More lies and bullshit from the BNPFormer Scots Guards NCO Stuart Walker, 37, was shocked to see a picture of himself in uniform outside Buckingham Palace on a poll leaflet. Beside it, implying he would back the racist party in the Euro elections, were words criticising kit shortages and soldiers being “abused” by Muslims.
Stuart, who left the Army in 1997, first knew about it when it dropped through a relative’s letterbox. The dad-of-two, now a corporate manager in London, said he rang the BNP’s offices to complain and was told to “f*** off”.
He told The Sun: “I was completely outraged when I saw this leaflet. I think they got the photo off a website and the quote they’ve made up. They are scumbags and I’d never vote for them in a million years.”
The BNP is also reported to have used shots of US actors and Italian OAPs to represent British voters.
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"The dad-of-two, now a corporate manager in London, said he rang the BNP’s offices to complain and was told to “f*** off”."
Such respect for our soldiers.
He should sue them, he has every right to sue them. I'm sure the Sun put him in touch with some a good legal team, far better than the BNP's amateur hour legal team. BTW Lee Barnes, is he actually the BNP's legal rep? If so the BNP are truly in the shit.
"BTW Lee Barnes, is he actually the BNP's legal rep?"
Bizarrely, yes, so none of us need worry about getting sued in the near future. Griffin can't even call on his legal counsel from the December Rebels case because he STILL hasn't paid them (despite claiming to have taken in donations of £300,000 plus).
"Such respect for our soldiers."
Maybe they thought he was a Gurkha?
If you put your image on a stock image website, then you should expect for your picture to be used on any sort of publication. Or is there some small print saying you can use the image on anything expect bnp literature???
"If you put your image on a stock image website, then you should expect for your picture to be used on any sort of publication. Or is there some small print saying you can use the image on anything expect bnp literature???"
The answer to that - as I suspect you very well know - is that there is an assumed permission that his picture can be used in any legal publication. That does not, however, give the BNP the right to ascribe words to him that are not in fact his, nor to imply that he is a supporter of the party.
If the BNP had any balls at all, it would apologise for this.
Is Stuart Walker available for interview?
"Or is there some small print saying you can use the image on anything expect bnp literature???"
If there isn't there should be.
As has been said before, the stock image sites tend to have a disclaimer saying you are not allowed to ascribe political beliefs to the models.
From the istockphoto website T&C:
4. Standard License Prohibitions
6. use the Content in a fashion that is considered by iStockphoto (acting reasonably) as or under applicable law is considered pornographic, obscene, immoral, infringing, defamatory or libelous in nature, or that would be reasonably likely to bring any person or property reflected in the Content into disrepute;
I think he's got the right to complain to istockphoto.
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