A new wave of infighting and backbiting is engulfing the leadership of the English Defence League.
At the centre of the growing discontent is the claim that EDL founder Tommy Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Paul Harris, is lining his own pocket through the sale of merchandise.
We have reported on these rumours for quite some time but now they have exploded publicly. A recent EDL meeting in West Yorkshire, shortly after their failed protest in Bradford, descended into recriminations and frustration at the Luton-based leadership.
Tommy Robinson hit back furiously. “Who do people think they are when they slate others who have done nothing but put their hearts, their souls, their time and relentless effort into the defence of our country, much to the annoyance of their families, their partners and even themselves?
“And what do they get other than a constant barrage of unwarranted abuse, hostility and fabrications propagated to inflame those hostilities?”
He went on: “So I’ve made millions from merchandise have i? Iv skimmed monies from the EDL movement and basically shit on our grass roots members making a living off it? Im supposedly parasiting off EDL success to line my own pockets am i?
“How fucking sad are these people?”
And he concludes: “Seriously these so called and self styled “EDL Members” need to take a good long look at themselves and see the harm they are causing, to divide is to conquer but i know that sometimes something has to be broken so it can be fixed. People who need to break away because of rumour, hearsay, and lies are welcome to leave, i only want real people with the best intentions for this movement involved. I have no time for political platitudes, for massaging egos, for babysitting or wet nursing so called “members” who have hissy fit tantrums, members who are the cause of the majority of strife within the movement.”
The organiser of the West Yorkshire meeting was John ‘Snowy’ Shaw, one of the two EDL members who staged the Dudley rooftop protest. Stung by Tommy Robinson’s attack, he meekly rolled over like a sad puppy.
“I said two things on Saturday that were passed onto me that I now know 100% are totally untrue, firstly that Tommy had made thousands of pounds out of EDL and secondly that Kevin didn't use his real daughter in the documentary. I would like to offer my most sincere apology to both these men for bringing their good names into disrupt, by repeating these lies that were brought to my attention instead of what I should of done and spoke to them personally. That was a grave error on my part and believe me or not I never went to that meeting with any intention of saying those two things and regretted them when I did, we are all human and we make mistakes I should know I have made plenty. I feel that some people have used my passion and commitment to the cause to manipulate me for their own agenda, maybe the fact that I am fanatical about EDL was my down fall.”
He concluded: “I don't now or have never wanted to cause a division within EDL, I only want what's best for the cause.”
The problem for Snowy is that he has caused a division and despite the public apology Tommy Robinson is not in the mood to forgive.
Nick Lowles, Hope not Hate.
September 10, 2010
September 08, 2010
Nick Griffin jail proceedings adjourned
An attempt by the Equality Commission to imprison the British National Party leader Nick Griffin was adjourned [yesterday] for two months.
Griffin and two former BNP officers, Simon Darby and Tanya Lumby, are accused of failing to remove potentially racist clauses from the party’s constitution. Although the party agreed in February to open membership to non-whites, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) believes that the party still discriminates on racial grounds.
Under the party constitution members have to agree with and support the party’s principles, which include several references to the “indigenous British”. Members who want to vote at party meetings and leadership elections also have to agree to home visits by local party officers, a requirement that may be intimidatory to ethnic minority members.
The CEHR action against the BNP began last autumn at a time when the racist party’s constitution banned non-white members. It forced the BNP to bar new members for over four months while it prevaricated over complying with race equality laws.
Eddy Butler, the BNP’s former national organiser, who last month mounted an unsuccessful challenge to Griffin’s leadership of the party, has said that Griffin could have saved the party tens of thousands of pounds in legal costs had he bowed down to the inevitable outcome at the start.
Today’s proceedings were the result of an application by the CEHR to commit Griffin, Darby and Lumby to prison or be fined for disobeying an order made by the Central London County Court on 12 March to remove two clauses from the BNP’s new constitution because they were indirectly racist. The judge, Paul Collins, also banned the BNP from admitting new members until it had changed the constitution, an order that the party ignored.
Griffin has taken every opportunity to portray himself as a martyr, prepared to go to prison for his cause, to persuade supporters to give yet more money to the financially strapped party. Although he defended himself in court, his desperate begging letters claimed the party needed to raise £30,000 “to make the necessary arrangements to defend our party” and its officers.
Presumably it was an attempt to appeal to his more illiterate supporters that resulted in the heading on one letter “Tommorrow [sic] is our D-Day” in round two against the “Equalities Commisson [sic]”.
In fact, even as he told supporters that he would “cherish my incarceration as an honour on your behalf”, he knew very well that he was not going to prison today. In an interview on the BNP’s website on 3 September, Clive Jefferson, the party’s national elections officer and close colleague of Griffin, claimed, albeit incorrectly, that the party had already won the case because the CEHR had withdrawn the action, leaving only an argument over costs.
At the High Court Mrs Justice Nicola Davies ruled that the cases against the three should be heard by two judges and adjourned them for a two-day hearing starting on 8 November. She laid down a strict timetable for submission of legal argument and evidence before the hearing, in view of Griffin’s very late submission of documents throughout the proceedings. Even his skeleton argument for today’s hearing was only presented yesterday afternoon.
Griffin had turned up half an hour late with his minder, Martin Reynolds, and other BNP security officers claiming it had taken him three and a half hours to get from the East End to court. Several other BNP members turned up in his support, either sitting in the public gallery of the court or on a demonstration outside in the Strand.
Also there, but keeping their distance, were Butler and a number of those who had supported his leadership challenge, including Richard Edmonds, a founder member of the BNP who was suspended from membership for revealing the huge sum the party paid its fundraising and management consultant, the convicted criminal Jim Dowson.
During the hearing Griffin was accompanied by Patrick Harrington, the leader of the rival Third Way party, whom the BNP employs in a staff management role alongside Adam Walker, the disgraced former teacher, who was also in court. Harrington, who acts as general secretary of the BNP’s fake trade union Solidarity, has represented several BNP members at tribunal hearings, sometimes successfully.
Jefferson had come all the way from Cumbria to support Griffin, though it is unlikely he understood much of the proceedings. Bob Bailey, who recently lost his position as London regional organiser, a role now filled by Griffin himself, was welcomed by Darby in particular.
Doubtless Griffin will use the two-month respite to try and raise more money to help the BNP pay off its liabilities, believed to stand at £600,000 and rising. The party claims to have received £23,000 as a result of its latest appeal, so it has a long way to go if it is to stave off insolvency proceedings by its creditors.
Hope not hate
Griffin and two former BNP officers, Simon Darby and Tanya Lumby, are accused of failing to remove potentially racist clauses from the party’s constitution. Although the party agreed in February to open membership to non-whites, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) believes that the party still discriminates on racial grounds.
Under the party constitution members have to agree with and support the party’s principles, which include several references to the “indigenous British”. Members who want to vote at party meetings and leadership elections also have to agree to home visits by local party officers, a requirement that may be intimidatory to ethnic minority members.
The CEHR action against the BNP began last autumn at a time when the racist party’s constitution banned non-white members. It forced the BNP to bar new members for over four months while it prevaricated over complying with race equality laws.
Eddy Butler, the BNP’s former national organiser, who last month mounted an unsuccessful challenge to Griffin’s leadership of the party, has said that Griffin could have saved the party tens of thousands of pounds in legal costs had he bowed down to the inevitable outcome at the start.
Today’s proceedings were the result of an application by the CEHR to commit Griffin, Darby and Lumby to prison or be fined for disobeying an order made by the Central London County Court on 12 March to remove two clauses from the BNP’s new constitution because they were indirectly racist. The judge, Paul Collins, also banned the BNP from admitting new members until it had changed the constitution, an order that the party ignored.
Griffin has taken every opportunity to portray himself as a martyr, prepared to go to prison for his cause, to persuade supporters to give yet more money to the financially strapped party. Although he defended himself in court, his desperate begging letters claimed the party needed to raise £30,000 “to make the necessary arrangements to defend our party” and its officers.
Presumably it was an attempt to appeal to his more illiterate supporters that resulted in the heading on one letter “Tommorrow [sic] is our D-Day” in round two against the “Equalities Commisson [sic]”.
In fact, even as he told supporters that he would “cherish my incarceration as an honour on your behalf”, he knew very well that he was not going to prison today. In an interview on the BNP’s website on 3 September, Clive Jefferson, the party’s national elections officer and close colleague of Griffin, claimed, albeit incorrectly, that the party had already won the case because the CEHR had withdrawn the action, leaving only an argument over costs.
At the High Court Mrs Justice Nicola Davies ruled that the cases against the three should be heard by two judges and adjourned them for a two-day hearing starting on 8 November. She laid down a strict timetable for submission of legal argument and evidence before the hearing, in view of Griffin’s very late submission of documents throughout the proceedings. Even his skeleton argument for today’s hearing was only presented yesterday afternoon.
Griffin had turned up half an hour late with his minder, Martin Reynolds, and other BNP security officers claiming it had taken him three and a half hours to get from the East End to court. Several other BNP members turned up in his support, either sitting in the public gallery of the court or on a demonstration outside in the Strand.
Also there, but keeping their distance, were Butler and a number of those who had supported his leadership challenge, including Richard Edmonds, a founder member of the BNP who was suspended from membership for revealing the huge sum the party paid its fundraising and management consultant, the convicted criminal Jim Dowson.
During the hearing Griffin was accompanied by Patrick Harrington, the leader of the rival Third Way party, whom the BNP employs in a staff management role alongside Adam Walker, the disgraced former teacher, who was also in court. Harrington, who acts as general secretary of the BNP’s fake trade union Solidarity, has represented several BNP members at tribunal hearings, sometimes successfully.
Jefferson had come all the way from Cumbria to support Griffin, though it is unlikely he understood much of the proceedings. Bob Bailey, who recently lost his position as London regional organiser, a role now filled by Griffin himself, was welcomed by Darby in particular.
Doubtless Griffin will use the two-month respite to try and raise more money to help the BNP pay off its liabilities, believed to stand at £600,000 and rising. The party claims to have received £23,000 as a result of its latest appeal, so it has a long way to go if it is to stave off insolvency proceedings by its creditors.
Hope not hate
September 07, 2010
Bid to jail BNP leader Nick Griffin adjourned
A move to jail British National Party leader Nick Griffin was adjourned today at the High Court.
The Commission for Equality and Human Rights has applied for the committal of Mr Griffin, deputy Simon Darby and party officer Tanya Lumby over allegations that the BNP has failed to remove potentially racist clauses from its constitution.
Mr Griffin, who is representing himself, has countered with an application for the cases to be thrown out.
At a brief hearing in London before Mrs Justice Nicola Davies, it was agreed the actions should be heard by two judges and be transferred to the Divisional Court for a two-day hearing starting on November 8.
Independent
Note: Eddy Butler's blog reports the following:
The Commission for Equality and Human Rights has applied for the committal of Mr Griffin, deputy Simon Darby and party officer Tanya Lumby over allegations that the BNP has failed to remove potentially racist clauses from its constitution.
Mr Griffin, who is representing himself, has countered with an application for the cases to be thrown out.
At a brief hearing in London before Mrs Justice Nicola Davies, it was agreed the actions should be heard by two judges and be transferred to the Divisional Court for a two-day hearing starting on November 8.
Independent
Note: Eddy Butler's blog reports the following:
'Nick Griffin turned up half an hour late and submitted his skeleton argument late (yesterday afternoon) and the judge gave very strict instruction that a submission of legal argument and evidence prior to the hearing in November due to Griffin's history of very late submission of papers. The costs will be added onto the final bill.'
What will happen to Griffin and co in court?
Griffin and co get their day in court today when they're up before the beak for not doing what the court ordered them to do following the case involving the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Porky Griffin, being someone's golden boy, seems to be Teflon-coated and thus able to avoid prosecution, despite the incredible amount of evidence of all kinds of criminality that is publicised and added to, it seems, almost weekly.
Nevertheless, we're hoping (though not holding our collective breath) for a decent result, preferably involving an astronomically huge fine to add to the outrageous costs that any court case of this kind seems to incur. Anything that bankrupts the BNP is fine by us.
There are a whole load of alternatives, the best of which is that he's banged up and we never have to see his fat face again, but even now he could escape therope prison cell and probably will. Watch out, if you're anywhere near the Royal Courts of Justice, for him practising a sudden onset of dementia, a la another well-known dictator.
Let's see if we can predict the result. Vote on the poll (top-right) and if you can think of any better, or funnier, options, bung them in to us via the comments.
Life imprisonment with hard labour
Six months in a nick for softies
A shower of eggs every day for three months
An enormous fine which will bankrupt the BNP
A whacking great fine which the members will have to pay as usual
Martin Pervert Reynolds to crap on Griffin from a great height
A smallish fine which will be paid via a mysterious donation
A stern telling-off from a bad-tempered judge
Whatever happens, Griffin'll claim it's a victory so who cares?
It'll be adjourned because of the tube strike
Griffin will go to the wrong court
Griffin will claim he's sick
Griffin will claim he's dead
If you happen to be near the court, try to get a few pictures for our subsequent report and email them in. Just watch out for eggs - there's bound to be a few.
Nevertheless, we're hoping (though not holding our collective breath) for a decent result, preferably involving an astronomically huge fine to add to the outrageous costs that any court case of this kind seems to incur. Anything that bankrupts the BNP is fine by us.
There are a whole load of alternatives, the best of which is that he's banged up and we never have to see his fat face again, but even now he could escape the
Let's see if we can predict the result. Vote on the poll (top-right) and if you can think of any better, or funnier, options, bung them in to us via the comments.
Life imprisonment with hard labour
Six months in a nick for softies
A shower of eggs every day for three months
An enormous fine which will bankrupt the BNP
A whacking great fine which the members will have to pay as usual
Martin Pervert Reynolds to crap on Griffin from a great height
A smallish fine which will be paid via a mysterious donation
A stern telling-off from a bad-tempered judge
Whatever happens, Griffin'll claim it's a victory so who cares?
It'll be adjourned because of the tube strike
Griffin will go to the wrong court
Griffin will claim he's sick
Griffin will claim he's dead
If you happen to be near the court, try to get a few pictures for our subsequent report and email them in. Just watch out for eggs - there's bound to be a few.
September 06, 2010
Singer Edwyn Collins takes on the British National Party and wins
Pop star's fury as BNP website uses hit songThe Edinburgh-born star's hit A Girl Like You featured on a Lothians British National Party website behind images of Asian men burning a union flag and veiled women waving banners saying "God Bless Hitler". The "Lothians BNP Video" site has now been taken off-line and its creator, BNP Central Scotland organiser Mike Coyle, has resigned from the party.
Police are investigating whether any action can be taken against the site. Edwyn Collins' wife and manager, Grace Maxwell, warned the BNP against using copyrighted material on their websites.
Ms Maxwell said: "There are many iffy videos on YouTube using A Girl Like You without permission and we are normally very relaxed about it. Whilst we don't believe that viewers would imagine for a moment that Edwyn has sanctioned the use of his track in this bizarre setting, for the removal of any doubt, we will require it to be deleted and will take the necessary steps to ensure that this happens."
The site, which was accessed via a link on the BNP Scotland website, also featured Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World with a montage calling the founder of Islam a "murderer" and "a paedophile", and several original songs by a Whitburn-based heavy metal band called Mott & Bailey.
The tracks railed against "invaders marching through our land, coming in like the night" and "darkness bringing down the walls". Videos accompanying the tracks featured images of 9/11, the London bombings and processions of coffins being carried through Wootton Bassett intermixed with images of British mosques and protesting Muslims.
Mr Coyle initially defended the site, stating that he saw nothing criminal in its content and claiming that "the BNP are not in the business of upsetting people". However, within hours of being contacted by the News, copyrighted content had been removed and the site had been re-branded "The Unofficial BNP Video Site". Mr Coyle then resigned.
The father-of-four said: "My last act as a BNP member was to dismantle this site. I put my head above the parapet and ended up being lied to. I set up this website with the full approval of the Scottish party, but now that my name stands to be dragged through the newspapers they have failed to show me any support. When I stood as a candidate in the last election my children were subjected to death threats, but I stood firm. They have lied to me for the last time."
The BNP Scotland website carries contact details for party members, party news and a page of material written by BNP Scotland leader Gary Raikes.
Edinburgh Evening News
September 04, 2010
Landlord to lose licence over rally
A pub landlord who “worked against” police as they tried to control a potentially volatile demonstration is to lose his licence.
Licensing chiefs said they would revoke the licence of Simon Kirkpatrick, landlord of the Stags Head in Deane, after he was found guilty yesterday of serving outside his licensing hours and knowingly breaching the conditions of his licensing agreement.
During the two-day trial, Bolton magistrates heard that Kirkpatrick, aged 39, of Buckley Lane, Farnworth, allowed up to 150 supporters of the English Defence League into the pub and served them alcohol before 11am on March 20. Later, more than 50 police officers had to cordon off the pub and arrange for coaches to transport the EDL protesters into the town so they did not walk through Deane. The court heard the protesters were chanting “racist” songs.
Kirkpatrick said the back door of the pub was open at 9am because the cleaner was sweeping up outside. He said a group came in and demanded to be served alcohol or they would smash up the pub.
Susan Tonks, chairman of the bench, said: “Although it is accepted this was uncomfortable, we do not believe that evasive action could not have been taken. The offence was not committed under duress so we find you guilty of two of the counts.”
Magistrates cleared him of knowingly allowing disorderly conduct to take place. Kirkpatrick was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £350 costs. After the hearing, he said: “I am disappointed but I accept what has happened, I will just have to live with it.”
Bolton licensing officer Natalie Dolan said: “With a criminal conviction for licensing offences he will be unable to continue as a licensee.”
Insp Phil Spurgeon added: “99 per cent of the licensees in Bolton were hugely co-operative. But Kirkpatrick completely worked against us.
Bolton News
Licensing chiefs said they would revoke the licence of Simon Kirkpatrick, landlord of the Stags Head in Deane, after he was found guilty yesterday of serving outside his licensing hours and knowingly breaching the conditions of his licensing agreement.
During the two-day trial, Bolton magistrates heard that Kirkpatrick, aged 39, of Buckley Lane, Farnworth, allowed up to 150 supporters of the English Defence League into the pub and served them alcohol before 11am on March 20. Later, more than 50 police officers had to cordon off the pub and arrange for coaches to transport the EDL protesters into the town so they did not walk through Deane. The court heard the protesters were chanting “racist” songs.
Kirkpatrick said the back door of the pub was open at 9am because the cleaner was sweeping up outside. He said a group came in and demanded to be served alcohol or they would smash up the pub.
Susan Tonks, chairman of the bench, said: “Although it is accepted this was uncomfortable, we do not believe that evasive action could not have been taken. The offence was not committed under duress so we find you guilty of two of the counts.”
Magistrates cleared him of knowingly allowing disorderly conduct to take place. Kirkpatrick was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £350 costs. After the hearing, he said: “I am disappointed but I accept what has happened, I will just have to live with it.”
Bolton licensing officer Natalie Dolan said: “With a criminal conviction for licensing offences he will be unable to continue as a licensee.”
Insp Phil Spurgeon added: “99 per cent of the licensees in Bolton were hugely co-operative. But Kirkpatrick completely worked against us.
Bolton News
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West Yorkshire BNP prove they are still clueless
It comes as no surprise to BNP watchers like myself that the BNP nationally are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard. Here in West Yorkshire they manage to sink just that little bit lower when it comes to stupidity.Today Chris Beverley uploaded a story to the BNP website regarding his hometown of Morley. As a ex councillor for the town, and being married to a Morley town councillor you would expect him to have some familiarity for the place.
Not so, apparently. Beverley's story was a rather dull affair, attempting to "big up" his wife Joanna. According to hubby Chris, she has a 100 percent attendance record since being elected in 2007. Let's hope Joanna has been visiting the correct town hall then. As the photograph accompanying the story is one of Dewsbury Town Hall in the neighboring district of Kirklees 5 miles away!
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September 03, 2010
English Nationalist Alliance in Brighton
The English Nationalist Alliance or ENA is a tiny right-wing organisation formed by BNP Essex member Bill Baker, to unite members of groups like the BNP, NF and EDL.
The EDL predicted 5,000 people would support their Bradford protest on 28 Aug 2010 - in fact only 700 showed-up. So, where an earlier ENA demo in April had drawn an already low turnout of just 150 supporters to Brighton, 2 days after the Bradford defeat, ENA support shrunk even lower, down to just 40 people, with ENA morons giving Hitler salutes and waving EDL flags in Brighton.
The ENA Brighton demo wasn't the 1st time Bill Baker made a fool of himself. In Aug 2009 Bill Baker cancelled an EDL demo he was trying to organise in Harrow after it turned out he'd been lying about Harrow Mosque. The Harrow protest was rescheduled by Stephen Gash's group SIOE (Stephen Gash is a former EDL spokesman who supports Serbian mass-murderer and war criminal Radovan Karadzic). SIOE staged 2 protests in Harrow - the 1st attended by less than 40 people, the 2nd attended by less than 20, and the 2nd Harrow protest was such a shambles Stephen Gash turned up 90 minutes late for his own demo. Despite this, EDL plan to humiliate themselves again in Harrow in Jan 2011.
The EDL, BNP, ENA, NF and SIOE are all the same people, separated only by the different egos that compete for leadership of their stupid movement. All of them pretend to be patriotic, but the ideology they follow is based on GERMAN nationalism.
The ENA/EDL Brighton picture is available here.
Thanks to FightbackUK for the heads-up
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September 02, 2010
The cheap and nasty party...
A couple of our readers have pointed out that the BNP is currently advertising on its website for someone to fill the role of Group Support/Training Officer. Nothing wrong with that, of course, though we would have expected the party to have invested in a new member of staff who actually knew their way around a set of accounts, or possibly someone who could get reasonably close to winning a by-election. Still, it's not for us to wonder why - just to take the piss. And we can do this by taking a closer look at the advert, which looks like it has been cobbled together by someone with too much spare time, an overwhelming sense of their own importance and the mistaken belief that plagiarising whole sections of the ad from another website would never come to light because they are a management guru. Yes, it looks like Jim Dowson has been in action again, doing whatever it is that he does for the BNP in the cheapest way possible in order to maximise his own profits.
There's actually nothing wrong with the ad itself, though it's a tad verbose. Most job descriptions tend to be padded out with all kinds of nonsense which in theory relate to the job but in practice are just buzzwords and phrases to make it sound good within a corporate environment. Like I said, there's nothing wrong with that, and most personnel officers use this kind of language as a matter of course - but it doesn't come naturally from the BNP or anyone I've ever heard from the party. So where has it been pinched from?
Well, as it happens, we know. There is a group called Businessballs which provides 'free online learning for careers, work, management, business training and education', among other things. If you ever wondered where Dowson got his expertise at business or even where Lee Barnes picks up his sometimes surprisingly lucid notes on employment law, you've found the source. And it will come as absolutely no surprise at all to be told that while the BNP is happy to plagiarise a good deal of Businessballs' text for its advert, it's a little coy about acknowledging Businessballs' copyright.
So where is the evidence that the BNP's ad-writer has plagiarised? Mostly not until the profile of the new employee is discussed in the ad. See below:
The BNP's plagiarised advert (click on image to enlarge)
It's worth comparing the two sections because the BNP has lifted most of its ad verbatim from Businessballs - particularly the Specific Job Skills, Computer Skills and the Literacy and Numeracy sections.
Businessballs' original version (click on image to enlarge)
The contents of the Businessballs page is provided free, and a bloody good resource it is, but the site owner, one Alan Chapman, clearly states that,
There's actually nothing wrong with the ad itself, though it's a tad verbose. Most job descriptions tend to be padded out with all kinds of nonsense which in theory relate to the job but in practice are just buzzwords and phrases to make it sound good within a corporate environment. Like I said, there's nothing wrong with that, and most personnel officers use this kind of language as a matter of course - but it doesn't come naturally from the BNP or anyone I've ever heard from the party. So where has it been pinched from?
Well, as it happens, we know. There is a group called Businessballs which provides 'free online learning for careers, work, management, business training and education', among other things. If you ever wondered where Dowson got his expertise at business or even where Lee Barnes picks up his sometimes surprisingly lucid notes on employment law, you've found the source. And it will come as absolutely no surprise at all to be told that while the BNP is happy to plagiarise a good deal of Businessballs' text for its advert, it's a little coy about acknowledging Businessballs' copyright.
So where is the evidence that the BNP's ad-writer has plagiarised? Mostly not until the profile of the new employee is discussed in the ad. See below:
The BNP's plagiarised advert (click on image to enlarge)
Businessballs' original version (click on image to enlarge)'The use of this webpage is free provided copyright (see below) is acknowledged and reference or link is made to the www.businessballs.com website. The webpage text may not be sold, or published in any form. Disclaimer: Reliance on information, material, advice, or other linked or recommended resources, received from Alan Chapman, shall be at your sole risk, and Alan Chapman assumes no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or damages arising. Users of this website are encouraged to confirm information received with other sources, and to seek local qualified advice if embarking on any actions that could carry personal or organisational liabilities. Managing people and relationships are sensitive activities; the material and advice available via this website do not provide all necessary safeguards and checks. Please retain this notice on all copies.Elsewhere, in a more explicit statement of the copyright for the site, Alan Chapman says,
© alan chapman 2006-2009'
'Reproduction of Businessballs materials online (internet or intranet) for any purpose requires permission.'Naturally, the BNP, not even granting an author his own acknowledgement, has chosen to ignore this notice and we feel that this should be brought to the author's attention. You can do this by emailing Mr Chapman on ac@alanchapman.com or calling him on 0116 235 5585. Let us know what response(s) you get via the comments. For reference, the BNP advert is here (the link goes via an anonymiser).
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September 01, 2010
Idiot Green Arrow reveals his identity
Paul Morris aka Green ArrowSpeeches taken from the fiasco have been uploaded to Youtube, including one by Morris.
We won't be providing the link on here, but if you go to Youtube and search for "Welsh fascist" I'm sure you will find what you are looking for.
Don't have nightmares.
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Ex-Darwen councillor branded ‘foolish’ over EDL rally
Michael Johnson - now supporting the EDLMichael Johnson, of Dean Street, Darwen, was a guest speaker at the English Defence League (EDL) demonstration in Bradford city centre on Saturday. The former Blackburn with Darwen councillor and parliamentary candidate for Rossendale and Darwen made a speech saying he was ‘defending our identity from attack’. But critics said the EDL’s actions were inciting hatred between communities.
More than 1,600 police from 13 forces were involved in the operation in Bradford at the weekend amid fears the demonstration would descend into violence. Bricks, bottles and smoke bombs were thrown at anti-racism counter-protesters and police as around 700 EDL members gathered. Fourteen people were arrested.
Former Blackburn with Darwen council leader Colin Rigby, who is a Darwen area councillor, said: “It doesn’t surprise me. He was all over the place when he was a councillor. The majority of the people living in Blackburn and Darwen have a good relationship, regardless of where they come from. We do not have any problems at all and these rantings of his show he is a rather foolish individual.”
Speaking to the Lancashire Telegraph, Mr Johnson, who is of mixed race, said he was not against Muslims, but Islamists, who have ‘a rigid ideology, not a religion, which involves taking over the country and our people’.
He said he was not a member of the EDL but ‘the EDL are fighting for something I totally believe in’.
Mr Johnson was elected to the borough council in 2006 for the England First Party which called for a ban on mixed-race marriages, black footballers playing for England, aid to Africa and virtually all immigration to England.
Blackburn Citizen
BNP's Family Weekend goes wrong...
Click on image to enlarge
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