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Ulster Nazis mimic Maddie poster in scaremongering recruitment drive...

Underneath the heading "Missing!" it shows a small blonde-haired girl and warns that her future has been "abducted". It says she has a "trusting personality" but is being led into a "Third World Ulster".

The sicko poster was launched by the so-called British People's Party at the height of the Madeleine McCann crisis. The four-year-old English girl was snatched in Portugal seven weeks ago. A similar poster featuring her image has been emailed around the world in a desperate bid to find her.

Last week the BPP poster was forwarded to 30 racist supporters in Ulster. The attached message read: "Print it, put it up everywhere and pass it on."

Police have been made aware of the leaflet.

A PSNI spokeswoman told Sunday Life: "Police will investigate any written material that incites hatred or is in breach of the law and those involved in the production or distribution of such material."

The poster displays a mobile phone number asking supporters to get in touch. But callers are greeted with a recorded message asking them to leave their details. The BPP, an offshoot of the tiny British National Party, was founded two years ago. It is committed to "racial nationalism", is opposed to immigration and despises gays and Jews. Its literature reads: "We no longer stand aside, we know our time has come."

According to a source, a leading figure in the BPP is an Englishman who lives in the west of the province. The former BNP member has made a number of recent visits to loyalist parades in Belfast to try and build links with other racists. The source, who has had dealings with the Ulster-based BPP man, told us: " He preaches that racism is patriotic. He claims to have built up support in east Belfast and that's where he wants his poster campaign to begin. The longer plan is to run for election in Ulster. They did that in England in 2006 but didn't get anywhere. They have about 30 or 40 members in Northern Ireland."

East Belfast MLA Naomi Long described the poster as "a sick exploitation of a most distressing incident". "Exploiting that incident is absolutely despicable," she said.

The Alliance woman said right wing groups had tried in the past to build a base in east Belfast and failed.

"They haven't found much fertile ground. Racism is a problem, but it's a problem with a very insignificant number of people."

Belfast Telegraph