Griffin the motivator

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Thursday, 23 April 2009, 14:38

I rarely get surprised about the BNP and what they say and do. I've been in this game for far too long to be shocked by the racism and bigotry. But today even I was shocked to read Nick Griffin's words about immigration being a "bloodless genocide". I am totally lost for words.

Searchlight gave the BBC an internal BNP document in which BNP organisers were told never to refer to blacks and Asians as ‘British' "for the simple reason that such persons do not exist." We suggested that they put this statement to the BNP. We had no idea that Nick Griffin would not only defend it but go even further.

The BNP is a thoroughly racist and repugnant organisation as Griffin has just made abundantly clear. It is our job to make sure everyone knows this, especially in the media. There is simply no excuse for giving the BNP an easy ride in any future interview. They are not a normal political party and don't deserve to be treated as one.

Fortunately, a growing number of people are realising the threat of the BNP. We are being inundated with emails and phones calls from across the country with offers of help. What is especially great is that many are from areas where we have had nothing before. In all my time at Searchlight I really have never seen anything like it before. We have now activities taking place in almost 200 towns and cities across Britain. We expecting hundreds of union branches to be involved in Union Friday and 80 Universities and colleges to take part in Student Sunday.

The campaign is building and Griffin's disgusting words only motivate us more.