Feb/10
09:19 28
Media relations the BNP way
Moments after receiving a personal invitation into a BNP press conference from Deputy Chairman Simon Darby, a reporter for The Times was promptly set upon by party enforcers, one of whom “tried to remove [the reporter's nose] from [his] face”:
“I’ve just looked in the mirror at the Burger King where I am filing this story and spotted the blood drying on my face. I never thought I would actually get my nose bloodied trying to cover a press conference for a British political party — but that is the true face of Nick Griffin and his BNP.” – Dominic Kennedy
Kennedy was assaulted as London Assembly member Richard Barnbrook took exception to an article by one of the reporter’s Times colleagues. The item in question quotes Barking MP Margaret Hodge, the target of an election challenge by Nick Griffin, as saying: “I am really fearful that if they get a hold here, Barking would become a no-go area for the rest of Britain. They bring division and violence.”
Way to prove her wrong, eh Nick?
UPDATE 14:41 Just found this video showing the incident:
Nov/09
22:06 2
Quote of the day: Welsh carpetbagger edition
The announcement that Welshpool resident Nick Griffin is to stand against Margaret Hodge in Barking led Hopi Sen to suggest putting the BNP leader on the other end of an anti-immigration campaign:
“These Welsh fascists eh?, they come over here, don’t even try and fit in, try and take our jobs, probably be bringing their wife and family over next. Send them back to Wales, that’s what I say….” – Hopi Sen
Living in Wales didn’t stop our racist carpetbagger from standing in the North West either.
Nov/09
19:27 8
Irony free zone as BNP copy campaign website from “Afrocentrist racist bigot” Barack Obama
Scrapbook had this timed to autopost on Monday but Alex Smith has run it over at LabourList. It appears great minds think alike keep an eye on the BNP’s website!
Nick Griffin called Barack Obama an “Afrocentrist racist bigot” but it’s amusing to see this didn’t stop him from the wholesale thievery of the American president’s website (see evidence below). To compound the hilarity, Blue State Digital, who developed Obama’s site, have lent their services to anti-fascist campaigners Hope Not Hate.
Honestly. Where the BNP are concerned the blog posts virtually write themselves.
Nov/09
12:39 3
Nick Griffin: “we were wrong to use Churchill imagery”
…just kidding! This is the banner image from Herr Griffin’s latest email, which is signed off “Yours sincerely for Britannia”:
They’re not going to stop with the Poppy Appeal either.
Nov/09
15:11 3
From deputy chairman to making the tea (shirts): the fall and fall of BNP bag carrier Mark Collett
With an aquittal on race hate charges and not one, but two documentaries under his belt, Nazi loser Mark Collett is something of a high flyer in the world of white nationalism. This is certainly reflected in the BNP membership list leaked in November 2008, where he is listed not only as the “Head of [the] Publicity Department” but also a “Deputy Chairman” – one rung down from Herr Griffin:
Mark also works on the production team for Identity, the BNP’s very own magazine. At some point, however, the “Deputy Chairman” bit appears to have goes missing from his online biography:
Things appear to be unravelling quickly for our fascist paladin. Fast-forward to October 2009: as Collett’s namesake once wrote, will the Dear Leader deny him three times before the rooster crows?
So “he’s not”, eh Nick? How embarrassing! So, if he’s not in charge of publicity (or a deputy chairman) anymore, what does Mark Collett actually do for the BNP?
From deputy chairman to making the tea (shirts)!
Oct/09
09:12 4
Scare 97% of voters with this creepy Halloween mask!
There’s scope here for a Being John Malkovich-style protest.
Now that would be frightening.
Oct/09
22:35 1
Mark Thompson: BNP on Question Time could be annual fixture
Full story over at, well, where else?
Oct/09
09:12 7
White Riot: BNP supporters call for Nick Griffin’s head
It’s not going to happen, but there are mutinous stirrings amongst Nick Griffin’s fascist flock:
- Thirty percent of respondents to poll on far-right website want Nick Griffin to be replaced.
- BNP’s legal officer accuses Griffin of failing to “press the attack” during Question Time (reported earlier this week).
- Baggage from Griffin’s history in the British far-right movement viewed as a stumbling block to the party’s progress, with one member commenting that it will be “impossible to wipe away the endless tired quotes”.
- Deputy leader Simon Darby, London Assembly member Richard Barnbrook (yes, please) and Martin Wingfield, former editor of the BNP’s monthly newspaper, mooted as potential replacements. MEP Andrew Brons hasn’t been in the party long enough.
Scrapbook reckons the party would fracture in two, SSP-stylee, if there were a serious challenge.
Full story over at The Times.
Oct/09
09:18 4
Nick Griffin hit (and slapped) with online game and YouTube video
The BNP have been hit with a viral video and an online game in the wake of Nick Griffin’s disastrous appearance on Question Time last week. The Slap Nick Griffin game, which invites players to chastise the BNP leader round his jowls, has recorded over 5.5 million individual “slaps”. The video below is edited together using snippets of Griffin’s speech. It was posted to YouTube on Friday already has already clocked up nearly half a million views:
Apologies to those that have seen these but they’re worth posting for those who (sensibly) avoid the internet at weekends.
Oct/09
10:40 4
Yet more lies? Did Nick Griffin’s father really serve in WWII?
One of the only punches Nick Griffin managed to land on the other Question Time panellists was something of a low blow. While his father saw service as a Spitfire engineer in World War II, Jack Straw’s old man was a conscientious objector.
The Suffolk Evening Star carried an interview with Edgar Griffin yesterday, detailing his two years “National Service” in India. Suspicions arise as conscription (and National Service) didn’t start until 1948 – three years after the war finished.
It’s a bit complicated but Unity has more over at Liberal Conspiracy.
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