Hurrah for the Blackshirts!
Via Next Left, it's 76 years to the day since the Mail declared its support for those ahead of their time left-wingers known as the British Union of Fascists. By coincidence, the latest far-right nutjob to be found in possession of "improvised explosive devices", joining the ranks over the last few years of Neil Lewington, Robert Cottage and Martyn Gilleard was today convicted and sentenced to 11 years.
Unlike the others, whom were either connected to different far-right groups or whose membership to the British National Party had lapsed, Terence Gavan was a fully paid up member of the party, as the last leaked membership list makes clear (XLSB), a Mr Gavan appearing on the list from West Yorkshire with the postcode WF17 7HQ, which covers Healey Lane in Batley. Indeed, Gavan wasn't just a normal member but rather a "Gold" member, having opted to pay the £60 fee in return for his spangly yellow party badge. Still, the BNP, despite being unwilling to admit that Gavan was what they call an "elite" member, with the news being strangely absent from their current home page, admitted that the charges against him were "serious" and that the sentence passed "correct". Whether the members themselves agree is another matter.
Unlike the others, whom were either connected to different far-right groups or whose membership to the British National Party had lapsed, Terence Gavan was a fully paid up member of the party, as the last leaked membership list makes clear (XLSB), a Mr Gavan appearing on the list from West Yorkshire with the postcode WF17 7HQ, which covers Healey Lane in Batley. Indeed, Gavan wasn't just a normal member but rather a "Gold" member, having opted to pay the £60 fee in return for his spangly yellow party badge. Still, the BNP, despite being unwilling to admit that Gavan was what they call an "elite" member, with the news being strangely absent from their current home page, admitted that the charges against him were "serious" and that the sentence passed "correct". Whether the members themselves agree is another matter.
Labels: British National Party, Daily Mail, fascists, jihadists, Martyn Gilleard, Neil Lewington, neo-Nazis, racism, Terence Gavan, terror, terrorism
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The National Union of Fascists were in fact left-wing - the clue's in the name.
Posted by
Jamie |
Friday, January 15, 2010 10:47:00 PM
You are joking aren't you Jamie?
Posted by
Daniel Hoffmann-Gill |
Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:38:00 PM
Hah, yeah. I thought that was what the original post was getting at in the first paragraph, actually, but couldn't resist making it explicit.
Posted by
Jamie |
Sunday, January 17, 2010 1:22:00 AM
Thought so, cool, sorry if I came across a bit sharp, got some trouble with racist Internet trolls at the mo.
Posted by
Daniel Hoffmann-Gill |
Sunday, January 17, 2010 2:40:00 PM