{"id":12607,"date":"2009-05-23T12:12:15","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T10:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=12607"},"modified":"2011-09-02T11:31:58","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T08:31:58","slug":"bnp-leader-barred-from-royal-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2009\/05\/23\/bnp-leader-barred-from-royal-event\/","title":{"rendered":"BNP leader &#8216;barred&#8217; from Royal event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ynw-standfirst\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bnp.bmp\" alt=\"bnp\" \/>BNP leader Nick Griffin has been effectively barred from attending a Buckingham Palace garden party.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The right-wing politician had been invited to the social event by British National Party colleague Richard Barnbrook who, as a London Assembly member, was nominated for two tickets by the Greater London Authority (GLA).<\/p>\n<p>But Jeff Jacobs, the GLA&#8217;s deputy chief executive, has tonight written to Mr Barnbrook telling him to change his controversial guest and stop exploiting the situation for &#8220;publicity&#8221;, or his nomination would be &#8220;reviewed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Jacobs wrote: &#8220;The event is a social occasion hosted by Her Majesty and it is inappropriate to exploit this privilege for party political purposes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The authority may need to review its position in relation to your nomination unless you revisit the selection of your guest with a view to avoiding further controversy and desist from any further publicity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The BNP campaigns for the &#8220;voluntary resettlement&#8221; of immigrants back to their countries of origin, claims white Britons have become &#8220;second-class citizens&#8221; and wants to bring back corporal and capital punishment for criminals.<\/p>\n<p>A BNP spokesman said Mr Barnbrook would make a statement on Tuesday about his decision.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation said yesterday: &#8220;You can&#8217;t withdraw the invitation because you don&#8217;t agree with someone&#8217;s views.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How is it going to look if the three main political parties conspire to deny us our rights &#8211; and the people that voted for Richard? They are seeking to subvert the democratic process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The garden party will come after the June local and Euro elections, which could see the BNP gaining more local council seats and their first MEPs.<\/p>\n<p>Disillusionment with mainstream politicians over the MPs&#8217; expenses scandal and fears over jobs and immigration could lead to a surge in support for the party, according to political experts.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/itn.co.uk\/b1c0cb4d9b058db613ed25953551d554.html\">ITN<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BNP leader Nick Griffin has been effectively barred from attending a Buckingham Palace garden party. The right-wing politician had been invited to the social event by British National Party colleague Richard Barnbrook who, as a London Assembly member, was nominated for two tickets by the Greater London Authority (GLA). 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