BNP's canoe fundraiser sinks without trace...
Tom the gossip | 22.08.2006 15:32 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | Liverpool
A week or so ago, an item appeared on the BNP's website about a fundraising event to raise money for the party. Yorkshire BNP members Tom Linden (Candiate on the Stormfront nazi forum) and Steve King were planning to canoe the entire length of the Liverpool/Leeds canal. The trip was to last seven days and was intended to raise money for the BNP to continue spreading their lies around. In fact the BNP raised a fair amount in donations, which were mostly given to the BNP directly rather than to the rowers themselves. The BNP typically sent them on their way with this glorious quote: 'The tenacious 'bulldog spirit' of Waterloo, the Blitz and countless other battles lives on in brave men such as Tom and Steve.'
Let's hope not because it was all over by that evening. The caravan they were meant to be staying in had been broken into and clothing and £77 in donations that had been collected from those who had waved them off had been nicked. Steve King's bulldog spirit had apparently dissolved and he'd gone home with a sore back and a blister or two, leaving Tom Linden stranded in Wigan until one of his colleagues could get him and the canoe back home.
This farce points up a couple of different issues. One is that the BNP are as full of shit as they ever were and the other is the way they gather donations from events that don't seem to happen or for things that promptly disappear. This event fits into the former category but the latter could refer to the famously-invisible Boadicea, the BNP's 'battle bus'.
Way back in February 2006, the BNP was begging its members to donate vast amounts of money for all kinds of crap to make the bus roadworthy. Here's the list:
SPARE BULB KIT - £5.50
CHAMOIS LEATHER - £7.00
12 X MUGS AND CUPS - £14.00
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT - £22.00
PNEUMATIC LIFTING BAG - £35.00
ALUMINIUM LADDER - £40.00
GARDEN CHAIRS AND TABLE - £55.00
TEA AND COFFEE MACHINE- £77.00
VACUUM CLEANER - £82.00
SPARE WHEEL AND TYRE - £112.00
T.V.MONITOR AND DVD PLAYER - £212.00
RACKING AND STORAGE - £360.00
FRIDGE/FREEZER - £370.00
CALOR GAS COOKER AND BOTTLES - £460.00 (how much???)
VINYL DECALS (OFF-SIDE) - £580.00
VINYL DECALS (NEAR-SIDE) - £580.00
SLIDE-IN MESSAGE BOARDS (OFF-SIDE) - £640.00
SLIDE-IN MESSAGE BOARDS (NEAR SIDE) - £640.00
7 METRE FOLDING AWNING (NEAR-SIDE) - £1,770.00
240 VOLT GENERATOR AND CABLING - £2,300.00
CCTV SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM +ALARMS - £3,300.00
Pretty hefty, huh? We're told that a LOT of donations were made but the bus has never reappeared or been mentioned again.
Not wanting to join and post on the hardcore nazi forums that most BNP members seem to post on, we'll ask our questions here in the hope that one of the many, many BNP members who troll Indymedia can provide a sensible answer or two.
We're told (by a disgruntled BNP member) that thousands of pounds have been donated to the Boadicea fund. His questions were - how much has been donated, where's the money and where's the damn bus?
Or is this all yet another BNP lie?
Let's hope not because it was all over by that evening. The caravan they were meant to be staying in had been broken into and clothing and £77 in donations that had been collected from those who had waved them off had been nicked. Steve King's bulldog spirit had apparently dissolved and he'd gone home with a sore back and a blister or two, leaving Tom Linden stranded in Wigan until one of his colleagues could get him and the canoe back home.
This farce points up a couple of different issues. One is that the BNP are as full of shit as they ever were and the other is the way they gather donations from events that don't seem to happen or for things that promptly disappear. This event fits into the former category but the latter could refer to the famously-invisible Boadicea, the BNP's 'battle bus'.
Way back in February 2006, the BNP was begging its members to donate vast amounts of money for all kinds of crap to make the bus roadworthy. Here's the list:
SPARE BULB KIT - £5.50
CHAMOIS LEATHER - £7.00
12 X MUGS AND CUPS - £14.00
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT - £22.00
PNEUMATIC LIFTING BAG - £35.00
ALUMINIUM LADDER - £40.00
GARDEN CHAIRS AND TABLE - £55.00
TEA AND COFFEE MACHINE- £77.00
VACUUM CLEANER - £82.00
SPARE WHEEL AND TYRE - £112.00
T.V.MONITOR AND DVD PLAYER - £212.00
RACKING AND STORAGE - £360.00
FRIDGE/FREEZER - £370.00
CALOR GAS COOKER AND BOTTLES - £460.00 (how much???)
VINYL DECALS (OFF-SIDE) - £580.00
VINYL DECALS (NEAR-SIDE) - £580.00
SLIDE-IN MESSAGE BOARDS (OFF-SIDE) - £640.00
SLIDE-IN MESSAGE BOARDS (NEAR SIDE) - £640.00
7 METRE FOLDING AWNING (NEAR-SIDE) - £1,770.00
240 VOLT GENERATOR AND CABLING - £2,300.00
CCTV SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM +ALARMS - £3,300.00
Pretty hefty, huh? We're told that a LOT of donations were made but the bus has never reappeared or been mentioned again.
Not wanting to join and post on the hardcore nazi forums that most BNP members seem to post on, we'll ask our questions here in the hope that one of the many, many BNP members who troll Indymedia can provide a sensible answer or two.
We're told (by a disgruntled BNP member) that thousands of pounds have been donated to the Boadicea fund. His questions were - how much has been donated, where's the money and where's the damn bus?
Or is this all yet another BNP lie?
Tom the gossip
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http://82.69.12.18/lancasteruafblog/
Comments
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No case to answer
22.08.2006 22:07
BNP sympathiser
On Occasion
22.08.2006 23:34
Now I’ve got a comment for you. Every time a nationalist reads your filth, it fills him with an ever greater sense of purpose; so please keep up the work.
Smell you outside Leeds Crown Court.
Race&Nation.
Ps fuck the bus, because who really cares?
James
BNP vermin
23.08.2006 00:07
Sloane
Worthless Nazi cretins
23.08.2006 10:15
Bad-back Tom
Yawn
23.08.2006 15:02
James
BNP anger
23.08.2006 15:13
Boadicea
Eek - the police are coming
23.08.2006 17:03
It might interest them to know that the figure was obtained from the VNN nazi forum. Here's the relevant thread
Presumably their most prominent new member, nazi pisshead Sid Williamson, can give them a bit more information as he's the moderator for VNN's UK section.
Tom the gossip
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Canoe sinks?
23.08.2006 17:06
Bill and Ben
Fash n cops
23.08.2006 18:35
ACAB
Bitter shoe
23.08.2006 19:27
After Shelf we never doubted your "bulldog spirit" Tom! LOL! Rumour has it you needed a new pair of trousers then as well!
Cinderella & The Ugly Sisters
Pant-filling Nazis
23.08.2006 19:33
Most of you seem far more adept at filling your pants! Sid Williamson isn't the only Nazi who pisses himself.
Felix
The NEW Nazi uniform
23.08.2006 19:39
Benny & the gang
Nice nix - and so practical
23.08.2006 22:56
Oh God no. Perhaps not. :-(
Tom the gossip (again)
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What?
23.08.2006 23:34
Sid
Sid
24.08.2006 00:17
Hardacre
Aarrgh...
24.08.2006 01:32
Good job HE didn't try the canoe trip! LOL
Tom the Goss
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BNP Black Hole
02.09.2006 11:01
Val