"The Rifleman" wrote:
> These are the best labour have to offer.
To which I reply:
Nick Griffin (Party Chairman) Received a two-year suspended sentence in
April 1998 for inciting racial hatred. His magazine The Rune carried
obscene anti-Semitic and Holocaust denial material as well as crude racism.
Tony Lecomber (Group Development Officer). In 1985 he was convicted on
five counts for offences under the Explosives Act, including possession
of homemade hand-grenades and electronic timing devices. Sentenced to
three-years imprisonment.
In 1991 he was sentenced to another three years imprisonment for
unlawful wounding for his part in an attack on a Jewish schoolteacher
whom he caught trying to peel off a BNP sticker at an underground
station. He has a total of 12 convictions.
Colin Smith (South East London organiser). Has amassed a total of 17
convictions for burglary, theft, stealing cars, possession of drugs and
assaulting a police officer.
John Tyndall (founder of the BNP). Six convictions. In 1962 he was
jailed for organising a paramilitary organisation. Four years later, he
was again sent to prison for possession of a loaded gun. In 1986, he was
convicted for incitement to racial hatred under the Public Order Act and
sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.
Warren Bennett (Chief Steward). Supposed to keep order in the party yet
has convictions for football hooliganism. In 1998, he was deported from
France with over 50 other Scottish hooligans, including several BNP members.
Steve Belshaw (East Midlands BNP organiser. Was convicted in 1994 for
assaulting a lawyer in his home-town of Mansfield. At the time, Belshaw
combined his BNP membership with Combat 18 activity.
Kevin Scott (North East Regional Organiser). Was convicted in 1993 for
hurling a glass at a black customer in a pub.
Alan Gould (Waltham Forest Organiser). Was convicted in 2000 for
racially abusing people in a local pub. He told the court that it was
the drink getting the better of him.
Robert Bennett. A leading activist in Oldham BNP during the 2002
elections campaign, Bennett has served five years in prison for the gang
. of a woman. He has also served seven years for armed robbery and
has over 30 convictions in total.
Mick Treacy. The Oldham organiser has five convictions for violence,
theft, and handling stolen goods
Darren Dobson. Found guilty of racially aggravated assault at Oldham
magistrates in November 2001. Fined £300. Connected to football
hooligans in the Oldham area, and has links to the nazi terror group
Combat 18
Darren Hoy. April 2002, the BNP supporter was sent to prison for 3
months for racially abusing people as they left an anti-fascist rally in
Oldham.
I don't vote Labour, but I'm sure as hell not going to vote BNP.
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Gareth Halfacree
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