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
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.
Comments(21)
beam-me-up
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11:36am Sat 19 Nov 11
SAY'S IT ALL
akon
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11:45am Sat 19 Nov 11
How times have changed ?
James-Bacup
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12:03pm Sat 19 Nov 11
jack daniels
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1:22pm Sat 19 Nov 11
James-Bacup wrote:well said.
Winter is fast approaching old folks can't afford to heat there homes so many will die and all the lancashire telegraph is intrested in is petty rubbish like this!!! Get your priorities right! I'm not political don't vote for any of them bnp lab con or lib because most if not all of them are liars all they give a **** about is lining there own pockets...Wise up Lt and write some worthy news and not dribble like this
nice person
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2:34pm Sat 19 Nov 11
jack daniels wrote:I agree...
James-Bacup wrote:well said.
Winter is fast approaching old folks can't afford to heat there homes so many will die and all the lancashire telegraph is intrested in is petty rubbish like this!!! Get your priorities right! I'm not political don't vote for any of them bnp lab con or lib because most if not all of them are liars all they give a **** about is lining there own pockets...Wise up Lt and write some worthy news and not dribble like this
DaveBurnley
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2:36pm Sat 19 Nov 11
Strange, I rather thought it belonged to the ratepayers.
nice person
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2:38pm Sat 19 Nov 11
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Sorry,but,i for one do not believe you.
Hope-not-Hate
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5:43pm Sat 19 Nov 11
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?
Hope-not-Hate
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5:43pm Sat 19 Nov 11
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?
Wetwangman
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6:46pm Sat 19 Nov 11
johnley
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8:00pm Sat 19 Nov 11
Hope-not-Hate
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8:33pm Sat 19 Nov 11
http://bnptv.org.uk/
2011/11/british-nati
onal-party-working-f
or-you/
nil bye mouth
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10:13am Sun 20 Nov 11
Wetwangman wrote:Absolutley correct there are attacks by asians on white lads on a regular basis but it cant be rascist can it ? racism is a one way street.
Maybe the point that you are not mentioning is that if the BNP were filming anywhere else in the borough, there would be hoards of of criminals of foreign heritage cruising around there, with their, and everyone else's cousins in the back of the Beamer, looking for trouble....just because of the colour of the BNP's political banner ( like this is Bongo Bongo land or something ). It is only a matter of months ago that some chaps, who were allegedly from the EDL, were attacked while trying to play football, on what was described as an 'Asian's only ' football pitch ! I have often wondered since then, did those chaps have EDL as a sponser on the front of their shirts ? Just look back in the archive at all the one way racial attacks, that seem to be reported, on a daily basis.
nil bye mouth
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10:13am Sun 20 Nov 11
Wetwangman wrote:Absolutley correct there are attacks by asians on white lads on a regular basis but it cant be rascist can it ? racism is a one way street.
Maybe the point that you are not mentioning is that if the BNP were filming anywhere else in the borough, there would be hoards of of criminals of foreign heritage cruising around there, with their, and everyone else's cousins in the back of the Beamer, looking for trouble....just because of the colour of the BNP's political banner ( like this is Bongo Bongo land or something ). It is only a matter of months ago that some chaps, who were allegedly from the EDL, were attacked while trying to play football, on what was described as an 'Asian's only ' football pitch ! I have often wondered since then, did those chaps have EDL as a sponser on the front of their shirts ? Just look back in the archive at all the one way racial attacks, that seem to be reported, on a daily basis.
disgusted tunbridge wells
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4:44pm Sun 20 Nov 11
Maxshard
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4:47pm Sun 20 Nov 11
Locked & Loaded
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9:48am Mon 21 Nov 11
Hope-not-Hate
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1:06pm Mon 21 Nov 11
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.
MJC REED
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12:40am Tue 22 Nov 11
midas
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9:24am Tue 22 Nov 11
Wetwangman wrote:It was the EDL tattoos on their arms that gave them away!
Maybe the point that you are not mentioning is that if the BNP were filming anywhere else in the borough, there would be hoards of of criminals of foreign heritage cruising around there, with their, and everyone else's cousins in the back of the Beamer, looking for trouble....just because of the colour of the BNP's political banner ( like this is Bongo Bongo land or something ). It is only a matter of months ago that some chaps, who were allegedly from the EDL, were attacked while trying to play football, on what was described as an 'Asian's only ' football pitch ! I have often wondered since then, did those chaps have EDL as a sponser on the front of their shirts ? Just look back in the archive at all the one way racial attacks, that seem to be reported, on a daily basis.
happycyclist says...
11:04am Sat 19 Nov 11