Overleg gebruiker:Whaledad/BFP
The British Freedom Party is a far-right[1] political party formed in October 2010[2] by a group that broke away from the British National Party (BNP) after internal fighting. The causes were growing dissatisfaction with the lack of transparency regarding BNP accounting returns[3] and growing misgivings about the conduct of the BNP leader, Nick Griffin.[4] General dissatisfaction within the ranks of BNP members led to an increasing number of resignations[5][6] and the British Freedom Party was founded by certain of these resigned members, and also members who had been expelled from the BNP by Griffin.
The BFP was registered on 18 October 2010 by Peter Mullins (party leader), Peter Stafford (nominating officer) and Simon Bennett (treasurer). The present chairman is Paul Weston, a former UK Independence Party candidate in Cities of London and Westminster.[1] Weston has described the party as "central" in orientation.[7] It has formed a pact with the English Defence League, whereby candidates from that organisation may stand for election under the 'British Freedom Party' name given suitable circumstances.[1]
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{{Unreferenced|section|date=February 2012}} Divisions within the party in 2011 led to the formation of a breakaway party, the Freedom Democrats[8].
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The stated objectives of the British Freedom Party are "to defend and restore the freedoms, traditions, unity, identity, democracy and independence of the British people, to establish full sovereignty over all our national affairs by restoring the supremacy of the British Parliament, to withdraw from the European Union, to promote democratic British nationalist principles, to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural interests of the British people and to preserve and promote the ancestral rights and liberties of the British people as defined in the British Constitution."[9]
The party also gives a 20 Point Plan[10] on its main website highlighting some of its key policies. They range from economic to social issues, but the party's manifesto gives no promise of implementation if it was to gain power. Some of the points are as follows:
- - "Introduce a US style First Amendment guaranteeing Free Speech."
- - "Leave the profoundly undemocratic European Union."
- - "Abolish the Human Rights Act, which benefits only foreign criminals/terrorists."
- - "Halt any further immigration for a period of five years."
- - "Deport foreign criminals, seditious dual nationality Islamists and illegal immigrants."
- - "Abolish all multicultural and equality quangos."
- - "Halt and turn back all aspects of the Islamisation of Britain, including Sharia finance."
- - "Drastically reduce crime – criminals should fear the consequences of their behaviour."
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- ↑ a b c Kevin Rawlinson, "English Defence League prepares to storm local elections", 25 november 2011. Geraadpleegd op 13 december 2011.
- ↑ Electoral Commission searchable register
- ↑ BBC News, "BNP accounts to be investigated", 14 April 2010
- ↑ Matthew Taylor, "BNP leader Nick Griffin isolated after election disasters", The Guardian, 20 May 2011
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Matthew Taylor, "BNP's London assembly man resigns whip", The Guardian, 13 August 2010
- ↑ {{cite episode|series=[[Michael Coren|The Arena]]|airdate=8 December 2011|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nkPuNop-fA|title=Michael Coren interviews Paul Weston}}
- ↑ http://www.thebritishresistance.co.uk/the-editor/931-the-freedom-democrats-british-freedom-party-and-simon-bennett
- ↑ British Freedom Party Mission Statement. British Freedom Party.
- ↑ http://britishfreedom.org/about/20-point-plan/
[A] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8620688.stm [B] http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/20/bnp-leader-nick-griffin-isolated [C] http://www.adifferentopinion.net/t16037-more-bnp-resignations-because-of-nick-griffin [D] http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/13/richard-barnbrook-bnp-resigns-whip