BNP member attacked with a hammer

[removeduser_426582376423734]

Violence broke out in Leigh where a BNP event was being held

A British National Party (BNP) member was attacked with a hammer when protesters arrived at a campaign event in Greater Manchester.

Violence broke out as 30 people surrounded a BNP vehicle outside the Ellesmere Pub in St Helens Road in Leigh on Friday evening.

Tony Ward, 48, was hit with a hammer and later treated in hospital.

A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, Greater Manchester Police said.

Officers arrived at the pub to discover the BNP's trailer had been overturned, said a police spokesman.

A traffic diversion was put in place on St Helen's Road, while the trailer was removed and the road was closed. It has since reopened.

One witness told BBC News: "They had hammers and they smacked the vehicle to pieces, smashed all the windows and tore off the bumper, completely decimated it.

"I was shocked at what I saw."

A BNP fundraising event had been due to take place at Pure nightclub in Leigh, but it was cancelled at the last minute.

Simon Darby, the party's deputy leader said: "This was a violent attack by a group of thugs in which one of our members was badly injured.

"But we will not be put off."

The BNP's Nick Griffin has been in the area to host the event, said Mr Darby.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/7943556.stm

Best thing to happen to the BNP for a long time.

[removeduser_487563287433]

Obviously this is unacceptable behaviour and only brings the attackers down to the BNP's level, but I have no sympathy for any BNP member at all.

[mongrel]

Obviously this is unacceptable behaviour and only brings the attackers down to the BNP's level, but I have no sympathy for any BNP member at all.

Agreed.

It is enough to take the piss out of them, and ensure that the more dangerous BNP members (the terrorists, thugs and pedophiles) are locked away. We don't really need to thrash the rank and file.

Beneath the headlines though, the BNP are desperate to raise funds for the Euro elections, veterans of TWC will recall their use of an image of a POLISH Spitfire to front their campaign.But they are struggling to do so, as a number of their events are (peacefully) disrupted, or canceled once locals realize what's going one. I think this is the first one I have seen recently where violence has occurred. .

[Barry Goldwater]

This just gave the BNP some more publicity

On a side note, why'd the guy with the hammer go for some 'Mr. Ward' I never heard of, when Nick Griffin was 'in the area'?

[Ojf]

Lol freedom of speech out the hammer smashed window

[removeduser_487563287433]

Lol freedom of speech out the hammer smashed window

What

[Dr. Croccer]

A BNP fundraising event had been due to take place at Pure nightclub in Leigh, but it was cancelled at the last minute.

Lol.

''Give a pound for the supremacists! You sir, you look Indian, could you miss a fiver for the party that will kick you out an' strip your rights?


They've got a good economic policy!''

[Carach]

Best thing to happen to the BNP for a long time.

they are a legitimate party, taking part in a legitimate event. Yet its ok that some guy's come in with a hammer and commited crime?

why do people protect muslim extremists talking absolute trash day in day out, but when its the BNP getting hospitalised, its ok?

ahh.. how bendy people are with their principles eh...

[removeduser_426582376423734]

they are a legitimate party, taking part in a legitimate event. Yet its ok that some guy's come in with a hammer and commited crime?

why do people protect muslim extremists talking absolute trash day in day out, but when its the BNP getting hospitalised, its ok?

ahh.. how bendy people are with their principles eh...

If you'd stop to think you'd realise I meant it's good publicity for them. Not that it is good to beat people with hammers.

[Carach]

If you'd stop to think you'd realise I meant it's good publicity for them. Not that it is good to beat people with hammers.

then id respond with "not really..?"

[Last Roman]

then id respond with "not really..?"

any publicity is good publicity

[removeduser_426582376423734]

any publicity is good publicity

And the kind of publicity that makes you look victimized is brilliant publicity.

[mongrel]

If you'd stop to think you'd realise I meant it's good publicity for them. .

can't see how. Most people would say "bleeding Nazis" and move on.

Why do people protect muslim extremists talking absolute trash day in day out, but when its the BNP getting hospitalised, its ok?

ahh.. how bendy people are with their principles eh...

Errr who has condoned this act?

Reminds me of something though.

[Justinian]

Maxwell's Silver Hammer came down on his head

[Justice and Mercy]

I hate the BNP.

Why is it gaining popularity in the UK, though?

[Treize]

Hippies...

Would a far-rightish person attack a far-leftish person?
I think not but far-left is a very violent group...

[Каие]

I'm interested to know the ethnicity of the attackers if I'm honest. If it was a group of south Asians or blacks, that's a message to the BNP that they don't intend to go quietly, anywhere. If it was white people, bemuses me to the extent they would give the BNP favourable publicity and damage their own cause, clearly based on some kind of principle.

Would a far-rightish person attack a far-leftish person? I think not but far-left is a very violent group...

lol? The BNP/NF is based entirely around mob violence and hate attacks, it took the 'far-Left' a loooong time to fall to their level and fight back.

I hate the BNP. Why is it gaining popularity in the UK, though?

it's not really, just an increased Media coverage. Makes good TV you see. But tbh in every recession or times of difficulty people turn to extremes, same thing with the rise and fall of the NF. They are nothing now, and now the BNP is the splinter wing of the NF, they must go through the same cycle.

[Carach]

lol? The BNP/NF is based entirely around mob violence and hate attacks, it too the 'far-Left' a loooong time to fall to their level and fight back.

if u want to look back through the history of politics (19th century is probably most relevant) i think u will find that its actually the lefts that began the trend with revolutions across europe.

just a technical note there for ya

And one or two would say "they are a legitimate party, taking part in a legitimate event. Yet its ok that some guy's come in with a hammer and commited crime?" or some such, and sympathise with their cause. Rooting for the underdog, you may say.

ohh shyam. thats a nice little jab. but no no no u wont see me rising to this one - we've talked often enough in the past to establish the fact that i am not a BNP fan. My point is obvious to see in my post - people so high and mighty with their principles shouldnt be hypocritical

[Каие]

if u want to look back through the history of politics (19th century is probably most relevant) i think u will find that its actually the lefts that began the trend with revolutions across europe.

just a technical note there for ya

Naturally. BNP members, and fascists in general, are intellectually inept to understand the concept of revolution, even more inept at executing one at all. So they slip to common thuggery. The far left realised, the way to resist and fight back was to also partake in thuggery.

For the record, the most anti-Fascist groups are actually not far left at all, but anarchist. As anarchism is the opposite of Fascism.

The BNP looks pretty leftist to me...

Worker co-ops... using repossessed homes as council houses... providing housing to the poor... enforced share ownership...

Hell, a large part of their advertisement campaign is that "British Jobs For British Workers" .

Yep, leftist to the core.

Exactly what I've been saying for some time now. They are Left Wing.

[justicar5]

Naturally. BNP members, and fascists in general, are intellectually inept to understand the concept of revolution, even more inept at executing one at all. So they slip to common thuggery. The far left realised, the way to resist and fight back was to also partake in thuggery.

For the record, the most anti-Fascist groups are actually not far left at all, but anarchist. As anarchism is the opposite of Fascism.



Exactly what I've been saying for some time now. They are Left Wing.

Not really, only in the economic policy sense, it's the problem with only having 2 axis for measuring parties, The Poltical compass shows them for what they are, centre left economically but massively authoritarian, like all facist parties basically

http://www.politicalcompass.org/extremeright

In the same way that the extreme left becomes authroitarian ( a right wing trait greatly amplified) The extreme right becomes protectionist, a left wing trait. (Again amplified)