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He led the far-Right BNP through electoral thick and thin for 15 years. Now, after his expulsion, Channel 4 News sheds light on the battle raging within the party that has done for Nick Griffin.
BNP leader Nick Griffin is declared bankrupt, but insists he will still run for re-election to the European Parliament in May.
The fact that Nick Griffin has travelled to Syria on a fact-finding mission may surprise some, but this is not the first time the BNP leader has traveled to the Middle East.
A core of the BNP believe armed violence is always justified to protect the ‘national way of life’, according to a new report into the UK far-right, based on a sample of over 2,000 supporters.
The claim “BNP say no because they know AV will hurt them.” – Yes to Fairer Votes, April 13, 2011 The background The No to AV campaign argues that extremists such as the British National Party, the National Front and the British Union of Fascists would flourish under an AV voting system.
A BNP councillor is in line to become the party’s first mayor. But Channel 4 News learns that the far-right party is still bracing itself for a tough time at next month’s local elections.
BNP blames immigration for a rising crime rate but FactCheck finds numerous holes in its assertion.
The campaign in the Wiltshire seat of Chippenham is being overshadowed by a row over whether the British National Party (BNP) candidate should join hustings debates, writes Katie Razzall.
As the BNP launches its London election campaign, a former party activist tells Channel 4 News some of the party’s members have Nazi-esque tendencies.
Nearly eight million people watched BNP leader Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time last night. How did the claims they heard check out?
Jon Snow
I didn’t want to blog about the BNP leader’s appearance on Question Time. But I would say that Nick Griffin did precisely what he came to do. The questions raised by last night’s programme will not go away by ignoring them but by honestly addressing them, and the facts that inform them. The one great…
Gary Gibbon
11.50AM UPDATE: We are hearing that the Libs have held on to third place and that UKIP may have pushed the Greens – who had high hopes here – into fifth. Not long to wait. – I am in a sea of Confederate flags and caravans at the Norwich North by-election count. There’s a country…
Jon Snow
One by-product of the European elections – Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons, the two new BNP Euro MPs, are both to get high-security passes to the Houses of Parliament. It is just one of many perks of being an MEP that a Westminster pass goes with the job.
Gary Gibbon
I just witnessed the two new BNP MEPs being swept off the Green in front of parliament by demonstrators from Unite and others. Nick Griffin had got only a short way into criticising coverage of his party in the newspapers when a crowd of about 150 demonstrators descended on Griffin, fellow MEP Andrew Brons, and…
We spoke to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who was taking part in an anti racism workshop organised by Chelsea football club.