Foul-mouthed BNP attack Recorder

| Thursday, 24 April 2008 Source: Barking & Dagenham Recorder

A COUNCILLOR launched into a foul-mouthed tirade of abuse today, branding Recorder news editor Sally Lowe "a Nazi".

Cllr Robert Bailey, deputy leader of the British National Party (BNP) group on Barking and Dagenham Council, was unhappy over the Recorder's coverage of the London Assembly elections.

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In a verbal attack peppered with four-letter words, the former Royal Marine accused the Recorder of bias and called Miss Lowe, 29, a "jobsworth".

The Barking and Dagenham Alibon ward councillor threatened to urge BNP members to boycott the Recorder.

Cllr Bailey said: "When we have control on Barking and Dagenham Council we are going to hit you where it hurts. You won't see a penny from us and we will tell everyone to boycott your paper."

After Miss Lowe protested about his language he then accused her of swearing and hung up when she challenged the assertion.

Within half an hour of Cllr Bailey slamming down the phone, he turned up at the Recorder's offices in High Road, Ilford with a group of party members.

After shouting garbled messages through a megaphone, Cllr Bailey also called the newspaper's head of classified sales a Nazi before being moved on by the police.

Recorder editor Chris Carter said: "I am shocked that someone who claims to be a member of a legitimate political party behaves in this way.

"It is not acceptable that a member of my staff should be subjected to abuse like this and I will be considering making an official complaint to the Standards Board for England.

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