BNP in Hapton council land filming row (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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BNP in Hapton council land filming row
11:00am Saturday 19th November 2011 in Hapton
By Chris Gee, Reporter
A British National Party political film shot on a council-owned recreation ground which featured leader Nick Griffin has come under attack.
Mr Griffin can be seen alongside Burnley borough and county councillor Sharon Wilkinson in the 25-minute film which features on the party’s website.
A section of it is shot on Hapton Recreation Ground, apparently contravening the local parish council’s strict non-political rules.
Hapton Parish Council chair, Christine Pucket-Goulden, said: “It is private land and belongs to the parish council.
“We cannot have any party political things filmed on there.
“It was filmed on our land without our knowledge.
“We are a non-political council and in the code of conduct all of our councillors must be non-political.
“I must stress that we would have been concerned about this whichever party had done the filming.
“We pride ourselves on our independence and the use of the recreation ground for these purposes contravenes this.”
The matter came to the council’s attention after a villager wrote to Mrs Pucket-Goulden asking who had granted permission for the filming.
It has emerged that fellow councillor Derek Dawson filmed the footage of Coun Wilkinson and Mr Griffin visiting places in Hapton where council action had been taken.
The council has requested an explanation from Coun Wilkinson on who, if anybody, gave permission for the film before any further action is taken.
Coun Wilkinson was unavailable for comment yesterday.
She is the Leader of the BNP on the council and sits on the leadership and community committee and the audit committee.
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Comments (21)
11:04am Sat 19 Nov 11
happycyclist says...
11:36am Sat 19 Nov 11
beam-me-up says...
SAY'S IT ALL
11:45am Sat 19 Nov 11
akon says...
How times have changed ?
12:03pm Sat 19 Nov 11
James-Bacup says...
1:22pm Sat 19 Nov 11
jack daniels says...
2:34pm Sat 19 Nov 11
nice person says...
2:36pm Sat 19 Nov 11
DaveBurnley says...
Strange, I rather thought it belonged to the ratepayers.
2:38pm Sat 19 Nov 11
nice person says...
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Sorry,but,i for one do not believe you.
5:43pm Sat 19 Nov 11
Hope-not-Hate says...
Bet Hapton Parish Council or the people of the parish weren't complaining when she helped get all the money for the recreation ground equipment!
This rubbish reporting will only get more votes for the BNP, where is the real news?
5:43pm Sat 19 Nov 11
Hope-not-Hate says...
Bet Hapton Parish Council or the people of the parish weren't complaining when she helped get all the money for the recreation ground equipment!
This rubbish reporting will only get more votes for the BNP, where is the real news?
6:46pm Sat 19 Nov 11
Wetwangman says...
8:00pm Sat 19 Nov 11
johnley says...
8:33pm Sat 19 Nov 11
Hope-not-Hate says...
http://bnptv.org.uk/
2011/11/british-nati
onal-party-working-f
or-you/
10:13am Sun 20 Nov 11
nil bye mouth says...
10:13am Sun 20 Nov 11
nil bye mouth says...
4:44pm Sun 20 Nov 11
disgusted tunbridge wells says...
4:47pm Sun 20 Nov 11
Maxshard says...
9:48am Mon 21 Nov 11
Locked & Loaded says...
1:06pm Mon 21 Nov 11
Hope-not-Hate says...
What a spiteful lot they are!!!
That park does NOT belong to those councillors who are making political capital by complaining. It belongs to the PEOPLE (remember them do you?) whom this lady is clearly working hard for.
12:40am Tue 22 Nov 11
MJC REED says...
9:24am Tue 22 Nov 11
midas says...