The Church of England is to consider banning clergy from joining the British National party amid fears the far-right party is promoting its image as Christian. Next month's General Synod, the church's national assembly, will debate a motion calling on Anglican bishops to formulate a similar policy to that of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) on the BNP. The Acpo policy stat...

I wonder how many Church of England clergy are card-carrying members of the BNP? Is this a right that will soon be removed from any such putative clercics? "Church of England clergy could be barred from membership of the far-right British National Party under a controversial motion to be debated this week, The Times has learnt. The move, which coincides with intense public debate over race and equ...

The Church of England today voted overwhelmingly in favour of banning clergy from belonging to the British National Party . On the second day of the General Synod, the legislative body that meets twice a year, more than 300 of the 418 members gathered in Westminster endorsed a motion asking the House of Bishops to keep BNP members out of the church. The members wanted a policy similar to that adop...

British National Party candidates should not be invited to election hustings in church halls, the Church of England has told clergy.

The BNP are priceless. Their latest billboard campaign is a real winner! The extremist British National Party (BNP) is to launch an advertising campaign featuring Jesus Christ. The far-Right party will use the advert which features a bible verse quoting Jesus' words about persecution, in the run up to the European Elections in June. It comes after the Church of England passed a resolution at ...

The British National Party dismisses an appeal by senior Anglican church leaders for voters to boycott the party.

Matthew Goodwin’s new book, New British Fascism: Rise of the British National Party, expands on one of his previous works on political extremism to look in-depth at just the BNP. New British Fascism: Rise of the British National Party has at its heart an extensive set of interviews with BNP members. His conclusion is a

Church of England clergy will shortly be forbidden from joining the fascist BNP. Yesterday, the General Synod voted by an overwhelming majority of 322 to 13 for the CoE to become like the prison service or the police in proscribing membership. It’s a good idea, since it prevents the BNP from using the name of

Church of England clergy will shortly be forbidden from joining the fascist BNP. Yesterday, the General Synod voted by an overwhelming majority of 322 to 13 for the CoE to become like the prison service or the police in proscribing membership. It’s a good idea, since it prevents the BNP from using the name of

An Anglican church in the Windsor constituency has been accused of “handing the Devil a megaphone” after running a hustings event which included the local candidate of the far-right British National Party (BNP). Holy Trinity Church in Sunningdale invited all six local candidate to the event yesterday evening (27 April), including the BNP’s Peter Phillips. Their