Tuesday 12 June 2007

Question Time 9: “Selective discipline”

The Britain Forward Lie: “Jonathan Bowden was threatened with disciplinary action by Nick Griffin for speaking at a meeting of the New Right group in London organised by Troy Southgate.”

The Truth: Unsurprisingly, Britain Forward is in total ignorance of reality, having to rely on Internet rumours for his “facts.”

Jonathan Bowden was never disciplined for this meeting, nor was there even a suggestion thereof. In fact, Troy Southgate has written an article about home schooling which has appeared in the party magazine, Identity – so there is not even an issue with Troy Southgate.

This allegation is pure fiction.

The Britain Forward Lie: “One of the speakers was a Muslim extremist and another was a raving pagan who insulted our Christian faith.”

The Truth: And what is the point here? It was, after all, not even a BNP meeting. Furthermore, as evidenced by Britain Forward’s hero worship of the anti-Christian Odinist American David Lane, it is hypocritical in the extreme of him to condemn an anti-Christian speaker in any event.

The Britain Forward Lie: “Jonathan Bowden has stood his ground against our chairman’s threats but he is unlikely to be allowed to address any more party meetings. This of course is pushing him towards the anti-Griffin camp.”

The Truth: Once again, complete nonsense.

In fact, Jonathan Bowden is, and has been, a regular speaker at BNP events, and is one of the key speakers at the forthcoming BNP Summer School. He is also a current member of the BNP’s Advisory Committee (AC).

The Britain Forward Lie: “The two questions are: Why has Nick Griffin alienated our National Cultural Officer and popular speaker?

The Truth: He has not. See above.

The Britain Forward Lie: “Has Nick Griffin had the guts to try to discipline the four councillors who were at the meeting?”

The Truth: An absurd and irrelevant question. See above.

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