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Entries Tagged as 'BNP'

BNP cash to go to charity

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Archant, the owner of the Ham and High, which caused a bit of a stir last week when they published a British National Party advert, will donate the BNP money to charity.
My favourite comment on this mountainous molehill has come from James Graham:
The paper appears to have confused the two concepts of “freedom of speech” […]

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Tags: BNP · press

British National Party Preach to the Unconverted: A question of free speech?

April 10th, 2008 · 6 Comments

The Guardian is reporting that several journalists at the Hampstead & Highgate Express (Ham & High) have got their knickers in a twist because their editor, Geoff Martin, decided to run an advert from xenophobic, white supremacist peddlers of fear and lies, the British National Party*.
The editor has defended his actions in an editorial:
So why […]

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Politalks 9: Cleggover

April 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The new edition of Politalks, your weekly satirical news roundup, is here. This week we discuss sexual heroes big, small and disgustingly huge:

Feel free to share and share alike, and for those who are interested, here’s the transcript:
The world gained a new sexual hero this week. A man of such awesome virility he must masturbate […]

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