Barrister standing for BNP at election loses post at chambers
• Birmingham law firm eases out Robert Grierson
• Tax specialist hoped to stand for Sutton Coldfield
A West Midlands tax barrister who is standing as a British National party candidate has resigned from his chambers in Birmingham following exposure of his political affiliations.
Robert Grierson, who attended the same Cambridge college as the BNP leader, Nick Griffin, announced this week that he would represent the party in Sutton Coldfield, a seat held at the moment by the Conservatives.
This afternoon St Philips chambers in Birmingham, where Grierson was a door tenant – an associated barrister working from different premises – annnounced that it had parted company with the lawyer.
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