BNP defend rape shame candidate

posted by: Nick L | on: Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 17:50

Wow, it's been an eventful day. The Evening Standard followed up Searchlight's investigation by running a full page article exposing the awful views of London BNP candidate Nick Eriksen. In his John Bull blog, Eriksen said: "Rape is simply sex. women like sex so rape cannot be such a terrible physical ordeal."

He also said: "some women are like gongs - they need to be struck regularly."

The BNP responded by defending Eriksen. Simon Darby, the party's press officer, said his remarks were simply "satirical and provocative." Hmm... interesting.

He goes on to dismiss the notion that the BNP is somehow soft on sex crimes. Sorry, Simon, am I missing something? Is this the same party that refused to apologise to voters for inflicting a gang rapist on voters in Oldham? Or a party where no action was taken against two BNP councillors who were convicted of assaulting their wives whilst in office?

Sorry, but Eriksen's views sit comfortably within the BNP. That's why the party hasn't publicly condemned him.

In the meantime, some of my Searchlight colleagues were busy distributing 250,000 'Rape Shame' leaflets around London. I, however, was otherwise engaged, addressing the Unite (Amicus section) East Midlands Regional Council in Quorn.

To read the Searchlight article, click here

To read the Evening Standard article, visit:(http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23470426-details/Women+more+troubled+by+bag+theft+than+rape%2C+BNP+candidate+claims/article.do)