'Heretical Two' appear at Leeds Crown Court

'Heretical Two' appear at Leeds Crown Court

18 June 2009

TWO men who skipped bail and fled to the US 11 months ago after a jury convicted them of peddling race-hate on the internet were yesterday back in the dock at Leeds Crown Court.
BNP reject Simon Sheppard and Stephen Whittle were convicted in Leeds last July of publishing racially inflammatory written material online.

A judge granted them bail before they were due to be sentenced.

But the far right pair skipped the country and jetted to Los Angeles in California where they claimed political asylum.

However, a US immigration judge turned down their asylum claim and Shepherd, 52, of Brook Street, Selby and York University graduate Whittle, 42, of Avenham Lane, Preston, waited for deportation back to the UK.

Both men admitted failing to answer bail when they apeared in court at a brief hearing in Leeds yesterday.

Judge Rodney Grant remanded both men in custody until sentencing on July 10.

Judge Grant said: "They must understand is at the forefront of my mind."

Mr. Davies, for Whittle said he has "substantial mitigation" because he came back to the UK voluntarily after the US authorities gave him the option of travelling to New Zealand instead.

Pony tailed Whittle, who nonchalantly read a book in the dock, contributed to Sheppard's website, which featured offensive material.

Thousands of far-right supporters logged on to the site to view more than 100 articles by Whittle, as well as items posted by Sheppard.

The investigation into Sheppard started in 2004 when copies of a pamphlet, Tales of the Holohoax, were pushed through the letterbox of a Blackpool synagogue and sent to a prominent Jewish academic.

Sheppard , was expelled from the British National Party in 1999, was also caught delivering racist pamphlets in NorthYorkshire.

Last July, the jury at Leeds convicted Sheppard of 16 charges relating to the possession, publication and distribution of racially inflammatory material.

Whittle, was convicted of five counts of publishing racially inflammatory material.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Selby-and-Preston-race-hate.5378082.jp

Weyman Upsets ANTIFA

The UAF leadership, namely one Weyman Bennett , has once again claimed that his organisation is the leading light in the tradition of militant anti-fascism in Britain today.

Just days after a UAF march led to some of the marchers succesfully chasing Griffin away from a press conference outside the Houses of Parliament, Bennett wasted no time in publicly declaring that the UAF stand firmly in the tradition that previously saw Moseley's Blackshirts smashed of the streets of London in the 1930's.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6488664.ece?Submitted=true

Bennett is an opportunist and an outright liar. As a member of the Socialist Workers Party, who have a history of 'self declared leadership' of popular struggles this is hardly surprising.

While eggs may have been thrown last week, in itself hardly a 'militant' act of much pedigree but an act newsworthy enough to prompt a media frenzy, those involved were most likely not themselves members of the UAF, and the lack of media footage of Bennett himself getting 'stuck in' is noticeably absent as always.

The truth is that the SWP and all their political front groups have contributed far more to actually boosting BNP membership than they have to confronting it.

One of the leading groups in the 1980's physically confronting the BNP were Red Action, whose founding members were themselves originally from the SWP and their front group the Anti Nazi League.

These members were expelled for 'Squadism', or put simply, using violence and intimidation to break up meetings, marches and other gatherings of far right groups such as the National Front and the British Movement.

The idea behind the tactic was to intimidate groups seen as fascist, without generating media publicity for the far right. In short they were expelled for being part of the tradition of militant anti-fascism that Bennett is today claiming he and the UAF belong too.

Bennett is happy to co-operate with the state while declairing himself a militant.

So much so that a UAF march in Leeds yesterday led by Bennett himself, was halted by the UAF on the request of the police, so that the first Orange Order parade in 40 years could go ahead on time in the same location.

indymedia.org

Now that's Bennett's 'militant anti-fascism' for you!

NWN:

Link to article removed for our own safety

Yorkshire Post upsets UAF/SWP/Searchlight

The police should be ordered to put an immediate halt to the violent attacks on Griffin whenever he pokes his nose above the parapet.

One glance at these thugs shows them to be the same old Trotskyite rabble who have infested British politics for a generation: the same gang who used to shout down Denis Healey during Labour's deputy leadership contest.

Their latest stunt is to offer £200 to anyone who throws Indian food at Griffin. Masterminded by the subversive Socialist Workers Party, they cluster around every controversial issue like maggots on rotten meat.

They were behind the anti-police campaign after the shooting of the young Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes and they ran the Respect Party which put George Galloway into Parliament until he quarrelled with them. The BNP's success is music to their ears.

You will not see them standing for election because they know the voters have no time for them. So they operate like parasites. Their biggest success was setting up the Anti-Nazi League, which was just a SWP front but managed to fool many well-intentioned people.

Now they see the BNP as their next big chance. By inflicting damage on the Labour Party with their "entryism", they are a bigger menace than the BNP ever could be. They are the mirror image of the BNP. A plague on both their houses.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/columnists/Bernard-Dineen-Trotskyite-rabble-are.5365292.jp

End of the road for the BNP?

Government aims to criminalise BNP

Thursday, 11 Jun 2009 13:03

British National party's whites-only membership rules will be banned under government's equality bill

The British National party's whites-only membership rules will be banned under upcoming legislation, it has been announced.
Harriet Harman told MPs in the Commons today that the equality bill would make the membership criteria illegal.
The leader of the House and deputy Labour leader told her shadow Alan Duncan that she was "shocked and horrified" by the electoral breakthrough the BNP experienced on Monday when two of its candidates were elected to the European parliament.
"There is no place for a political party in this country to have an apartheid constitution and the equality bill will prevent this from being the case," she said.
The equality bill consolidates all the UK's disparate equality laws into one piece of legislation, including laws related to the provision of goods and services, although it is unclear if it will be these sections which affect the party.
This week newly-elected MEP and BNP party leader Nick Griffin was given a reminder of the fierce opposition to his and his party's views when a press conference outside parliament was hijacked by anti-fascists.
The Metropolitan police are appealing for witnesses after a man and a woman were taken to hospital with minor injuries after eggs were thrown and scuffles broke out.

http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/politics/government-aims-criminalise-bnp-$1303066.htm

Get out of Britain

MPs' expenses: Shahid Malik admits charging taxpayer for two houses

Shahid Malik has admitted that the taxpayer had met the costs of office space in his constituency house and his designated second home in London simultaneously.

The Communities Minister claimed the maximum second home allowance for his London property while the office on the ground floor of his constituency house was funded through a separate parliamentary “office” expenses system.

The disclosure threatens to undermine the Prime Minister who only returned Mr Malik to government earlier this week after receiving assurances that his financial affairs were in order.

It now appears that Downing Street failed to scrutinise Mr Malik’s expense claims thoroughly before allowing him to hold ministerial office again.

The Daily Telegraph disclosed on Wednesday that Mr Malik had claimed more than £6,500 for a property described only as “office 2” on his parliamentary claim forms.

The minister had declined to tell this newspaper the location of the taxpayer-funded “office 2”. However, it can now be disclosed that “office 2” was the ground floor of his constituency home in Dewsbury.

Mr Malik said he needed the extra office space because the constituency office he inherited was not big enough.

However his expenses files show that he moved out of the original office into a new office in April 2006 but that he continued to submit claims for “office 2” until at least April 2008.

Mr Malik insisted last night that he paid rent separately for the “living area” of his constituency home.

However, no formal rental agreement exists for the “living area” and Mr Malik would not disclose how much rent he paid.

Both the constituency office and his constituency house were owned by controversial landlord, Tahir “Terry” Zaman, a friend of Mr Malik. Mr Malik stepped down as justice minister last month after The Daily Telegraph reported his landlord’s claim that he was paying well below the market rate for the rent of his home in his Dewsbury constituency.

Mr Brown reappointed him as a minister on Tuesday, saying that an investigation by Sir Philip Mawer, the Prime Minister’s adviser on ministerial rules, had cleared Mr Malik of any failure to comply with the Ministerial code.

On Tuesday, the Prime Minister refused to publish Sir Philip’s report.

On Wednesday, after calls for publication from figures including Sir Christopher Kelly of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Mr Brown backed down and promised to publish an edited summary of the document.

Mr Malik admitted details of his controversial “two homes on expenses” arrangements on Wednesday night.

Only a day after reappointing Mr Malik to the Government and clearing him of breaking ministerial rules, Downing Street failed to endorse the minister’s actions.

Speaking to journalists at Westminster, Mr Brown’s official spokesman made clear that it was up to Mr Malik to explain his use of public money.

The spokesman said: “If you have any particular accusation that you’d like to make towards Shahid Malik you should make them and you should give him an opportunity to respond to them.”

Over the past four years, Mr Malik has claimed more than £60,000 from the Commons authorities towards his designated “second home” in London. Since 2005, Mr Malik has been embroiled in a series of disputes with the authorities after claiming for a number of luxury items including a £2,600 home cinema system.

However, during this period he also paid Mr Zaman more than £6,500 for “office 2”.

Mr Zaman also let Mr Malik his main constituency office for which he has received at least £6,000. Mr Malik said last night: “When I was elected MP for Dewsbury I rented additional office space in my constituency because the office which I took over from my predecessor did not have enough room to accommodate my staff, who were working with me to serve the needs of my constituents.

“I paid £46 per week rent for the office space which was covered by my IEP cost allowances. A copy of the tenancy agreement was lodged with the House of Commons fees office in the normal way. The rent was paid by me to Yes Properties [Mr Zaman’s company] for which I was subsequently reimbursed by the Fees Office. In addition, I paid rent for the living accommodation. I made no claim under any allowance for the living accommodation.

“My home in Burnley was listed with the House of Commons fees office and with HMRC as my main home until I sold this in 2008.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5499450/MPs-expenses-Shahid-Malik-admits-charging-taxpayer-for-two-houses.html

The Culprit?

JAMES VELLOCET


I was in the office today when someone announced that BNP leader Nick Griffin was holding a press conference outside Parliament. Keen to cover the event and to let Griffin know what I thought of him, I volunteered for the assignment. I jumped into the car and raced over to Westminster.


I arrived and met up with fellow Mirror photographer Carl Fox to discuss tactics.Karl positioned himself for the press conference as I went over to the road for Griffins arrival picture.



His car drew up and his heavies to cleared the public and tourists off the footpath so that Griffin had a clear walk to the waiting cameras.Whilst standing there talking about how he was treated by the press- a crowd of protesters arrived from behind followed by a well aimed egg.


The egg hit him square on the shoulder, Peter Macdiarmid from Getty Images got the frame. He hit the button just as the egg found its target, a great news picture!



MORE:

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/mirror-images/2009/06/bnp-nick-griffin-eggspelled-fr.html

NWN:

We wonder if James Vellocet tips off terrorists as to the whereabouts of royalty and other politicians.

SAVE THE £

LABOUR PLOT TO DITCH THE POUND FOR EUROS

FEARS that Gordon Brown is secretly plotting to scrap the pound for the Euro were fuelled yesterday after the scale of the Government’s stealth plans were revealed.

Whitehall departments are spending time and taxpayers’ money updating their plans for the switch and each one has a named minister in charge of the process, it emerged.

Detailed talks have taken place in departments about what they would have to do if Britain joined.

They include explaining to the public how the move would affect their council tax and business-rate bills and how the BBC would pay for the £10 million cost of changing the TV licence fee to Euros.

The disclosures come just months after European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso claimed Britain was “closer than ever” to joining the Euro.

Pro-Europe Business Secretary Lord Mandelson also said in December that “our aim, our goal, should be to enter the single currency” and the Government was “right to maintain a long-term policy objective of taking Britain into the Euro”.

Details of how the Government is paving the way for change were extracted from ministers in answers to Parliamentary questions.

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said: “The public will be alarmed that Government departments are spending time and money on preparing to scrap the pound.

“It now appears that Gordon Brown and Lord Mandelson have a secret Whitehall agenda to exploit their appalling mismanagement of the public finances and use it as an excuse to join the Euro.

“Time and resources better spent on improving local public services are now being spent on preparing to issue council tax bills and TV licences in the new currency.

"Only Conservatives are committed never to join the Euro, preserving our economic independence, and we will scrap these white elephant changeover plans.’’

Details of the Government’s preparations for joining the Euro, which Labour has said will happen only if the British people vote Yes in a referendum, came ahead of Thursday’s elections to the European Parliament.

Lorraine Mullally, director of the Eurosceptic think tank Open Europe, said: “There is virtually no appetite in Britain for the Euro, especially at the moment as many Eurozone countries come under severe pressure in the recession.

"So it’s extraordinary that the Government has been busy working behind the scenes to secretly prepare Britain’s entry.

“When President Barroso said ‘the people who matter in Britain are currently thinking about’ joining the Euro, he certainly wasn’t talking about the British people. He was talking about Gordon Brown and his team of ‘Euro ministers’.”

Today, a ComRes survey for the TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals that just 28 per cent of the public think Britain should join the Euro, with 68 per cent opposing the move.

The Communities and Local Government Department’s plan spells out the need to prepare for council tax and business rate bills to be issued in the new currency.

But a Treasury spokesman insisted last night: “Nothing has changed in our policy. There are no active plans to join the Euro.”

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/104853/Labor-plot-to-ditch-the-for-Euros

BNP win seats in Yorkshire & North West!





SKY News has just reported that Andrew Brons has been elected. Has has Nick Griffin.

BNP wins European Parliament seat



The BNP has won its first MEP in what is shaping up to be an historic defeat for Labour in the European elections.

Health Secretary Andy Burnham said the BNP win was a "sad moment". The BNP candidate said it was the "first step to freedom" from EU "dictatorship".

Labour could be on course to dip below 20% of the vote in what Harriet Harman has called a "very dismal" night.

The party lost a whopping 12% in Wales, which saw it lose there for the first time since 1918.

The BNP won its first MEP after gaining more than 120,000 votes in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

Earlier, protesters briefly stopped BNP leader Nick Griffin from entering the building in Manchester where results of European elections are being announced.

'Misrepresentation'
The BNP won more than 120,139 votes in the Yorkshire region, slightly less than in 2004, but enough to take one of the six seats on offer in the region.

Successful candidate Andrew Brons, a retired university lecturer, acknowledged that his victory would not be "universally popular".

Despite the lies, money and misrepresentation, we have managed to win through
Andrew Brons, BNP

He said the party, which is accused by its opponents of stirring racial hatred, something it denies, had survived an "onslaught" by the media and the political classes during the campaign.

"Despite the lies, money and misrepresentation, we have managed to win through," he said.

The election was the "first step" towards the UK removing itself from the "EU dictatorship", he added.

The BNP also hopes to win a seat in the North West region, where its leader Nick Griffin is standing.

But as he arrived at the count on Sunday, his car was surrounded by noisy protesters and it drove off without him getting out.

Protests
Mr Griffin later entered the building through the back entrance.

The BNP leader was accompanied by a number of minders.

There is a substantial police presence outside Manchester Town Hall, where the votes for the region are being counted.

Police said one man was arrested in scuffles when Mr Griffin tried to get into the building through the front entrance and his car was surrounded by a small crowd of noisy protesters.

"Mr Griffin has been driven away to avoid the protests that they have set up at both entrances," a council spokesman said.

"Mr Griffin, as one of the MEP candidates, will have to gain access to the town hall at some point for the count," it added.

The BNP has targeted the North West during the campaign.

It won one of its three English county council seats in Burnley in Thursday's elections.

The BNP is hoping to improve on its European performance in 2004 when it won just under 5% of the vote.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8088133.stm


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