BNP facing injunction over membership policy
The BNP could face a legal injunction over a potential breach of race discrimination law relating to its membership policies, it was announced today.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission said it had demanded that the party took action to address its constitution and membership criteria, employment practices and provision of services to the public and constituents.
The BNP was asked to provide written undertakings by July 20 that it will make the required changes or it could face a legal injunction.
The Commission said it believed the BNP's constitution and membership criteria may discriminate on the grounds of race and colour, contrary to the Race Relations Act.
The party's membership criteria appeared to restrict membership to those within what the BNP regarded as particular "ethnic groups" and those whose skin colour was white, according to the Commission.
"This exclusion is contrary to the Race Relations Act which the party is legally obliged to comply with. The Commission therefore thinks that the BNP may have acted, and be acting, illegally.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
2 comments:
Maybe this candidate should apply for membership:-
http://www.kent.police.uk/About%20Kent%20Police/How%20We%20Are%20Structured/Chief%20officer%20biographies/B%20Michael%20Fuller%20-%20bio.html
He certainly sounds as if he might shake them up:-)
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