The British National Party's new membership rules are likely to discriminate against non-white people, a judge rules.
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BBCPolitics on 12th Mar 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
In a further attempt to destroy any semblance of property rights in this country, the so-called Equality and Human Rights Commission has started court proceedings against the British National Party. They claim, perhaps correctly, that the BNP's membership rules included in its constitution are illegal because they restrict membership to "indigenous caucasians". The BNP is a private organizati...
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CynicalLibertarian on 24th Aug 2009 (via cynlib.blogspot.com)
The battle between the equalities watchdog and the British National Party over the party's membership policy returns to court.
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BBCPolitics on 8th Nov 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
The British National Party will amend its constitution so its rules on membership do not discriminate on the grounds of race or religion a court was told.
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Telegraph on 15th Oct 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
THE British National Party will amend its constitution so its rules on membership do not discriminate on the grounds of race or religion, a court was told yesterday.
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Scotsman on 15th Oct 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
The British National party tonight vowed to take legal action after its entire membership list was published online in breach of a court injunction. The party blamed disgruntled former employees for posting details of the names, postal and email addresses and ages of more than 10,000 supporters. The membership list dates from late last year, the BNP said, and its publication had been prevented und...
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Guardian on 18th Nov 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
A few days ago, a dissident member of the British National Party posted his party’s membership list on the internet. The publication of this data provides us with some interesting information about the demographics of BNP membership. The Guardian (20 November) published an interactive map showing the concentration of BNP membership by parliamentary constituency. On BBC2’s Newsnight
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 22nd Nov 2008 (via libdemvoice.org)
The British National Party could face legal action over its membership rules, the Equality and Human Rights Commission says.
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BBCPolitics on 23rd Jun 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
THE British National Party was warned yesterday that it had one last chance to scrap its whites-only membership policy, or face a possible court injunction.
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Scotsman on 29th Jan 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
As has been widely reported, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the British National Party and, according to its own press release, ‘demanded that the party address potential breaches related to its constitution and membership criteria, employment practices and provision of services to the public and constituents.’ It’s been suggested, by Joseph Harker,
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LiberalConspiracy on 25th Jun 2009 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
THE British National Party's senior members said yesterday they have voted "overwhelmingly" in favour of allowing a party-wide ballot on membership rules.
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Scotsman on 15th Nov 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)