June 04, 2010

It's time for Simon Bennett to stand up and be counted

One of the more entertaining aspects of running a site like Lancaster Unity is seeing the BNP regularly taking chunks out of itself when it comes under serious attack from one of its own, normally as a direct result of mistreating the member concerned.

We can say anything we like while opposing the BNP and to deflect any criticism the party will automatically claim we're lying, that we're paid to attack the BNP and thus not to be trusted or that we're working with MI5 - but there's nothing quite like an angry ex-member to really boot the boot in good and hard.

Remember Sharon Ebanks, the BNP's former Birmingham organiser? She was so angry at the way she was treated that she has spent the three years or so since then attacking Griffin in print and even went to the extreme of starting her own party. Then there was Matt Single, who was so pissed off at the antics of Griffin's gang that he released the BNP membership list into the wild to great hilarity all round, incidentally causing a lot of problems to the party and to quite a few members.

The December rebellion that followed the sackings of Kenny Smith, Sadie Graham and Single from the party produced a host of recriminations from other members and a lot of them sent information to us, which brightened things considerably from our end.

With Simon Bennett however, the party might have bitten off rather more than it can chew. Bennett, the party's former webmaster, seems to have been involved in pretty much every aspect of the BNP's operation from flogging badges to fund-raising, and the information he is revealing is gradually building up into a pretty damning indictment of the leadership. We won't dwell too much on all this because exposure is looming and we wouldn't want to prejudice any future court case. A couple of things have been mentioned of late though, which are worth a comment or two.

One of these concerns donations to the BNP. As you'll probably be aware, political parties are obliged by law to report donations that exceed a certain amount, depending on whether they are donated within or outside the UK. The accounts, which are due into the Electoral Commission shortly, are not expected to show any large donations but according to Bennett, the party has received some that qualify. Here is Bennett's take on this, from a post on the ghastly VNN forum:
'I know of several website donations that were way over £1500 that were made in the last quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010.

Many were clearly fake, but a good few looked totally legit. These were for £2,500 and appear not to have been declared. I know they are processed in Belfast, but under what company name is anyones guess.

I have records of ALL donations made through the website. I'd be a piss poor webmaster if I didn't. I build websites based on stats and logs. I impliment what works and what doesn't - that's my job!

I have a legal right to hold this information as Adlorries Ltd are trying to squirm out of paying me the commission they promised me, the commission I NEVER asked for or claimed - until now.'
IF this is true and can be proven and IF they are not declared, criminal charges should follow - but ONLY if Bennett provides that proof to the EC and/or the police. But this might very well be the tip of an astonishingly large iceberg. Another of his posts on VNN has this to say:
'I am sat on something that could and almost certainly would finish the BNP in an instant. It would see the party hit with a bill for £1.4m.

If I wanted to sabotage the BNP I could have done a proper job during the EU elections with what I know. The fuck ups made during that were so bad they could of (and still can) finish the party overnight.

Just ask Nick Griffin why £70,000 worth of paper was re-ordered in case the £1.4m cock up came to light...'
Intriguing stuff but I don't particularly like being teased, even with £1.4m. And the problem with dropping teasers around like this without following up pretty swiftly with some hard detail is that it merely gives scum like Griffin and his cohorts the opportunity to cover everything up.

An additional facet of this is that Bennett is, if he is to be believed, knowingly sitting on information that shows the party to have acted illegally - or at the very least, to have acted with supreme incompetence - yet he has kept quiet. If illegality is involved, doesn't that make him an accessory?

Strangely enough, this is suggested to him by a BNP member, Bev Kerry, a nasty piece of work by anyone's standards. Kerry is currently a moderator on the VNN forum, has been one on the Blood and Honour forum and posts regularly on the Stormfront forum - all hardcore nazi - all while openly being in the BNP. Tut-tut.

On his own blog, Bennett has attacked the BNP, apparently going to the extreme of uploading a telephone conversation between him and Griffin, recorded without Griffin's knowledge or consent. Kerry, playing Little Miss Legal Assistant, berates Bennett as having broken the law - even to the extent of listing the relevant laws. Very clever of her - but don't I recall the BNP releasing a recording of a conversation between Kenny Smith, Sadie Graham and Matt Single that was made without their permission or knowledge?

The BNP and Nick Griffin in particular seem to believe that they operate outside the law, largely because they have done so for years and just keep getting away with it because their opponents lack the courage to take that extra step and take the information they have to the relevant authority or even simply to make it completely public. If Bennett wants to see Griffin and his gang of crooks out of the BNP for good, this is the only way it's going to happen. In short, if Bennett wants to win his corner, he has to stop being defensive and go on the attack.

The December rebels lost out because they didn't keep up the attack on Griffin - or at least not sufficiently. By the time they had decided to break out the big guns, most of their supporters had already scuttled back to the party. Colin Auty's leadership challenge was all-round weak and feeble right up until the last minute, by which time, he'd lost any advantage he might have had.

Bennett is in a unique position because he has all the ammunition he needs and he clearly has the ability to make use of it, but if he wants to topple Griffin, he needs to move fast and hard, and if he does so, he could clear out the rest of the crap like Jim Dowson, Arthur Kemp and Clive Jefferson/Aitken along with their boss.

Bennett can take action now and can achieve what he wants to achieve, or he can sit back and ignore all the illegalities and the incompetence, thus becoming openly complicit in the continuing disaster that is Nick Griffin's BNP. The choice is his but it needs making sooner rather than later or he'll end up being yet another forgotten rebel in a very long list of forgotten rebels.

23 comments:

Barbara said...

Excellent analysis.

Anonymous said...

Bennett is already being threatened by one of Griffin's most notorious attack dogs on VNN and I regret to say probably lacks the courage to face him down, despite talking a good fight.

Anonymous said...

Two Sheffield BNP members, including one general election candidate in Sheffield Heeley, are slagging off Sheffield's working class on the Sheffield Star website. See

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/30000-wild-honey-bees-close.6340754.jp?CommentPage=2&CommentPageLength=10#5281324

Their user names are waywoodwind47 and Lifelong Owl.

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't put much stock in Simon Bennett's ability to disrupt things. In the end, all these "rebels" are fascists and agree with the BNP on the fundamentals. The splits are down to personalities, egos and access to money, not politics. It's naive to make demands on them.

Anonymous said...

Come on Simon, rip his bloody throat out ffs!

Matt G said...

"Bennett can take action now and can achieve what he wants to achieve, or he can sit back and ignore all the illegalities and the incompetence, thus becoming openly complicit in the continuing disaster that is Nick Griffin's BNP."

Yes but the problem is what precisely Simon Bennett wants. Is he after the leadership? I doubt that because he seems to support Eddy Butler. Does he want to destroy Griffin? Maybe, so why doesn't he? There's an agenda here and we're not privy to it.

Matt G said...

"It's naive to make demands on them."

It's hardly naive to suggest that they get some balls and get on with it. There's been too much pussyfooting around by various rebels over the years. Sadie Graham knew enough to destroy Griffin but didn't even start attacking him until it was too late, as Ketlan says. Simon Bennett has a unique opportunity to get what he wants -- I just wonder if he knows what that is.

Anonymous said...

Bennetts a pussy, he won't do anything.

Anonymous said...

Have you seen this?
http://eddybutlerexposed.blogspot.com/

Nick Griffin HATES competition!

Anonymous said...

Griffo is now claiming, via the BNP webshite, that the Pacific islands that are most at risk from anthropogenic global warming are in fact "rising and getting bigger" (matron!).

Anonymous said...

thanks to anon @ 6.44 for the link to anti butler blog.

Well it took some reading, and just thinking about the amount of s...t they are throwing his way you have to think he has them worried.

Have tried to analyze from the writing style who could have written it but Im drawing a blanl, perhaps others more learned on here might come up with suggestions.

It is certainly going to be an interesting summer

tulip

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ex-fascist said...

@ tulip

For me it was written by Griffin in a style that was intended to look like it was written by somebody else. I'm pretty sure it was written by Griffin.

Anonymous said...

Simon Bennett was only a member of the BNP for just over 2 years, he wanted the same pay as Jennifer Gri££in £600 a week but Gri££in refused him. I have heard that he his making deals with the national newspapers to sell his story. watch this space!

Dr Cocks said...

After looking closely at the info and the words used I can say that it was written by old fatty one himself.

Karen said...

"For me it was written by Griffin in a style that was intended to look like it was written by somebody else. I'm pretty sure it was written by Griffin."

Yes Tulip I agree, Nazi Cranks is a term Griffin uses quite often.

Anonymous said...

Tulip

I would bet it was written by Lecomber and his buddy Stampton and given the OK with minor ammendments by Griffin.

Anonymous said...

"I have heard that he his making deals with the national newspapers to sell his story. watch this space!"

I wish this was true but Bennett himself has denied it.

Anonymous said...

Griffin has got go!


Peter Stafford.

Anonymous said...

"I would bet it was written by Lecomber and his buddy Stampton and given the OK with minor ammendments by Griffin"

Is that right,Joe?

Anonymous said...

" I have heard that he his making deals with the national newspapers to sell his story. watch this space!"

Doubt he'll get much. With the Election over the BNP are "cold product" media-wise. And they will be for the forseeable future until the next big election cycle comes around.

Anonymous said...

Nick to Eddy:

" I ate choo Butler"

Spyman Bennett said...

It's true, I am selling my story to the newspapers.

My agent is currently deep into heavy negotiations between the Cornish Guardian and the North Cornwall Express.

It's a toss-up between £30 and a free biro and £20 and two pints of beer.

I've instructed my agent to hold out for a £50 cash deal, but no one seems that serious as to take up the offer.

I told Golding the media department was a fucking mistake. He's managed to alienate us all from the media, the gormless twat!