Nick Griffin spins for his life as fellow MEP Andrew Brons fails to back him

Regular readers will be familiar with the recurrent comedy provided by Nick Griffin’s emails to his “fellow British patriots”. Perhaps party bosses have been struggling with the internets since their web designer quit in May (taking their entire online presence with him) but for some reason they thought mocking up their leader in a jail cell using Photoshop was a good idea:

The reprisal of the legal battle with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission could see Griffin and other party officials jailed for contempt or court. Text of the “Urgent appeal by Andrew Brons MEP” sheds more light on the desperate state of mind amongst the shrinking cabal leading the party. At first appearances, Brons’ email would suggest he is opposed to the ongoing insurgency against the party leadership:

“Splinter groups have been trying unsuccessfully to win over those of our members who were unhappy about the changes in the membership criteria. However, the changes were passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting almost unanimously … The issue did not divide us.”

However the BNP’s second parliamentarian appeared to distance himself from the remarks yesterday. The statement, written “some time ago”, was reportedly released now to suggest that Brons was backing Griffin in the party’s internal struggles. For him to row back from the email in public is plain embarrassing.

“The reference I made to ‘splinter groups’ in the appeal letter for money did not refer to individuals or factions within the BNP but to outside organisations who were seeking to poach our members on the basis of the membership criteria issue.”

As Scrapbook pointed out to him this afternoon, Führer Griffin should probably start getting used to confined spaces.

From the looks of him a hunger strike wouldn’t be unwelcome either.