BNP attempt to meet in Heckmondwike
Kirklees Unity | 11.11.2008 12:06 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | Sheffield
It has been brought to our attention that the BNP in Kirklees intend to hold a meeting in the Heckmondwike area on Wednesday 12th November.
The guest speaker for the night is Richard Edmonds the former deputy leader of the party under the John Tyndall regime.
Former teacher Edmonds has a string of criminal convictions:
In 1988, The Sunday Times revealed that Holocaust News, a publication that claimed The Holocaust was an "evil hoax", was being published by Edmonds, on behalf of a BNP front organisation, the Centre for Historical Review, and distributed by members. The theme was returned to on 8th April 1991 edition of Panorama where Edmonds described the publication as 'a wonderful statement of the truth'
Edmonds also spent time in custody over a racial attack in 1993 and had previously been convicted for smashing a statue of Nelson Mandela on London's South Bank. Further controversy came in 1993 when he told The Guardian that 'we [the BNP] are 100% racist'.
Surprisingly to some, Edmonds was co-opted by Nick Griffin onto the BNP's Advisory Council in September 2008, thereby returning him to the top tier of the party and ending his period of apparent dissidence.
As The Royal is a Free House we are asking people to ring the pub and POLITELY lodge their complaint with the management.
The Royal Hotel's telephone number is 01924 403265
Kirklees Unity
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Heckmondwike Meeting Cancelled !!
12.11.2008 19:23
The BNP meeting at The Royal Hotel in Heckmondwike has been cancelled !
This can only be down to the many antifascists who telephoned the pub to voice their protest at the presence of the BNP and Richard Edmonds.
Kirklees Unity says a massive thank you to everyone who played their part
Kirklees Unity
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kirkleesunity@yahoo.co.uk
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http://kirkunity.blogspot.com/
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