Fascist Endorsements

The BNP Wales webpage shamelessly piggybacks a company it claims is unrelated to the BNP, hoping to curry more interest within the business community for white supremacist politics.

The BNP offer their friendly endorsement of Tamworth car manufacturing goods company Tamworth Graphix, whom they strongly recommend for their "Union Jack numberplates".

Seriously struggling for legally-accountable financial backing, the suited, media-savvy neo-Nazis are quick to endorse companies on their website without mutual recognition, even though, serious legal action is currenly ongoing in several cases, where companies do not wish to be associated with a racist whites-only "political party" who seek to reintroduce apartheid to the world, imposing Nuremberg-style laws against Muslims, jews, black, gay, and Asian people.

Following the Nick Griffin, Mark Collett, and Robert Cottage trials, the BNP, however believe they are invincible, and somehow, above the laws of the land (they proclaim they know and love so dear).

Some companies are ethical, and others, not so, however "people power" demands ethical accountability, more and more, which is why such important issues such as arms investment, environmental audits, sweatshop labour, and fair trade, are increasingly shaping consumer purchase patterns throughout business and commerce.

Whether or not Tamworth Graphix do (or do not) endorse the racist British National Party's official approval of one of their products, we really do not know. The BNP's webpage provides a weak disclaimer that they have no (known) connection with the company, however, Tamworth Graphix do own the rights to their brand, and ultimately have the final say over the legality of product endorsements.

If Tamworth Graphix do not wish to profit from the "white supremacy pound", and are throughly disgusted at the BNP's seemingly unofficial endorsement, we strongly advise the company to seek legal advice, if the image of the company is to steer clear of erroneous publicity, and seek removal of the link, forthwith.

The BNP is quick to claim everybody is its friend, when in-fact, like the losers they are, the only friends they have, are in the worldwide "white nationalism" movement.

Their flashy suits, and spin-doctored demeanours might suggest respectability, but no matter how the Hitler-loving bunch of violent criminals, Holocaust deniers, terrorists, football hooligans, and veteran nobodies "blessed with the ugly stick" attempt to "pimp their party", nobody will be fooled.

Not least the intelligent voters of Wales, England, and Scotland.

The United Kingdom has no long-term tradition of organised fascism, which is why Mosley, Enoch Powell, and the National Front were resoundingly defeated. As will the "British Nazi Party". A handful of parochial town hall seats will never make the party a major player in the increasingly cosmopolitan world of popular culture (let alone politics), which is why there are increasingly coded references in Nick Griffin's interviews to civil wars and revolutions.

Like Adolf Hitler, the BNP would switch from democracy to armed revolution, given half a chance, with castrophic consequences, which is why such a criminally-minded racist organisation must be harangued and harried at every juncture.

Which is why bona companies such as Tamworth Graphix must steer clear of fascist endorsement.

Wales Police Boss Replies On BNP Ban

North Wales Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom has replied to a complaint that an invesitgation was made into the case of a police officer who endorsed a local councillor who is a member of the British National Party in Mold.

Mr Brunstrom replied:

"As you have chosen to write an open letter to me it seems only reasonable that I should provide an open response and let members of the public draw their own conclusions.

I cannot discuss the specific case that you raised as the alleged misconduct is still being investigated. However, I welcome the opportunity to comment on the general questions that you put and the inaccurate assertions that your letter contains.

You seem to have wilfully misinterpreted the comments attributed to the Police Federation Representative, Constable Jeff Birch, in the Daily Post on the 12th of April. Constable Birch carefully did not allow himself to be drawn into the specifics of the case being investigated and did not mention the endorsement of candidates. However, he did accurately represent what Police Regulations say about membership of the BNP; to alleviate any doubt about the Regulations let me quote for you the relevant parts.

Police Regulations 2003 Schedule 1 (as amended) provides:

Reg. 1 (1) A member of a police force shall at all times abstain from any activity which is likely to interfere with the impartial discharge of his duties or which is likely to give rise to the impression amongst members of the public that it may so interfere.

1 (2) A member of a police force shall in particular -
(a) not take an active part in politics;
(b) not belong to any organisation specified or described in a determination of the Secretary of State.

Annex AA - (the Secretary of State determined that from 1st January 2005 this provision come into force as follows):
No member of a police force may be a member of any of the following organisations-
(a) The British National Party
(b) Combat 18
(c) The National Front

These Regulations are quite simply the law of the land, as determined by Parliament. All officers are aware that when we join the Police Service our lives change; this change includes our not being able to play an active part in politics (no great hardship for most of us). It is precisely because I want to live in a parliamentary democracy, and not a police state, that I actively welcome this restriction on my private life. As police officers we cannot and must not give the impression that we might be beholden to any political party for that way lies perdition.

As to your suggestion that these restrictions are an infringement of the Human Rights Act of 1998, I suggest that you actually read the Act before making spurious comments such as this in future. For clarity, Article 10 of the European Convention, which is incorporated in our UK Act, sets out the right to freedom of expression, but also makes it clear that this right is not absolute and that such a right may be subject to restrictions as set out below:

Article 10 (2)
The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary

Clearly the Government is fully entitled to put restrictions on the political activity of police officers, members of the armed services and a range of other public servants, and it has chosen, entirely properly, so to do. The message, set out clearly by the Act, is thus: if you want to play politics, don't join the Police. This is once again quite simply the law, and law which I wholeheartedly endorse both as a senior police officer and as a citizen.

You suggest that I may be concerned about being held to account by a BNP led local Council or Welsh Assembly. You are right. I am, but I assure you that I have not yet had cause to lose a moment's sleep worrying about this prospect.

You also write about so called 'positive discrimination advocated by a very misguided Lord Scarman. It would appear that you have never read The Scarman Report: The Brixton Disorders (1981). I can only suggest that you visit your local library and borrow the report before misrepresenting his views again. You may also wish to undertake some training so that you can understand the difference between positive action (both legal and desirable) and positive discrimination, which is neither.

To remove any remaining scintilla of doubt let me formally endorse the views of the Association of Chief Police Officers of England Wales and Northern Ireland, which in July 2004 unequivocally stated that police officers and staff should face dismissal if they join the BNP.

Membership of, or support for, the BNP is completely incompatible with the honour of holding the Office of Constable.

Yours sincerely
Richard Brunstrom
Prif Gwnstabl/Chief Constable

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