BNP Slammed (1)
The British National Party has been ordered to accept members from ethnic minorities and employ black and Asian staff or face prosecution.
In a letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Nick Griffin, the BNP leader, was told that he had less than a month to provide written undertakings that the party would abide by race relations legislation.
John Wadham, legal director of the Commission, said that the watchdog was concerned that the BNP’s constitution and membership criteria could be in breach of the law.
Party membership was said by the Commission to be restricted to those with white skin and a small number of other ethnic groups.
In a statement, the watchdog added: “This exclusion is contrary to the Race Relations Act which the party is legally obliged to comply with. The Commission therefore thinks that the BNP may have acted, and be acting, illegally.”
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3:32 pm EDT, June 23rd, 2009 — BNP dismisses legal action threat
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Cynapse Says:
Let’s see who’s going to take up the BNP’s cause for “Freedom”. I have my bet …
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm
UV Says:
“I have my bet” it will be skin-heads among others.
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Mr.g Says:
But why would Black,Brown and Yellow people want to work for,and be members of such a “racist” organisation?
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Cynapse Says:
Because working for a racist is better than not eating?
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but the social safety net ain’t what it used to be.
Of course, the BNP has a problem now … Can’t stay true to their white supremacist roots and have colored on the dole at the same time. They may have to take some tips from Jesse Helms.
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Mac Says:
I’m more curious than anything else. Are the Equality and Human Rights Commission something like our HRCs? If so, were they responding to a complaint or ?? Who are the BNP and what are their policies?
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Cynapse Says:
Oh Mac, these guys make the Reform Party look like limp-wristed liberals. They’re basically a whites-only, anti-immigration (even Polish) nazi-affiliated party with left-wing economics and right-wing social policies. Their leader, Nick Griffin, is a known holocaust denier.
They certainly aren’t the smartest ones – one day they accidentally hired a black DJ for a party, with their excuse being “he sounded white on the phone”. Another time, they leaked their secret membership list, outing all kinds of reluctant Britons all the way up to Buckingham palace.
To be fair to Britons, the BNP received fewer votes than last time. However, Labour’s support (predictably) went way down so the BNP had enough proportional representation to get a seat.
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Mac Says:
Wow! Another strong argument for Proportional Representation! After all, these “folks” deserve to have a voice in Parliament, don’t they? Yes, my tongue is in my cheek…
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Cynapse Says:
… well … I’d still like to believe that it would be nice to have some voices in parliament besides the large and well-moneyed ones who set up a false “A vs B” view of policy-making. Unfortunately, Israel and the EU have managed to prove that proportional representation does little more than hand the balance of power to crackpots and extremists.
Maybe the answer is to make one level of legislation party-free?
Posted on June 24th, 2009 at 12:09 am
UV Says:
Or possibly an elected senate?
Posted on June 24th, 2009 at 9:34 am