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| BNP Boss Remains Defiant After Arrest |
| 2004-12-16 |
| The leader of the British National Party remained defiant tonight after being questioned on suspicion of inciting racial hatred. Nick Griffin claims his arrest this morning was part of a government campaign to "demonise" his party."This is an electoral scam to get the Muslim block vote back to the Labour Party," he said after being bailed. He added: "The police have nothing to do with this. The CPS, David Blunkett, John Prescott, Tony Blair are having a go at a dangerous political rival." West Yorkshire Police arrested the 45-year-old at his home in Wales around 6.15am. He was taken to Halifax Police Station where he was shown video recordings of some of his speeches. The arrest came as part of an investigation into the BBC programme Secret Agent. The documentary featured covertly-filmed footage showing BNP activists confessing to race-hate crimes. Mr Griffin said he had not been charged with any offence but must report back to police in March. Three Bradford men, aged 29, 33, and 23, were charged with racially aggravated intentional harassment as part of the same investigation. The trio are due to appear before Leeds Magistrates' Court on December 16. Story on arrest: British National Party leader detained after calling Islam 'wicked faith'. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #9 Yup, they're getting more and more of a following for obvious reasons - eventually the scales will tip and a major political party (3 guesses who) will seize the immigration/integration issue for mainstream discussion (and not a day too soon.) |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-12-16 7:03:41 AM |
| #8 So they are that kind of "Nationalists" too bad. Can't fault them for being stupid enough to say what they think even if they are bigots. Repressing them just makes that type more popular if anyone ever botherd to notice. I have noticed however lots of the criminals I see a BBC online don't look anglo saxon so I am sure they (The BNP) get quite a bit of a receptive hearing in many quarters. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-16 5:54:54 AM |
| #7 There was also this one when some BNP members mistakenly hired a black DJ because he "sounded white over the phone", and other members of the party ofcourse walked out of the hotel at the outrage of having black people around. "Traditionally someone stands and says what's happened in the year or in the elections. But it was a bit difficult to say we were even the BNP. We even had to be careful what we said when we did the raffle so we didn't offend this guy." Heehee... |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-12-16 4:46:44 AM |
| #6 Most BNP have a time share option on the collective braincell they have . Although most choose not to use it . :) |
| Posted by: MacNails 2004-12-16 4:42:20 AM |
| #5 Aye, the BNP are stupid fascists. However, they're going to start attracting wider support when the balloon eventually goes up over here. I do have some sympathy for Griffin - compare his words with the criticisms of the Christian/Hindu/Jewish faiths voiced by Abu Hamza outside Finsbury Park mosque. Seafarious has it in a nutshell. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-12-16 4:41:21 AM |
| #4 Some how I don't think the BNP is a bunch of dumb clucks in sheets I wouldn't bet on it. A few years ago a good friend of mine was unfortunate enough to have two BNP members as brothers in law. Talk about dumb and dumber. Both were arrested for football hooliganism. Spent hours practicing their story. Had it word perfect. Each backed the other up they were just innocent bystanders. Then at the trial the prosecution produced TV footage that showed one of them giving a good kicking to a policeman who was on the ground. Both went to prison. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-12-16 1:28:53 AM |
| #3 No Sock, BNP sez a lot of shite about lots of ppl in the UK, but only got in trouble - legal trouble - when they said mean things about the Allenists. Go figure. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-12-16 1:23:39 AM |
| #2 Fixed link at end of article: British National Party leader detained after calling Islam wicked faith |
| Posted by: Homer 2004-12-16 1:16:15 AM |
| #1 Some how I don't think the BNP is a bunch of dumb clucks in sheets as they are made out to be in the British press. Fed up with being second class citizens in their own homeland with no response to their desires and needs from the current political parties is likely more true. Telling the truth the political elites don't want to hear is more like it. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-16 1:09:33 AM |