On 8th September Londonist reported that the BNP had chosen Carlos Cortiglia as its candidate for the mayoral election. In our report we quoted a 2003 interview with La Nacion, Argentina’s leading conservative newspaper, in which he claimed to have volunteered to fight against Britain during …
Photo by Simon-K from the Londonist Flickr pool The BNP has expelled Richard Barnbrook, its only representative on the London Assembly, from the party after he attempted to force a leadership challenge on Nick Griffin. Barnbrook resigned the whip in mid August in what was …
Some numbers and a helpful photo to start the week… 11 Londonistas and Londonist readers are raising money for Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres 5 nights from now 20 miles on the route, to be walked overnight 2,500 pound fundraising target 1,181 pounds raised so far …
Image / tonymadrid The BNP leader has had his invitation to the Queen’s annual summer bash revoked because, according to a Buckingham Palace statement, he had been using it “for political purposes”. Griffin’s invite to this afternoon’s event came because he is an elected MEP; …
Photo / TonyMadrid A rare soupçon of good fortune for Nick Griffin, BNP leader and Barking’s own parliamentary also-ran: he’s been invited to the Queen’s annual summer garden party at Buckingham Palace on July 22nd. Griffin’s status as an MEP for the North West means …
Image by Dinendra – Haria from the Londonist Flickr pool While so many other political issues were up in the air last Friday morning, one of the few things that became immediately clear was that the BNP had had its arse kicked. It lost all …
Image by Simon-K from the Londonist Flickr pool We knew this election was stirring up a lot of unexpected passion, but we didn’t expect to see violence on the streets. Cormac Hollingsworth, a Labour candidate for Southwark council, was canvassing South Bermondsey on Monday night …
Image courtesy of WallyG under a creative commons licence. Without wanting to make this election any more depressing than it already is, you deserve the truth: odds are, your vote doesn’t count. There are 73 constituencies in London. Something like 60 of them are going …
Tube drivers and red lights: if you commute this makes for scary reading. The BNP is open its doors just a fraction to admit non-whites. Yeah, sure. BA are to build a jet biofuel plant in West London. Home boy DeGale done good at Wembley. …
Photo / ColBacco Pair jailed for plotting murder of pregnant teen Illegal workers on the Olympic site have been arrested Sarkozy snubbed by Brown for bad-mouthing the City Skinny house for sale at half a million Mitcham’s Remembrance Sunday event was apparently hijacked by the …
Image by hedgiecc “A lynch mob”, was how Nick Griffin described his treatment by the audience on Question Time last night. After his attempt to defend the “non-violent” Ku Klux Klan during the broadcast, his cliche was particularly appropriate. Waking up to a chorus of …
