BNP member list

**hotrod4** · 20-Nov-08, 19:48

With all the palova on the news about the "list" and People losing their jobs thought I would ask to see how others felt.
I think its pretty bad that some people may lose their jobs due to being on the BNP list. The party is a legal political party,whether you agree with them or not as a Legal political party is it right that people may be sacked for being a member?

If someone was a labour member and their boss was a tory would it be alright for them to be sacked? NO!!! So whats the difference for being BNP?

If anyone gets sacked they will be playing the game that they accuse the BNP of doing, i.e Intolerance against someone for their views etc.

I have a copy the list and can confirm that their are no members in Wick or Thurso, which was a shock!!!

**Metalattakk** · 20-Nov-08, 20:08

Originally Posted by hotrod4

With all the palova on the news about the "list" and People losing their jobs thought I would ask to see how others felt.
I think its pretty bad that some people may lose their jobs due to being on the BNP list. The party is a legal political party,whether you agree with them or not as a Legal political party is it right that people may be sacked for being a member?

Yes, it's right. In some jobs you can't be a member of any political party.

Originally Posted by hotrod4

I have a copy the list and can confirm that their are no members in Wick or Thurso, which was a shock!!!

The copy I have a hold of certainly contradicts your assumption.

**starry** · 20-Nov-08, 20:14

The copy I have must be same as your Metal.

**skinnydog** · 20-Nov-08, 20:18

I think that a lot of people have the perception (right or wrong I can't say) that the BNP is full of nutters of the highest degree.

Perhaps the person who published the list had an ulterior motive? Just because someone has been "outed" on a list on the internet doesn't make them any worse a person than they were the day before when no-one knew they were the member of this party.

**emszxr** · 20-Nov-08, 20:36

the copy i have has a member from thurso

**Metalattakk** · 20-Nov-08, 20:38

Originally Posted by skinnydog

Perhaps the person who published the list had an ulterior motive?

It appears to certainly be so. An 'inside' job, apparently.

**The Angel Of Death** · 20-Nov-08, 20:53

Again the list i have a copy of has a member form thurso on it as well

**bettedaviseyes** · 20-Nov-08, 20:57

The copy I have seen too has member from Thurso and even were I live in Fife there's quite a few people. I think this is a disgrace people thinking like that in this day and age. I would be ashamed to kwow anyone on that list and if i did come across someone i knew i would no longer speak to them.

As for the police officers losing their jobs, boo hoo!!
You knew that membership of the BNP was banned.

**Gizmo** · 20-Nov-08, 21:05

The Bouncy Norks Party, why would anyone get sacked for joining that?

**Dorrie** · 20-Nov-08, 22:27

Originally Posted by emszxr

the copy i have has a member from thurso

Mine also has a member from Thurso.

**mccaugm** · 20-Nov-08, 22:40

I have not seen the list but I think a party that encourages racism should be outlawed, period. I am not usually a fan of outing people for whatever reason but in this case I agree. We should know if our police and other governmental service workers are followers of this party as this contradicts their impartiality in the workplace.

**bettedaviseyes** · 20-Nov-08, 22:59

I AGREE THESE'S PEOPLE SHOULD BE OUTED

**northener** · 20-Nov-08, 23:04

Like their policies or not, they are a legal political party in this country and should be afforded the same degree of right to privacy as any other legitimate political party.

I'm no great fan of idiot left wing parties and ideologies - but I wouldn't support 'outing' their members just because they believe in some tripe called 'class war' or because they view certain sectors of the British community as 'the enemy'....sad gits.

That's one of the joys of living in a democracy, folks. Live with it.

**Bazeye** · 20-Nov-08, 23:09

Playing Devils Advocate here. Just because the list contains 10,ooo odd names does not mean that only 10,000 people will vote for them. In quite a few by-elections they have come second ahead of lab/con. If you look at it from a different angle there are probably more than 10,000 people in the UK that want this country as an Islamic Republic. Recently a teacher was dismissed for logging on to the BNP website whilst at school on his dinner break, while another teacher was logging on to porn sites and was only repimanded. The teacher has since been re instated as it only illegal to be in the armed forces or police force and be a member of the BNP. It made me wonder why this wasnt mentioned in the mainstream media, are they trying to hide something from us? As I mentioned at the start Im only playing Devils Advocate, and no my name isnt on the list.

**JoeSoap** · 20-Nov-08, 23:58

Originally Posted by hotrod4

I think its pretty bad that some people may lose their jobs due to being on the BNP list. The party is a legal political party,whether you agree with them or not as a Legal political party is it right that people may be sacked for being a member?

You know, it's a reasonable point. The BNP is a legal, political party: repugnant for sure, but legal all the same.

I don't feel comfortable with the idea of membership of a political party being officially prohibited by those in authority.

Having said that...

Originally Posted by hotrod4

If someone was a labour member and their boss was a tory would it be alright for them to be sacked? NO!!! So whats the difference for being BNP?

The reason for the ban on police officers joining the BNP is that “such membership would be incompatible with our duty to promote equality under the Race Relations Amendment Act and would damage the confidence of minority communities”.

They've got a reasonable point.

Take the case of the officer who was suspended today. That officer is likely to have been involved in cases involving minorities and some of those cases will likely have seen a minority defendant being found guilty of a crime. It is widely accepted that the BNP actively promotes a racist agenda. I'd be surprised if we don't see at least one appeal as a direct result of this officer's support of that agenda.

Originally Posted by hotrod4

If anyone gets sacked they will be playing the game that they accuse the BNP of doing, i.e Intolerance against someone for their views etc.

Well no, not quite. These people chose to join the BNP... the people the BNP discriminates against were simply born with a different shade of skin. There really is a difference.

I wonder, if anybody does get the sack over this, will they have the audacity to try to use European Legislation in their defence.

Originally Posted by hotrod4

I have a copy the list and can confirm that their are no members in Wick or Thurso, which was a shock!!!

Sorry but as others have said, there's definitely one mentioned... and from the notes against their name they don't seem to be a passive member either.

**Metalattakk** · 21-Nov-08, 00:37

Originally Posted by JoeSoap

Sorry but as others have said, there's definitely one mentioned... and from the notes against their name they don't seem to be a passive member either.

Well as he's listed as an activist, with a comment saying he would "like to become a contact", I think he's probably pretty passive by default, seeing as he's all on his lonesome north of Tain.

Is there a Thurso sept of the BNP?

**sweetpea** · 21-Nov-08, 00:59

is it right that people may be sacked for being a member?

Er, Yes, esp if they work for civil service aka the government.

**MadPict** · 21-Nov-08, 01:30

Originally Posted by sweetpea

is it right that people may be sacked for being a member?

Er, Yes, esp if they work for civil service aka the government.

So this lot should go too?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...r-right-labour

**hotrod4** · 21-Nov-08, 07:26

Originally Posted by Metalattakk

The copy I have a hold of certainly contradicts your assumption.

As there is 12,081 names to go through, I used the ctrl+F to check Wick & Thurso and it found nothing.But I know from a postcode search on another site that you are right.

It is quite sad though that I now have over 12,00 e-mails,Phone numbers and Addresses for people I dont even know!!!!

Maybe I could send them all a xmas E-card? or phone them up with an Indian accent call myself "John" and ask if they are happy with ther broadband providings!!!!