A watchdog has said it will not follow up a complaint by the British National Party (BNP) that Stoke-on-Trent's elected mayor shows it "disrespect".
Labour's Mark Meredith has refused to work with seven BNP councillors. They said the mayor did not respect the fact they had been elected. Mr Meredith said he had done nothing wrong.
The National Standards Board for England said the complaint was "insuffiently serious" and would not be investigated further.
BBC
July 23, 2007
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The story conjures pictures in my head of Nick Griffin pretending to be black, doing a weak Ali G impression.
I think it's a bad move on the part of the Mayor. Discrimination by elected officials shouldn't be tolerated no matter their rank and position.
The various laws for elected councillors already mean they cannot discriminate with the public. To have a mayor doing just that with councillors elected by the people is hypocritical and could backfire.
have something decent to write for god sake anon 1,i bet griffin knows more about reggae than any rasta,so you wouldnt have heard the great british ska and two tone sounds of the 60s,or were you still sucking your silver spoon in your golden pram
Thought you might be interested in the thread of comments from BNP supporters for the posting below:
http://mike-ion.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-respect-bnp.html
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