BRITISH National Party leader Nick Griffin was barred from a Buckingham Palace garden party at the 11th hour after he was accused of using the invitation for political ends.
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Scotsman on 23rd Jul 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
British National party leader says he has no wish to embarrass the Queen Nick Griffin, the leader of the far right British National party, today bowed out of attending a Buckingham Palace garden party saying he had "no wish to embarrass the Queen". The politician had been invited to the event by BNP colleague Richard Barnbrook who, as a London sssembly member, had access to two tickets for the 21 ...
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Guardian on 27th May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
British National party (BNP) leader has pulled out of the Queen's garden party, saying he did not want to embarrass the monarch.
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PoliticsCoUk on 27th May 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin bowed out of attending a Buckingham Palace garden party yesterday, saying he had “no wish to embarrass the Queen”.
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TheHerald on 27th May 2009 (via theherald.co.uk)
London Mayor Boris Johnson has accused the British National Party of trying to turn a Buckingham Palace garden party into a "political stunt".
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SkyNews on 21st May 2009 (via news.sky.com)
Mayor urges London assembly to rescind invitation to BNP colleague to spare monarch embarrassment Boris Johnson today intervened in an attempt to block Nick Griffin, the leader of the BNP, from attending a garden party hosted by the Queen. The capital's mayor has urged the London assembly to rescind a British National party member's invitation to the social event at Buckingham Palace to ...
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Guardian on 21st May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
BRITISH National Party leader Nick Griffin has bowed out of attending a Buckingham Palace garden party, saying he had "no wish to embarrass the Queen".
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Scotsman on 27th May 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
The leader of the far-right British National party, Nick Griffin, yesterday sought to salvage some advantage from a humiliating snub by announcing that he planned to "withdraw" from a Buckingham Palace garden party from which he had been publicly barred. Griffin had been invited to the event, to be hosted by the Queen in July, by the party's sole representative on the London assembly, Richard...
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Guardian on 28th May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)