Will some BNP money shortly be heading the way of the Liberal Democrats?
The appointment of Tess Culnane, an ex-National Front candidate, to work for the BNP GLA member Richard Barnbrook has been well covered elsewhere. But one detail intrigues me. As I understand it, Tess...
View ArticleLib Dems select Nick Griffin’s biographer to fight BNP in Barking
Dominic Carman, son of the late George Carman QC, and biographer of BNP leader Nick Griffin, is to stand as the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Barking, East London. From The Times: He...
View ArticleWhy has Nick Griffin suddenly become so shy?
It’s not like Nick Griffin to shy away from publicity. His reaction to any possibility of a flicker of spotlight is to run towards it, maximising the impact of his message of hate. But it seems that...
View ArticleBNP announce Parliamentary Candidate for Buckingham
The BNP has announced its Buckingham candidate for the 2010 General Election, adding another candidate to a slate which already includes UKIP, John Stevens (former Lib Dem member and before that,...
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Book review: The new extremism in 21st century Britain
The new extremism in 21st century Britain, edited by Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin considers both far-right and Islamic extremism, their causes and possible responses. It is unusual for a study to...
View ArticleTory tangle over non-white candidates
The Observer today carries a story about the curious lack of photos of the Conservatives’ black and asian candidates in Barking and Dagenham. The candidates exist (to the Tories’ credit) and their...
View ArticleTotal Politics: Dominic Carman responds to the Nick Griffin interview
Following Total Politics’s controversial decision to interview Nick Griffin, the magazine’s website is also running responses to it, including one from Dominic Carman (Lib Dem candidate for the same...
View ArticleWhat’s up with Nick Griffin’s expense claims?
Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies has spotted some rather odd entries in Nick Griffin’s expense claims from the European Parliament. Nick Griffin had previously stalled on publishing his expenses but now he’s...
View ArticleBNP hit by allegations of coups, infighting and sabotage
Extract from a leaked BNP email bulletin: For several months the party’s internal security team has been running an extensive and long-running investigation. This was initially tasked to investigate:...
View Article“You’ll be found dead on the streets”– the message from a BNP supporter
‘You’ll be found dead on the streets.’ That was the message I received a few weeks ago from an identifiable BNP supporter. Why? Because I was taking a stand against Nick Griffin. When someone writes...
View ArticleTwo councillors accused of breaking election law; one political party...
A quick round-up of stories in the news recently: In January 2010 the Electoral Commission, the independent party finance watchdog, began a case review following concerns raised in the independent...
View ArticleOpinion: Nick Griffin destroyed his parents and failed his family
On Wednesday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics… have utterly bankrupted this country.” It’s laughable. The truth is that Nick Griffin was...
View ArticleOpinion: The linked vote shares of UKIP and the BNP
The 2010 General Election was a failure for Britain’s two openly xenophobic parties. UKIP stood in 556 constituencies and lost their deposit in 459 (83%). Their vote share varied between 0.65 and Nigel...
View ArticleSo almost no-one agreed with Nick – and he doesn’t understand why?
It has certainly been a bad week for Nick Griffin. The party polled badly in the General Election, with Griffin’s much-hyped bid to win Barking constituency ending in a poor third place. The BNP’s...
View ArticleDominic Carman writes: Barnsley Central – a call to action
Six weeks ago, my son Charlie and I travelled up from London with Simon Hughes – to leaflet on behalf of Elwyn Watkins in the Oldham by-election. The campaign was fantastic: dozens of Lib Dems in a...
View ArticleSwitch to AV would not boost BNP
The British National Party has featured surprisingly prominently in the AV campaign so far, since their introduction into the debate by the NO campaign. The BNP are, of course, firmly positioned in the...
View ArticleLibLink: Nick Clegg… AV got the Mayor elected – now he’s voting against it
Nick Clegg wrote an article for the Evening Standard yesterday aimed at London voters, who’ll only be voting in the AV referendum on May 5th as London does not have council elections* this year. As...
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Who joins the BNP and who votes BNP?
Matthew Goodwin’s new book, New British Fascism: Rise of the British National Party, expands on one of his previous works on political extremism to look in-depth at just the BNP. New British Fascism:...
View ArticleBNP accused of fraud over false invoices
The BBC reports: The British National Party is under investigation by the European Union and the Metropolitan Police for alleged fraud and breaches of electoral law. The dual investigations come as a...
View ArticlePolice arrest BNP candidate for Mayor of Liverpool
The BBC reports: The BNP candidate standing for elected mayor of Liverpool has been arrested by Merseyside Police. Mike Whitby has been detained following an allegation that nomination forms for the...
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