BNP membership list leaked onto internet (British National Party)

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | November 18, 2008 | James Kirkup and Christopher Hope

[Stoat]

A police officer, more than a dozen soldiers, a vicar and a Chelsea pensioner have been named on a list purporting to comprise the entire membership of the British National Party.

They were exposed after bloggers posted around 10,000 names, together with home addresses, telephone numbers, jobs and even hobbies on the internet.

The leak led some BNP members to fear that they may lose their jobs or face other reprisals

At least one serving police officer is on the membership list, along with several retired officers.

The Association of Chief Police Officers has banned police officers and staff from belonging to the BNP. Last month a Greater Manchester police officer was forced to resign after he was seen wearing a BNP badge at a football match

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The publication of the list sparked panic among BNP members using anonymous internet chatrooms. Many expressed fears that they may lose their jobs or face disciplinary action as a result.

One user of a right-wing site wrote: "I'm also on the list, what the ---- is going on? I could lose my job."

Another said: "The reccession means many of us could lose our jobs, add this info to it and its a dead cert."

The publication of the membership list sparked jubilation among anti-racist groups and other critics of the BNP, which wants an immediate halt to immigration and the "voluntary resettlement" of existing immigrants.

The BNP leadership on Tuesday confirmed that the list was a broadly accurate picture of the party membership list for 2007. The party and said it had contacted police about the publication.

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[Stoat]

My apologies for the severe editing of this article....this was done in order to remain in compliance with Free Republic rules pertaining to the posting of articles from the UK Telegraph.  Please click on the main article link to read the full story.

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Although the events are vastly different in terms of scale and potential ramifications, this is reminiscent of an event in Seattle earlier this month:

Seattle Paper Publishers Pictures and Addresses of Homes With McCain Signs

Seattle Newspaper prints pictures and addresses of houses with Republican signs

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BNP statement at their official site:

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[Frantzie]

Coming soon to America. The UK is a police state.

[Stoat]

[DannyTN]

Never heard of the BNP. Do they have some kind of extreme agenda that the British police would bar membership?

[Stoat]

Pinging you to this thread because you both had posted threads about the Seattle incident eariler this month, and I thought that you might be interested in this event as well.

[wastedyears]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHlqfTkWU28

[Stoat]

Never heard of the BNP. Do they have some kind of extreme agenda that the British police would bar membership?

The MSM in Britain have branded them as 'extreme', 'racist' and even as 'fascist', as have some FReepers.  Some Brit FReepers are also vocal supporters of the BNP, so it seems to be a matter of what a person believes. 

Regarding the police officers being banned from membership, this snippet from the BNP official site addresses that:

Genuine members who are concerned over possible problems that could arise may like to note that even the leftist bigots of the General Teaching Council accepted openly at Adam Walker’s disciplinary hearing yesterday that he had every right to be a teacher and a member of the British National Party. The fire service has already accepted the same point.

While the GTC’s use of a technical infringement of a rule that Adam had never been told about is obviously motivated by political malice, the fact remains that police officers and prison warders are the only people whose jobs involve a specific (and probably illegal) ban on them being members and candidates as long as they do not bring their politics into the workplace.

 

[Charlespg]

Turn about is fair play

publish the names of the names and addresses of editors,reporters ect

[Frantzie]

It should no matter what their views are. The fact the “state” in the UK attempts to deny them employment, smear them, steal their votes or supress them through thuggery shows the Uk is a police state.

[buccaneer81]

Never heard of the BNP. Do they have some kind of extreme agenda that the British police would bar membership?

They're not too keen on non-whites.

[Nemes1s]

If Labour is Democrat then the Tories would be Republicans but I don’t think we have an equivalent of the BNP here.

[islamama]

I have a friend across the pond who is a card carrying member (and yes I’ve seen the card)... don’t see his name there so the list couldn’t be too complete.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuCIjWKJUEE

[Stoat]

Never heard of the BNP. Do they have some kind of extreme agenda that the British police would bar membership?

They're not too keen on non-whites.
 

Here's the BNP statement from their site on the 'racist' claims....take it for what you will and for what it's worth.

Is the BNP Racist The British National Party

The enemies of British Nationalism continue to parrot the claim that the BNP is a “racist party.” This claim is most often repeated because the BNP unashamedly addresses itself to the issues and concerns of the indigenous British population, and because it seeks to ensure that British people remain the majority population in this country.  Opponents point to the fact that the BNP has an all-white membership, and that we address issues concerning white people.

If the BNP is racist for holding this position, then, we would suggest, all of the following organisations - some of them state funded - are also “racist” because they too address themselves exclusively to the issues and concerns of their respective communities:

1. Watford Asian Community care

2. Watford African Caribbean Association

3. National Black Police Association

4. Metropolitan Black Police Association

5. Black Londoners Forum

6. Black Information Link (BLINK)

7. Operation Black Vote

8. Federation of Black Housing Organisations (FBHO)

 

 9. Black Training Enterprise Group

10. Southwark Black Heritage Organisation

11. The Action Group for Irish Youth

12. Asians In Media (AIM)

13. Barfi Culture (Asians)

14. Black Britain

15. Black Enterprise

16. Black net Community

17. The Black Presence In Britain

18. Black Search

19. Black UK Online

20. Board Of Deputies of British Jews

21. Chinatown Online

22. Clickwalla (Asian)

23. Dimsum (Chinese)

24. Doncaster Chinese

25. CEMVO

26. Every Generation (Black)

27. Jewish.Co.UK

28. Jewish Telegraph

29. MMLondon (Asian)

30. Red Hot Curry (Asian)

31. National Association of Nigerian Communities - UK (NANC)

32. Barnsley Black and Ethic Minority Initiative

 

Have you noticed how the media NEVER calls any of these organisations “racist” even though they are openly organised along ethnic lines and stand for the rights of their respective communities?

It seems as if every group has the right to have an organisation speaking up for its rights - EXCEPT the indigenous British people.

In reality, none of these organisations are “racist” — each and every community has the inalienable right to look after its own interests.

This includes the indigenous British folk, and the BNP is proud to be the party which stands up for the rights our folk and country, in exactly the same way that all of the above organisations stand up for their folk.

Never heard of the BNP. Do they have some kind of extreme agenda that the British police would bar membership?

They're not too keen on non-whites.
 

Here's the BNP statement from their site on the 'racist' claims....take it for what you will and for what it's worth.

Is the BNP Racist The British National Party

[wastedyears]

LOL!

That’s incredible

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Rubbish! That is a bullshiite smear by the arrogant liberal elites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox2-Wun2dIg - Welcome to Saudi Britain

It is the same tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum with the Democraps and RINOs on illegal immigration in the USA!

[Stoat]

I don’t think we have an equivalent of the BNP here.

We also don't have the same form of Government or the exact same issues to contend with as our British Friends do...comparing things straight across can sometimes be problematic  :-)

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Welcome to Saudi Britain!

[Clemenza]

Is Nick Griffin still cruising for young boys?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

If Labour is Democrat then the Tories would be Republicans but I don’t think we have an equivalent of the BNP here.

Labour = Democrap, Tories = RINOs.

Anyone opposing illegal immigrants is a NAZI...

You know the rest, I'm sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox2-Wun2dIg - WELCOME TO SAUDI BRITAIN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuCIjWKJUEE