Apologies to everyone for disappearing for a few weeks but I was suddenly taken ill, which kept me out of action for a while, then this was followed up with a pretty disgusting bug which kept me fully occupied for a week or so. My computer, obviously bored with being ignored for weeks on end, decided to teach me a lesson and destroyed both my main hard drive and my back-up drive. Consequently, all emails that have been sent to Lancaster Unity since I got ill have disappeared into the ether. If you were kind enough to sent in an article recently, please resend it and accept my apologies for the loss. I now have two new hard drives and an external drive. Belt AND braces.
And big kudos to John for keeping things going with no explanation until now. :-)
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Showing posts with label computer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computer. Show all posts
August 03, 2011
December 23, 2007
'The fight is far from over'. Sadie Graham dismisses computer claims
Sadie Graham’s camp came out fighting this evening when they rubbished claims that the party bought her the computer and that their rebellion was running out of steam.
Writing on the Enough is Enough blog, they claim that the dates do not add up and so the computer receipt reproduced on the party website must be a forgery. To back up their argument they point to another item on the list, namely a camera bought for Warren Bennett, the one-time head of BNP security. The problem is that Bennett had left two months before the date on the receipt so it was highly unlikely for the party to buy equipment for an ex-employee.
Another plank of the BNP evidence against Sadie Graham’s account of the computer was that the user name on the machine was ‘Saddie’, the same misspelling that was used on the receipt. The Graham camp contend that it is easy to change the settings on a computer and so they claim that the evidence offered by the BNP website is meaningless.
Meanwhile, a few new supporters have come forward to back the rebels, chief amongst them is Councillor Colin Auty, from Dewsbury. With David Exley also privately supporting the opposition any future split in the party could see the BNP losing its foothold in Kirklees.
It seems that the long-awaited Griffin purge has begun. Despite giving people until Monday evening to withdraw from the rebel side a growing number of people have either been issued with expulsion notices or sacked from their positions.
This is a risky strategy by the Griffin camp. While he obviously thinks that the short term damage will easily be overcome with a streamlined party without his critics he is in danger of further alienating great swathes of the BNP. It is already clear that the majority of West Yorkshire activists will walk away from the BNP if the rebel leaders are not reinstated and the same goes for key people in the East Midlands and the less important Scotland region.
Griffin is also playing with fire if it is proved that he is lying over the computer claim. I will end with one posting on the Enough is Enough site this evening: “Griffin is digging himself into a deeper and deeper hole. The more ridiculous his lies, the more members will turn against him. Keep up the good work everyone.”
If however he is telling the truth then this, and the alleged intercepting emails claim, could finish off the rebellion.
Stop the BNP
Writing on the Enough is Enough blog, they claim that the dates do not add up and so the computer receipt reproduced on the party website must be a forgery. To back up their argument they point to another item on the list, namely a camera bought for Warren Bennett, the one-time head of BNP security. The problem is that Bennett had left two months before the date on the receipt so it was highly unlikely for the party to buy equipment for an ex-employee.
Another plank of the BNP evidence against Sadie Graham’s account of the computer was that the user name on the machine was ‘Saddie’, the same misspelling that was used on the receipt. The Graham camp contend that it is easy to change the settings on a computer and so they claim that the evidence offered by the BNP website is meaningless.
Meanwhile, a few new supporters have come forward to back the rebels, chief amongst them is Councillor Colin Auty, from Dewsbury. With David Exley also privately supporting the opposition any future split in the party could see the BNP losing its foothold in Kirklees.
It seems that the long-awaited Griffin purge has begun. Despite giving people until Monday evening to withdraw from the rebel side a growing number of people have either been issued with expulsion notices or sacked from their positions.
This is a risky strategy by the Griffin camp. While he obviously thinks that the short term damage will easily be overcome with a streamlined party without his critics he is in danger of further alienating great swathes of the BNP. It is already clear that the majority of West Yorkshire activists will walk away from the BNP if the rebel leaders are not reinstated and the same goes for key people in the East Midlands and the less important Scotland region.
Griffin is also playing with fire if it is proved that he is lying over the computer claim. I will end with one posting on the Enough is Enough site this evening: “Griffin is digging himself into a deeper and deeper hole. The more ridiculous his lies, the more members will turn against him. Keep up the good work everyone.”
If however he is telling the truth then this, and the alleged intercepting emails claim, could finish off the rebellion.
Stop the BNP
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March 06, 2007
Hacker steals data from French presidential candidate
A hacker stole sensitive data from a computer in the offices of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, police said, fueling his fears that rivals used it to try and keep him out of the presidential race
The security breach at Le Pen's National Front party headquarters comes as the campaign intensified ahead of the April and May election with several candidates facing smear scandals in recent weeks.
Le Pen, who shocked France by finishing second in the 2002 presidential election, is struggling to secure the backing of at least 500 elected officials needed to run this time round. He says he has been the target of a well-prepared offensive to persuade the officials, including mayors, not to sign and asked police to open an investigation after suspecting that a mole might have leaked the names of his potential backers.
After a visit to the headquarters of his National Front party on Friday, the police said the list of officials who had agreed to back Le Pen had been stolen by a hacker. The hacker had gained access using an Internet site specializing in breaking entry codes. A National Front employee who used the computer that was hacked into was detained but later released.
News of the electronic break-in, came just a week after the Socialist party demanded an investigation into what it said was a spate of burglaries targeting its campaign team.
Le Pen has until March 16 to gain the sponsorship of at least 500 of France's 42,000 elected representatives, including parliamentarians and mayors, to become a candidate. He says he is 100 short and has accused a far-right rival of trying to poach his sponsors.
Despite his success in 2002, when he won 16.8 percent of the vote, Le Pen's National Front party does not have any mayors and he has criss-crossed France for months to find backers.
Supporters of mainstream conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy have appeared increasingly uneasy at the prospect of Le Pen being blocked from running. They believe National Front supporters will prove a vital pool of potential voters in an expected second-round run off between Sarkozy and Socialist candidate Segolene Royal, and fear a high abstention rate if Le Pen is shut out of the first round.
Among other candidates who may not make the sponsorship grade are anti-globalization leader Jose Bove who says he has accumulated just 350 signatures. Greens candidate Dominique Voynet says she has 500 pledges, but only 15 returned forms.
The candidates fear some mayors will not come good on their promises and say they need at least 600 pledges to feel safe.
CNet
The security breach at Le Pen's National Front party headquarters comes as the campaign intensified ahead of the April and May election with several candidates facing smear scandals in recent weeks.
Le Pen, who shocked France by finishing second in the 2002 presidential election, is struggling to secure the backing of at least 500 elected officials needed to run this time round. He says he has been the target of a well-prepared offensive to persuade the officials, including mayors, not to sign and asked police to open an investigation after suspecting that a mole might have leaked the names of his potential backers.
After a visit to the headquarters of his National Front party on Friday, the police said the list of officials who had agreed to back Le Pen had been stolen by a hacker. The hacker had gained access using an Internet site specializing in breaking entry codes. A National Front employee who used the computer that was hacked into was detained but later released.
News of the electronic break-in, came just a week after the Socialist party demanded an investigation into what it said was a spate of burglaries targeting its campaign team.
Le Pen has until March 16 to gain the sponsorship of at least 500 of France's 42,000 elected representatives, including parliamentarians and mayors, to become a candidate. He says he is 100 short and has accused a far-right rival of trying to poach his sponsors.
Despite his success in 2002, when he won 16.8 percent of the vote, Le Pen's National Front party does not have any mayors and he has criss-crossed France for months to find backers.
Supporters of mainstream conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy have appeared increasingly uneasy at the prospect of Le Pen being blocked from running. They believe National Front supporters will prove a vital pool of potential voters in an expected second-round run off between Sarkozy and Socialist candidate Segolene Royal, and fear a high abstention rate if Le Pen is shut out of the first round.
Among other candidates who may not make the sponsorship grade are anti-globalization leader Jose Bove who says he has accumulated just 350 signatures. Greens candidate Dominique Voynet says she has 500 pledges, but only 15 returned forms.
The candidates fear some mayors will not come good on their promises and say they need at least 600 pledges to feel safe.
CNet
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