A right to refuse to teach known BNP members?

[MikeH]

I don't really care what Bodds thinks. I just wanted to point out for international readers that might believe some of what he says what the BNP is really like.

[Jaguar]

I declare victory for me, Mike, and Stinger. I shall roll my eyes at any future arguments Bodds makes to save the trouble of doing it later.

[TheStinger]

I would prefer we handed over all power to Brussells tomorrow then let the BNP have any power

[Solly]

BBC isn't liberal

Don't take shite. It's only marginally to the right of the Guardian.

You still haven't explained why he consistently overlooks racism within his party.

The same reason why Blair overlooks twats like Clare Short, Benn and Galloway - they're irrelevant.

[TheStinger]

Who is Holloway, its a Prison.

[MikeH]

However, there was no evidence that the core BNP beliefs were changing. In 1998 Griffin was convicted for distributing material likely to incite racial hatred and given a nine month sentence suspended for two years.
During his defence he attacked those who criticised him for denying the Holocaust. "I am well aware that the orthodox opinion is that 6 million Jews were gassed and cremated and turned into lampshades. Orthodox opinion also once held that the world is flat... I have reached the conclusion that the 'extermination' tale is a mixture of Allied wartime propaganda, extremely profitable lie, and latter witch-hysteria."

For information about party members the BBC site has a lot of info.

If you go here http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sta...ip/default.stm

You can click links to see what convictions/associations each member of the advisory council/party organisers and other supporters have.

[Solly]

You can click links to see what convictions/associations each member of the advisory council/party organisers and other supporters have.

Do they do anything similar for any other political party?

Would you have us believe that no other political party has a few convicted criminals in its ranks?

Or does this otherwise show the BBC's liberal bias?

[TheStinger]

You may dilike the Tories and Labour howver their leadership are not convicted criminals

[MikeH]

I think it shows the BBC's commitment to exposing the BNP for what they really are. A bunch of violent racists.

Just because they now have a media savvy leader who is trying to give them a new image doesn't change anything about them or what they stand for. It's important that everyone keeps awareness that these are violent, racist, thugs motivated by fear and intolerance. Who cause huge problems with the amount of racist violence they incite. That means that even if you are just trolling about them it's important to get the truth out there because the consequences of letting people believe what you say are too serious.

[MikeH]

Oh and everyone knows that the BNP stands for the British Nazi Party right? Because their original policies came from Hitlers.

JOHN TYNDALL, retiring BNP leader

On Hitler’s writings: ‘Mein Kampf is my bible.’

On Vietnamese boat people: ‘Malaysia has shown us what should be done. They’ve said we’re going to tow them onto the high seas, and we’re going to turn the guns on them if they come back. Why can’t we do that?’ (1979)

If you don't think that's relevant because it's too long ago you should remember that current leader Griffin was only allowed back into the BNP after Tyndall was satisfied that he'd proved his loyalty to the party again, after a spell behind the scenes.

[*End Is Forever*]

Are we counting Bader-Meinhoff gang and 17 November (the Greek terrorist group)?

Or Sinn Fein/IRA for that matter...

[TheStinger]

I always wondered whether the ameicans who gave money in support of the IRA realised they were a marxist group

[Solly]

Compare this to their rather tepid treatment of Galloway - a supporter of our enemies.

[TheStinger]

The BNP are more of a threat to this country than George Galloway ever was, is or could be

[Solly]

His name's George.

And bollocks. Any politician of ours who meets an enemy head of state deserves to be hung for treason.