University dismisses claims BNP has active group in institution

| Tuesday, 27 September 2005 Source: News Shopper (Lewisham and Greenwich)

AN academic report claims the University of Greenwich is home to a British National Party (BNP) splinter group.

The report, by Brunel University security expert Anthony Glees, says Greenwich is one of 30 educational institutions where extremist or terror groups have been detected.

The claim comes two years after allegations were made that BNP cards and anti-Semitic stickers were being put up around the university.

A University of Greenwich spokesman says it has "no reason to believe" any of its 20,000 students are members of the BNP.

He added: "We will not tolerate racial discrimination and have strong powers to discipline or remove any student found to be guilty of this".

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Searchlight says:

We welcome the statement from the University of Greenwich. However it is a pity this policy was not in place two years ago when Lawrence Rustem, the BNP's general election candidate in Dagenham, was active there, along with other BNP members who were not even students, intimidating members of the university staff. As far as we know he was never disciplined.