BNP to open its doors to black and Asian members after voting to scrap its whites-only rules

[HipChick]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bnp-votes-in-favour-of-nonwhites-1899533.html

The British National Party (BNP) is to open its doors to black and Asian members after voting to scrap its whites-only rules.

The move was forced on the anti-immigration party by legal action that could have crippled its finances. Nick Griffin, its leader, urged members to approve changes to its constitution after a court instructed it to comply with anti-discrimination legislation.

He told them there was no alternative if the BNP was to take part in this year's general election, but he reassured hard-line members that it would never become a "multi-racial" party.

The decision to ditch the rule that restricted membership to "indigenous Caucasians" was announced after an extraordinary general meeting of the BNP in Hornchurch, east London.

The party is now set to sign up its first ethnic minority member: Rajinder Singh, a 78-year-old Sikh from Northamptonshire, who is a bitter critic of Islam. Mr Griffin said: "I will be absolutely delighted to shake his hand and give him his membership card."

The BNP leader said he expected a "trickle, rather than a flood" of applications from ethnic minority Britons. He said: "We are happy to accept anyone as a member, providing they agree with us that this country should remain fundamentally British."

Yesterday's meeting was called after the Central London County Court told the BNP to amend its constitution or face legal action by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The BNP is due to return to court next month to argue that its constitution now complies with race relations laws.

In a message to members, Mr Griffin had warned his party that they faced "legal financial meltdown", and would be unable to contest elections, if it challenged the court ruling. He added: "As for the BNP becoming a 'multi-racial' organisation, this will never happen."

The party denounced the action as politically motivated, describing the EHRC as a "government quango using the judicial process to try to nobble a political opponent". One member said after yesterday's meeting: "It was a necessity rather than something we wanted to do from the heart."

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Will the KKK be taking advice?

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. It's 2010, for gawds sake! They are just now letting in non whites?

[JVS]

6. Well the party wants to send non-whites "back where they came from"

So with a goal like that, I really doubt there was much of a desire to allow them into the party either.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. I'm sure Blacks and Asians will be lining up to join the Brit version of the KKK.

[JVS]

4. Oh wow. I can't wait to see what kind of self-haters take them up on this!

[HipChick]

7. Their membership lists keeps on getting leaked.. infiltrators..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/19/bnp-members-list-second-leak

[KonaKane]

5. I've dealt with these skinhead British morons before.

In a few "confrontations". They are just the English version of Tom Metzger's crew, but with accents, and they like different beers.

Idiots all.

[HipChick]

8. yep..with dr. martens boots..

[KonaKane]

9. Off topic, but do you remember this??

Speaking of Dr. Marten's boots...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhg_QIyMxZw

[HipChick]

10. yeah..alexei sayle was a nutter..