Sellafield: a Griffin-free zoneMr Griffin said he wanted to visit the site, which sits within his North West European Parliament constituency, because he is pro-nuclear power. But Sellafield Limited, which operates the site, said it was concerned about security and possible demonstrations. Mr Griffin said the decision prevented him from doing his job as an MEP.
The BNP leader sits on the European Parliament's environment committee and in that capacity asked to visit Sellafield. But the nuclear plant refused, claiming it could cause "an unnecessary distraction" and be a safety risk. Mr Griffin said he wanted to tour Sellafield as part of his MEP duties and because he is against wind farms.
A statement from Sellafield Limited said: "He has expressed an interest in various aspects of the site's operations. We have offered to meet Mr Griffin and his team off site to discuss this in full, in accordance with our policy of being open and transparent with all stakeholders. Safety is our number one value at Sellafield and we were concerned that an on site visit by Mr Griffin and his team could cause an unnecessary distraction, with the potential for this to have a detrimental effect on safety."
A BNP spokesman hit out at the decision, saying that if on-site security could not cope with Mr Griffin's visit then Sellafield had "serious problems".
BBC
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ReplyDeleteLOL, lots
Security problems everywhere he goes... I wonder why?... because he is despised?
Popping him into the reprocessing stream could have been one option!
The nuclear industry are, quite rightly, paranoid about security.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't surprising that an ex-leader of International Third Position, who visited Libya and once heaped praise on the Iranian regime, isn't allowed near the place, is it?
Griffin was pro-nuclear power as a young National Front activist in the late seventies and early eighties. Then as a radical "Political Soldier" in the late eighties he was anti-nuclear power. Now he's pro-nuclear power again. Consistent, believable kind of guy, isn't he?
ReplyDeleteThe BNP and nuclear materials - the stuff of nightmares!
ReplyDeleteBut I can also understand why the Porcine One is against wind power - the BNP but out enough hot stale air as it is...
FAR RIGHT EMBRANCES FATWAS (FROM THE GUARDIAN): -
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/04/fatwa-english-defence-league
EDL IN NOTTINGHAM PLAN TO HIJACK TROOP HOMECOMING MARCH: (:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/Notts-Police-facing-massive-operation/article-1479487-detail/article.html
According to their website, the EDL Casuals now claim they are officially opposing (leftwing, anarchist and liberal) political groups as well as Islam.
ReplyDelete"We hold peaceful protests against extremist organisations that promote terrorism or those that seek to oppress others whether through religion or politics".
Sounds like they are morphing into an "anti-communist league", just like some extreme rightwing organisations in the US.
Expect the EDL sometime in the near future do a deal with hardcore anti-abortionists, like these groups do in the United States.
I wonder who approached the press with this story?
ReplyDeleteSellafield Limited? I think not.
Mmmm ... who does that leave?
Of course, he could have had a quiet site visit on a Tuesday morning without any advance publicity .......
Not that I'm suggesting that he would rather have some press coverage rather than learning about an industry in his constituency in a quiet, discreet manner. No, no, no ....
Looks like the BNP is too radioactive even for Sellafield. Indeed, the BNP comes with a public health cancer warning - prolonged exposure to the BNP will induce moral leukemia.
ReplyDeleteEDL IN NOTTINGHAM PLAN TO HIJACK TROOP HOMECOMING MARCH: (:
ReplyDeleteTalking about hijacking can Newshound stop doing it here? (and persist from shouting!)
Personally, I would have let him walk round the reactor core without a radiation suit.
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