Saturday 24 October 2009

A selection of recent media reports

One in five 'would consider voting BNP' after Nick Griffin Question Time appearance
More than a fifth of the public would consider voting for the British National Party, according to the first opinion poll taken since the appearance of its leader, Nick Griffin, on Question Time. 
Daily Telegraph (24-Oct-2009)

BNP claims big recruitment boost after Question Time
but leader of far-right party still plans to make complaint to...
The Press and Journal (24-Oct-2009)

Neather worked as a speechwriter for Tony Blair and in the Home Office for Jack Straw and David Blunkett.
"Mass migration was the way that the Government was going to make the UK truly multicultural," he wrote in in the London Evening Standard. "I remember coming away from some discussions with the clear sense that the policy was intended - even if it wasn't its main purpose - to rub the Right's nose in...
Daily Express (24-Oct-2009)

Poll boost for British far-right after TV first
Nearly a quarter of adults would consider voting for the far-right British National Party, a poll out Saturday said, after its leader made a controversial appearance on a BBC...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (24-Oct-2009)

Judge rules travellers are allowed to stay on Essex green belt land, calling them 'victims'
There are two very different takes on the way in which six traveller families recently set up home on pristine green belt farmland on the outskirts of Blackmore in...
Daily Mail (24-Oct-2009)

Nick Griffin's view's are far from outdated
In the past, discussions over population were often overshadowed by ideas of 'Us' and...
Guardian Unlimited - G2 (24-Oct-2009)

IN YOUR DREAMS BEARDIE
MUSLIM extremists now want to boot Nelson off his column and replace Buckingham Palace with a massive mosque. They have released a series of disturbing photographs showing how London would look under their...
Daily Star (24-Oct-2009)

Diane Abbott: Dark times for the debate on immigration
My first appearance on Question Time proved acceptance as no other programme...
The Independent (24-Oct-2009)

Labour let in migrants 'to engineer multicultural UK'
Huge increases in immigration over the past decade were a deliberate attempt to engineer a more multicultural Britain, a former Government adviser said...
Daily Mail (24-Oct-2009)

BBC show trial that taught us nothing
Let's be unequivocal. Nick Griffin is an odious man, who fronts an odious party dedicated to spreading odious racial hatred across a nation he insultingly professes to...
Daily Mail (24-Oct-2009)

LABOUR IMMIGRATION PLOT
A FORMER Government speechwriter revealed yesterday that Labour deliberately set out to encourage mass migration into...
Sunday Express (24-Oct-2009)

The man who's a disgrace to justice
Ever since it was introduced by Tony Blair's government in 1998, the Human Rights Act has done more to diminish the sense of fair play and natural justice in this country than any other piece of...
Daily Mail (24-Oct-2009)

'One In Five Voters Now Considering BNP'
More than a fifth of voters would consider voting for the British National Party according to the first opinion poll taken since the controversial appearance of Nick Griffin on Question...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (24-Oct-2009)

LABOUR IMMIGRATION PLOT 
A FORMER Government speechwriter revealed yesterday that Labour deliberately set out to encourage mass migration into...
Daily Express (24-Oct-2009)

Labour 'Encouraged Mass Immigration To UK'
Labour ministers deliberately encouraged mass immigration to diversify Britain over the past decade, a former Downing Street adviser has claimed. Andrew Neather said the mass influx of migrant workers seen in recent years was not the result of a mistake or miscalculation, but rather a policy the party...
96.9 Viking FM (24-Oct-2009)

They put me up against a lynch mob, Griffin complains
BNP leader says Question Time was 'twisted' to focus on...
The Independent (24-Oct-2009)

Airline backs out of further deportations
Blow to Government as Air Italy refuses to carry Iraqi asylum...
The Independent (24-Oct-2009)

The BNP backlash - MPs accuse BBC of playing into Nick Griffin's hands by stage-managing Question Time onslaught
The BBC was accused last night of letting BNP bigot Nick Griffin 'play the martyr' amid bitter recriminations over his appearance on Question Time. Senior MPs accused the corporation of whipping up controversy to maximise viewing figures - then crudely stage-managing the programme so he was under attack...
Daily Mail (23-Oct-2009)

Philip Davies expresses population growth concerns
Comments (3) Have your say ' Shipley Tory MP Philip Davies has called for an urgent debate on immigration. Mr Davies said the Office for National Statistics figures showed the population will grow by ten million in the next 25...
The Telegraph and The Argus (23-Oct-2009)

Nicholas Soames condemns BNP leader
MID Sussex MP Nicholas Soames has condemned British National Party leader Nick Griffin for suggesting his grandfather, Sir Winston Churchill, would have been a BNP...
Bognor Today (23-Oct-2009)