Nick Griffin, Leader of BNP Declared Bankrupt

[Guest Len B'stard]

BNP's Nick Griffin declared bankrupt

British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin MEP has been declared bankrupt.

A bankruptcy order was made at Welshpool County Court on Thursday.

Mr Griffin tweeted: "Being bankrupt does NOT prevent me being or standing as an MEP. It does free me from financial worries."

He added: "I am now turning the experience to the benefit of hard-up constituents by producing a booklet on dealing with debt."

Mr Griffin is planning to stand as a candidate in May's election for the European Parliament.

A statement on the BNP website said the bankruptcy petition was presented for judgement by Mr Griffin's former solicitors, Gilbert Davies and Partners.

The firm once represented Mr Griffin, including during the early stages of his long-running legal battle with the Equality and Human Rights Commission over the BNP's membership rules.

Mr Griffin said he and the law firm had become involved in a legal dispute of their own, culminating in a court order last February ordering him to pay the law firm about £120,000 in fees and costs - a ruling he is intending to challenge in the High Court.

The firm confirmed that it was in a legal dispute with Mr Griffin but was not making any comment about the MEP's claims.

Mr Griffin will be automatically discharged from bankruptcy in one year, on January 2 2015, in accordance with the Insolvency Act.

'No significance'

The Electoral Commission said bankruptcy in itself did not bar someone from being a member of the European Parliament or standing for election.

Restrictions are only triggered if an individual is made subject to a bankruptcy restrictions order or debt relief restrictions order.

The Insolvency Service said such orders had not been made in Mr Griffin's case.

Mr Griffin said his bankruptcy was of "no political significance whatsoever" and did not affect the BNP's own financial position.

"This order will not prevent me fighting for the interests of the British people or leading the British National Party to a fresh round of electoral victories," he said.

"On a practical note, I am now much better able to advise and help the huge numbers of decent ordinary folk in my constituency who have financial difficulties of their own," he added.

Mr Griffin was one of two BNP MEPs elected in 2009. The other, Andrew Brons, has since quit the party accusing the party leader of "marginalising" him.

'i am now producing a booklet on how to deal with debt' haha, yeah, nice one Nicholas, i'll be sure and have a read of that next time i fancy being destitute you fat glass eyed cunt Couldn't've happened to a nicer person, fucking fat holocaust denying xenophobic cockbag.

Edited January 3, 2014 by sugaraylen

[Johnny Drama]

Probably out of money because immigrants took all the jobs.

[Graeme]

Get it right fucking up you. You despicable cunt.

[Johnny Drama]

Get it right fucking up you. You despicable cunt.

Not a fan?

[Snake-Pit]

"London no longer a British city."

http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/national/london-no-longer-british-city-only-45-population-white-british

I should deport his arse.

[AxlisOld]

What's happening in England is exactly what redneck Americans are constantly screaming about.

[Johnny Drama]

The concept of England being 100% English without a Lenny in sight is a very nice concept but they forfeited that right the moment they invaded and fucked India over.

[Guest Len B'stard]

The concept of England being 100% English without a Lenny in sight is a very nice concept but they forfeited that right the moment they invaded and fucked India over.

Edited January 4, 2014 by sugaraylen

[Gracii Guns]

I wrote my dissertation on marketing within British party politics. As part of my research, I received the BNP's newsletters (under a ridiculous pseudonym). The content was an eye-opener, whatever the news reports about them is very filtered.

[Johnny Drama]

I wrote my dissertation on marketing within British party politics. As part of my research, I received the BNP's newsletters (under a ridiculous pseudonym). The content was an eye-opener, whatever the news reports about them is very filtered.

Well what was in them newsletters?

[Gracii Guns]

I wrote my dissertation on marketing within British party politics. As part of my research, I received the BNP's newsletters (under a ridiculous pseudonym). The content was an eye-opener, whatever the news reports about them is very filtered.

Well what was in them newsletters?

Racism. Not even "but-some-of-my-friends-are-black" racism. Full on bitterness. There was also a campaign against the BBC (and I don't just mean Big Black...). I didn't enjoy reading it. If there's any doubt surrounding the BNP's hatred for a multicultural Britain, then there's the proof.

I console myself that with every newsletter they sent me, it ate a few pennies or pounds into their budget.

For balance, I've also read The Socialist Worker, and that's written for a target audience of a similar intellectual capacity as the BNP's. Less racism, but just as much bitterness and anger to anything contrasting to the Socialist ideology.