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Protest against the BNP's party political broadcast 21.04.08

BBC worker | 21.04.2008 08:15 | Anti-racism | London

The British National Party's (BNP) party political broadcast is scheduled to take place on Monday 21 April at 6.55pm (today).

The BNP is standing candidates in the London Mayoral and Assembly elections and will be standing 625 candidates in the local elections in England and 29 in Wales. The party political broadcast will be broadcast throughout England.

The BNP is a fascist organisation, not a legitimate political party, with explicitly racist, sexist, homophobic policies. Only two weeks ago the BNP were again exposed. Nick Erikson one of the BNP candidates in London was forced to withdraw his candidacy, after he was exposed for writing sexist, racist and offensive comments on a blog in which he uses the name "Sir John Bull" visit (www.uaf.org.uk) for quotes from his blog.

Monday 21 April, 5.30pm

BBC Broadcasting House
2-22 Portland Place, London
Nearest tube: Oxford Circus

Called by Unite Against Fascism, supported by BECTU

Phone the BBC on 08700 100 222 to complain

The British National Party's (BNP) party political broadcast is scheduled
to take place on Monday 21 April at 6.55pm.

Full details: www.uaf.org.uk/news.asp?choice=80418

BBC worker
- Homepage: http://www.uaf.org.uk/news.asp?choice=80418

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Confused...

21.04.2008 09:06

I'm confused. If the BNP is not a legitimate political party, how are they able to stand in the local elections? Do you mean that, in you opinion, they should not be regraded as a legitimate political party? If so, and that is of course a valid position to hold, why do you portray yourself as someone who has the authority to decide unilaterally what is legitimate and what is not legitimate? Your approach sounds worringly fascist and authoritarian...

Confused

nice article, Bonkers party are illegitmate,terroristic,childmurdering nutters

21.04.2008 10:30

The Bonkers party are illegitmate,terrorist, childmurdering abusive nutters.
People like Griffin need to be sectioned& medicated with something to make him human, he is a absolute nutter,spoilt Toff, pc apartheid nazi liar & a comrade of people like Abu Hamza who he shared jokes,hob nobs & tea with at Oxford.
Why the hell do hardworking good people have to waste their time stopping him & his kinds bullshit. BBC & ITN journalists have right to not be forced to broadcast their lying advert, rights& views of workers should be respected.
How dare they use the union jack our families fought under to stop his kind in world war 2, back to pit of Mordor.

No doubt IMC is being bombarded by trolls on this one, havent you lot got something better to do, like real work?, instead of inbred shit stirring

Joe Hill, IWW

Well done,Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union & UAF,

21.04.2008 10:34

swing

Pete

www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/ txt08700100212hope no accidentshappen2bonkers tape

21.04.2008 10:48

worry about something real like environment & dodgy technology,you wastes of space

Johnny800,000,000 member international coop alliance

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www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/ txt08700100212hope no accidentshappen2bonkers tape

21.04.2008 10:54

worry about something real like environment & dodgy technology,you NAZI wastes of space, well done to all true antifascist &true anti authoritarians!

Johnny800,000,000 member international coop alliance

Vote green & be join growing cooperative movement

21.04.2008 11:15

Vote green & be join growing cooperative movement

James

Canvas for greens & be join growing cooperative movement

21.04.2008 11:23

sian berry has spoken out against BNP, is against ID cards for true green london,
they need help canvassing asap, BNP have been bused into London.
Greens are best party who support consensus & delegation + workers more than any other party, especially UK greens, so what if German Greens mistakes, no ones perfect, some Muslims & anarchist supported invasion of Afghanistan too.
people love green with some red & black

James

Seems to me

21.04.2008 14:00

That whenever the BNP speaks it just digs itself into a massive hole.

Surely the best thing to do is to encourage them, once they start ranting the respectable outer coating quickly falls away.

Jonny come lately

BBC Worker

21.04.2008 15:08

It seems a simple question from 'Confused'. Who granted 'BBC worker' the right to determine which parties standing for the upcoming local elections are legal and which are illegal?

Joe Blow

authoritarians?

21.04.2008 15:43

Their message is not as subtle as the fascist shite the BBC usually puts out. As for the White Season - more middle class twats hunting out the usual suspects for their distorted report. Or the covergae of Israel, Iraq or any other corporate fascist endevour. Check out the crap that Maitliss spews on Newsnight etc.or London Tonight...jeeez. Mainstream tv news coverage may as well have swastickas on it but that would give the game away. Scratch a liberal middle class and you will find a nazi hippocrite.

elephant man

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Indymedia moderator facists

22.04.2008 13:40

Last week I posted a comment regarding the space hijackers mayday gathering in London expressing my opinions.I was intrigued and disturbed to discover that although my comment wasn`t posted a (in my view)uneducated reply was which told me to get a life without any intelligent arguement.When I reposted a reply and complaint the "get a life" reply was taken off.I have tried without success of a reply or my posting being posted on site. Wheras I do not support the BNP or any other form of facist politics I feel that in a democracy and in the spirit of free speech it is dangerous and certainly controlling to try to ban these types.In my opinion this form of self imposed censorship is just as bad. I wonder if this will be posted or will the moderators ban me too. Freedom!

Winston Smith

let 'em broadcast

22.04.2008 18:49

I've never known any organisation with the capacity for shooting their own feet like the BNP: every time they open their mouths they lose support. I'd say let em broadcast, at least that way the horrible little tossers are out in the open and can be monitored

DaanSaaf

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