Action Needed
Shaz | 20.04.2005 23:35 | Cambridge
Protest against the British National Party's party political broadcast and call on the BBC to pull the plug on race hatred
BBC1 and BBC2 are set to transmit the first party political broadcast by the BNP in the general election campaign on Thursday 21st April. The BBC is not obliged under the law to transmit the broadcast. There are precedents for restrictions being put on the fascist and racist BNP - its previous broadcasts were either stopped entirely or subject to severe restriction due to their offensive content. Wherever the BNP have a presence, racist attacks increase. Prominent members of the BNP including its leader Nick Griffin have recently been charged under the section 18 of the Public Order Act which outlaws incitement to racial hatred.
A letter will be handed in, calling on the BBC to not to broadcast the BNP's message of race hate.
You can make a complaint...
By phoning the BBC: 08700 100 222
or Textphone: 08700 100 212
or by email: Go to the BBC website complaints page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/ and click on 'email: send your complaint'
You can also write to the BBC:
BBC Complaints, PO Box 1922, Glasgow G2 3WT
You can complain to OFCOM on the content of the broadcast by emailing:
contact@ofcom.org.uk
You can also call on the other broadcasters not to broadcast the BNP's election material:
ITV: dutyoffice@itv.com
C4: viewerenquiries@channel4.co.uk
C5: customerservices@five.tv
Please let us know the details of your complaint by cc'ing unite@natfhe.org.uk
BBC1 and BBC2 are set to transmit the first party political broadcast by the BNP in the general election campaign on Thursday 21st April. The BBC is not obliged under the law to transmit the broadcast. There are precedents for restrictions being put on the fascist and racist BNP - its previous broadcasts were either stopped entirely or subject to severe restriction due to their offensive content. Wherever the BNP have a presence, racist attacks increase. Prominent members of the BNP including its leader Nick Griffin have recently been charged under the section 18 of the Public Order Act which outlaws incitement to racial hatred.
A letter will be handed in, calling on the BBC to not to broadcast the BNP's message of race hate.
You can make a complaint...
By phoning the BBC: 08700 100 222
or Textphone: 08700 100 212
or by email: Go to the BBC website complaints page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/ and click on 'email: send your complaint' You can also write to the BBC:
BBC Complaints, PO Box 1922, Glasgow G2 3WT
You can complain to OFCOM on the content of the broadcast by emailing:
contact@ofcom.org.uk You can also call on the other broadcasters not to broadcast the BNP's election material:
ITV:
dutyoffice@itv.com C4:
viewerenquiries@channel4.co.uk C5:
customerservices@five.tv Please let us know the details of your complaint by cc'ing
unite@natfhe.org.uk
Shaz
Comments
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Complaint
30.04.2005 20:36
mike
BNP Broadcast
20.05.2005 11:23
I think that in some ways it was good that the BNP party political broadcast was shown on TV. As they looked like complete fools! The phrase "if you give someone enough rope" springs to mind! :o)
The only downside is that thick people might vote for them. The bottom line however is the BNP will never get in, or indeed if they do I presume we will be in much deeper water than worrying about a party political broadcast, queue footage of goose stepping!
Mike