My Griffin did not attend at court however the barrister representing the party was at court on his behalf.
Having read his statement on the BNP website it appears to me that Mr. Griffin has thrown the ‘towel’ in, given up at the very first step and let his loyal members down badly.
Quotes by Nick Griffin MEP
“The British National Party will have to adapt to the undemocratic Orwellian ‘equality laws’ with regards to party membership criteria, or it will die, party leader Nick Griffin warned in reaction to today’s court hearing brought by the Commission for Equality & Human Rights (CEHR).”
“Either we shift our position or we will be utterly crushed. That fact was established beyond any possible doubt when the judge ruled that we must pay the thousands of pounds of costs of today’s hearing.”“By taking this as far as a court hearing, we have ensured that party unity will be maintained, because whatever steps we take, it is now crystal clear to all concerned that we simply do not have a choice but to change our membership policy.”
“Adapt or die is the only decision left to make, for failure to adapt would lead either to our being bled white through the courts or crushed by new criminal laws. Party unity is priceless, because a party of brothers standing shoulder to shoulder can be persecuted, but it can never be beaten or broken.” Well Nick I am lost for words, NOT!
I like many other Nationalists, some even from different parties stood by you during your court case at Leeds crown Court.
We stood in the snow, hail, rain and freezing cold supporting you as you took on the politized legal system in our fight for ‘Freedom of Speech’ you told me many times that you were prepared to go to prison because that is how strongly you felt.
You stood by me when you and other Nationalists stood in the snow outside Halifax police station when I was too was arrested because of undercover filming for the BBC Secret Agent documentary.
We had an anger a determination and a drive then, to beat these undemocratic forces levelled against us and beat them we did because we would not give in.
You called for demonstrations, you got them, you called for donations, you got them, you mobilised the party and a good proportion of the general public in support too, you did not give in and you won.
Now I wonder why you have given in so easily. Could the fact that you are an MEP have lessened your determination as a committed nationalist to up hold core racial nationalist policies?
Everything we as Nationalists have fought for has been abandoned and strewn on the steps of the race industries Tsar Phillips as you touch your forelock and bow lowly as you retreat from his presence.
You quite rightly complain about the power of the CEHR - so ‘fight them’
You fought them for Freedom of Speech, so why not for your party?
Fight them because there are hundreds of non-White mono-ethnic groups up and down the country (many start funded), fight them because of section 25 and 26 of the Human Rights Act a small section is shown below
25 Discrimination: associations not within s. 11
(1)This section applies to any association of persons (however described, whether corporate or unincorporated, and whether or not its activities are carried on for profit) if—
(a) It has twenty-five or more members; and
(b) Admission to membership is regulated by its constitution and is so conducted that the members do not constitute a section of the public within the meaning of section 20(1);
But Nick the People of this country need you to stand up to this racist oppression and fight it, letting ethnics join will destroy the BNP and drive its members away.
As an ex BNP organiser I would have been the first to leave had you suggested this surrender then.
The National Front will not give in to such oppression we ‘will’ stand up to Phillips and his like.
Even if we have to de register as a political party and become a Civil Rights Group with ‘Independent’ candidates standing on a Nationalist ticket we will continue to support and ‘represent’ OUR people.
We would ask all BNP members and supporters to read your chairman’s statement, consider it very seriously and decide as Nationalists for yourselves.
Remember the National Front has a 42 year Nationalist history, it is a household name and has never diluted its core Nationalist policies nor will it.
All BNP members and supporters are very welcome to come and join us we will not sell you out we will not let you down we will welcome you with open arms.
Tom Linden
This is taken from the wekly NF NEWS bulletin.
I would like to add some things here. The Swindon Nationalists Blog, which supports the BNP, have come out and said the BNP have never had a policy which involves repatriation of all non-whites...... Well, that folks is nothing short of a lie... Before Nick Griffen took over the party and turned it into this neo-Conservative hotch-potch of misfits, the BNP had a policy which stated clearly that all non-whites would be deported. Which is nothing to be ashamed off, in fact, if I was still in the BNP I would want to get back to that.
The National Front has been around now since 1967, and we have never compromised; we have faced reds and the state head on, we have been physically attacked, slandered in the papers, members have lost their jobs, social status, and yet, not once has the NF weakened on any of their core white nationalist policies....
This is a fight for Race and Nation, Surrender is not an option.