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BNP Attacked by Churchill's Family

category bristol | local government | news report author Saturday May 30, 2009 09:57author by antiBNP Report this post to the editors

The BNP are standing 8 candidates in the local elections in Bristol. As small cadres of BNP activists trawl the working class areas of Bristol pushing the party's message of racism and hate, their attempts to wrap themselves in the flag and bask in the glow of the 'Dunkirk Spirit' are coming unstuck.

Who won WWII?  The BNP seem to have 'forgotten' who's side thier ideology was on...
Who won WWII? The BNP seem to have 'forgotten' who's side thier ideology was on...

Yes, in yet another PR gaff for Fuhrer Nick Griffin, his use of Churchill's image by the BNP has earned him a broadside from the statesman's family;

Relatives of Sir Winston Churchill have denounced as ‘monstrous’ an attempt by BNP leader Nick Griffin to cloak himself in the mantle of Britain's greatest wartime leader. The far-right British National Party’s election broadcast, which is screened nationwide this evening, features Mr Griffin quoting from one of Churchill’s most famous speeches. The BNP chief uses the broadcast to argue that modern Britain, with its record of welcoming immigrants, has betrayed the ‘the blood, sweat, toil and tears’ of those who fought for freedom in the Second World War. The advert, which features footage of Sir Winston and British war graves, provoked fury from descendants of Churchill, who have tried to ban the BNP from appropriating his image. Tory MP Nicholas Soames, Sir Winston’s grandson, revealed yesterday that he has tried and failed to get election watchdogs to ban the BNP from using Churchill as a vote winner. Mr Griffin was also accused of ‘sickening hypocrisy’ after it emerged that he once praised the 'limitless courage and sacrifice', of Hitler’s SS... http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/2009/05/family-of-wins....html

In other BNP news, as former local Bristol candidate for the BNP Clive Courtney has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his deaf wife; http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/2009/05/bnp-activist-h....html

The BNP candidate in Worcester is asking people not to vote for her. She wanted to pull out of the election, but it is too late; http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/2009/05/dont-vote-for-....html

In addition we are happy to note that the counter-BNP leaflet of Bristol AntiFa has had over 2200 download/unique views. http://issuu.com/bristolantifa/docs/election_leaflet - Well done!

Hat tip to http://www.jamesbarlow.co.uk/bnp-and-commonwealth-war-g...57389 for the image above.

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