Griffin fails again to quash BNP yob tendency

| Monday, 30 April 2007 Source: Searchlight

The BNP tries hard to project respectability. BNP canvassers are told to dress smartly and be polite, to remove themselves as far as possible from the party's thuggish image. They claim to be ordinary hardworking family men and women.

On the morning of Sunday 29 April two teams gathered outside Epping station. One was a group of local anti-fascists preparing to deliver leaflets in wards in which BNP candidates were standing. The other was from the BNP.

One of the BNP members held a video camera. Her brown trouser suit could perhaps pass as smart. But inside, bursting to get out, was the worst type of hate-filled nazi yob that Nick Griffin, the BNP leader, claims is no longer what BNP members, let alone council election candidates, are like.

Leni Riefenstahl she ain't. Her film, despite its appalling out-of-focus and very shaky camerawork, including shots of the ground, quickly appeared on a nazi website under the imprint of Covert Undercover Nuisance Tactics (pathetic!). An added soundtrack included such choice lines as "I'm an a***hole, I'm a f***ing w****r", and other similar expressions, reflecting the musical taste and self esteem of the film's creator.

We somehow doubt whether Griffin will hire her to make the official party film of the next BNP Red White and Blue festival.

We understand that Transport for London are reviewing CCTV footage from outside Epping station because of her pushy behaviour which caused concern among passengers.

After she had finished shooting her footage, the BNP supporters left Epping station on a high, fuelled up to distribute their leaflets of lies and try and con some people to vote for them. The anti-fascists delivered the Hope not Hate leaflet in Epping. This was extremely well received by residents, several of whom came out to talk to the leafleters or made contact later. One man even dropped what he was doing and joined the leafleting team for the rest of the afternoon.