{"id":13229,"date":"2009-06-21T01:12:36","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T23:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=13229"},"modified":"2017-11-28T17:20:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:20:51","slug":"equality-bill-will-outlaw-apartheid-constitution-of-the-bnp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2009\/06\/21\/equality-bill-will-outlaw-apartheid-constitution-of-the-bnp\/","title":{"rendered":"Equality bill will outlaw \u2018apartheid\u2019 constitution of the BNP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13243 alignleft\" title=\"harrietharman\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/harrietharman.jpg\" alt=\"harrietharman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The BNP&#8217;s &#8220;apartheid&#8221; constitution will be outlawed under legislation before parliament, Commons leader Harriet Harman told MPs yesterday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms Harman said she was &#8220;shocked and horrified&#8221; by the election of BNP leader Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons to the European Parliament last week.<\/p>\n<p>She said there was <strong>&#8220;no place&#8221; in Britain for having a political party that only accepted white people as members and that the Equality Bill would prevent this.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During questions on future business she told MPs: <strong>&#8220;We have all been shocked and horrified by the fact that two regions of this country, the North West and <em>Yorkshire<\/em> and Humberside, are represented by the British National Party, a party who have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in their constitution a provision that you cannot be a member of that party if you are not white.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She added: <strong>&#8220;All of us should agree that there is no place for a political party in this country to have an apartheid constitution and the Equality Bill will prevent that being the case.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the BNP&#8217;s constitution, members must be from the &#8220;<strong>indigenous British ethnic groups deriving from the class of Indigenous Caucasian&#8221;&#8216;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tory Philip Davies said: &#8220;The reason why so many people voted for them the BNP wasn&#8217;t through an endorsement of their nasty creed of politics but out of frustration. The mainstream political parties don&#8217;t seem to be addressing their legitimate concerns in these areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for the Government Equalities Office said: <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;The Equality Bill would give individuals a right to take legal action against the BNP, in respect of it excluding anyone from membership on grounds of race.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: \u00a0<strong>The Herald, <\/strong>Scotland, June 21 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BNP&#8217;s &#8220;apartheid&#8221; constitution will be outlawed under legislation before parliament, Commons leader Harriet Harman told MPs yesterday. Ms Harman said she was &#8220;shocked and horrified&#8221; by the election of BNP leader Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons to the European Parliament last week. 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