” 

True patriots are unimpressed by Nick Griffin’sromance with foreign fascism and regard this list of bigotries as alien and, more important, very un-British.

Maurice Cousins

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