Nick Griffin: Not in my name
We had planned to give you some information on Nick Griffin's history and involvement in far right racist organisations. But his own words tell his story better than we ever could:
On Race: "Without the White race nothing matters [other right-wing parties] believe that the answer to the race question is integration and a futile attempt to create "Black Britons", while we affirm that non-Whites have no place here at all and will not rest until every last one has left our land."
On Nazi leader Adolf Hitler: 'Yes, Adolf went a bit too far. His legacy is the biggest problem that the British nationalist movement has to deal with. It just creates a bad image."
On Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler's autobiography: "At 13, I read Mein Kampf, making notes in the margins... I remember thinking, are the Jews really that bad? The chapter I most enjoyed was the one on propaganda and organisation there are some really useful ideas there."
On democracy: "[BNP voters backed] what they perceived to be a strong, disciplined organisation with the ability to back up its slogan ‘Defend Rights for Whites' with well-directed boots and fists. When the crunch comes, power is the product of force and will, not of rational debate."
On the Holocaust:
"I am well aware that the orthodox opinion is that 6 million Jews were gassed and cremated or turned into lamp shades. Orthodox opinion also once held that the earth is flat ... I have reached the conclusion that the ‘extermination' tale is a mixture of Allied wartime propaganda, extremely profitable lie and latter witch-hysteria."
"The "extermination" tale is a mixture of Allied wartime propaganda, extremely profitable lie and latter witch hysteria."
"It's well known that the chimneys from the gas chambers at Auschwitz are fake, built after the war ended."
On Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists: "'There is a strong, direct link from Oswald Mosley to me."
On the Soho pub bombings: "The TV footage of dozens of ‘gay' demonstrators flaunting their perversions in front of the world's journalists showed just why so many ordinary people find these creatures so repulsive."
On why the two countries that sponsored terrorism should be supported: "Common interest must be turned into practical cooperation. Those involved must work to nail the media lies which are used by our enemies to try to divide us and make us afraid to be seen standing side by side with Third Way nations such as Libya and Iran."
Andrew Brons: Not in my name
You may not have heard of Andrew Brons, the BNP's new MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber. He has been a life long member of racist organisations. This will fill you in on some of his background.
Andrew Brons joined the National Socialist Movement when it was formed in Britain in the 1960s - set up on Hitler's birthday, deliberately chosen to commemorate him. The National Socialist Movement included among its members people responsible for arson attacks on Jewish property and synagogues.
The 1970's saw Brons moving on to the National Front (NF), the leading far-right group in Britain. He was voted on to the NF's national directorate at which time he hosted seminars on racial nationalism and tried to give its racism a more "scientific" basis.
In the 80's Brons continued to be involved in racist organisations and in 1982 led an NF march through Northfield on which marchers chanted "We've got to get rid of the blacks".
In 1984 Leeds magistrates convicted Andrew Brons of using insulting words and behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace. The court was told that when the area's community constable, who was of Malaysian origin, told the group Brons was with to disperse, he responded: "I am aware of my legal rights. Inferior beings like yourself probably do not appreciate the principle of free speech."
He joined the BNP in its current incarnation three years ago.