BNP Publicity Stunt II (possibly)

The leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin is expected to be the keynote speaker at the ‘American Renaissance’ conference February 19th – 21st.

The conference is due to be held at:*The Westin Washington Dulles Airport 2520 Wasser Terrace, Herndon, Va. 20171 United States.

On their website, American Renaissance (AR) reveal that the topic of Nick Griffin's speech is “Victory Against All Odds.” AR writes:

In June 2009 he stunned the political establishment by winning a seat in the European Parliament, representing North West England. He is widely recognized as one of Britain’s most colorful and dynamic young politicians.

Yes, that's right, the topic of the speech that Nick Griffin is presenting to American Renaissance is - himself; a man not only dynamic, but also full of colour.

However, in order to speak at the meeting of white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other denizons of US extreme politics, Mr Griffin has to leave on a junket to the United States.

In this he would be be neglecting his constituents who elected him to the European Parliament. No problem. He has done this before. When parts of Cumbria were flooded last year, Griffin was at a meeting of European racists. But he did write a letter to those flooded out to express his sympathy.

More importantly, if Griffin goes to this "jolly" in the US, he neglects his own fight for election to the British Parliament in the approaching British general election.

Bearing this in mind I am doubtful that Griffin will actually turn up to deliver this speech. His ambition to gain access to Westminster as an MP for Barking is too important to jeopardise.

It seems more likely, in my opinion, that Griffin will eventually pull out of speaking in the USA, citing harrassment.

When the BNP has a set-back it habitually blames political correctness, media, liberals, LibLabCons, zionists, muslims, non-white people and practically anything else but itself. Nick Griffin has won sympathy in the past by "playing the martyr". This is a well-established BNP strategy.

Therefore, taking a gamble, and based entirely upon past performances of the leader of the BNP, I speculate that the BNP leader's supposed visit to address American racists is cunningly planned to be BNP Publicity Stunt II.

As noted in BNP Publicity Stunt I:

The BNP leadership seems to believe that any publicity is good publicity, because it gives their noxious racist party 'brand recognition'.

They believe that this 'brand recognition' is all that is required for people to vote for them in the coming general and council elections.

Working on the conviction that the British people are too stupid to make up their own minds about who to vote for, the BNP has embarked upon a programme of publicity stunts designed to keep their name in the media.

Unless, of course, Griffin has already given up the fight for the BNP and has an eye on a future lucrative US speaker circuit career.

Anyone care to take a wager?

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*UPDATE

The AR conference has now been cancelled at the Dulles Marriott and the Washington Dulles Westin hotels, probably as a direct result of complaints to the management for considering hosting such a divisive event.

The conference seems to be scheduled to go ahead, however, at a secret address. An American anti-racist group writes:

We expect “white nationalist” group New Century Foundation / American Renaissance to attempt to reschedule their Northern Virginia event at other Dulles airport area hotels. We urge such other hotels to follow the example of the Dulles Marriott and the Dulles Westin in considering the ethical costs that would be associated with white supremacist conferences. Hate hurts us all.

Moreover, American Renaissance’s leader Jared Taylor has openly stated that the upcoming conference will mock diversity

It is the idea of 300 of us all in the same room, laughing openly at the idea that diversity is a strength, that is more than the hypocrites who run the country can stand.”

We urge other area hotel leaders who might be reading this – don’t let your hotel be used to host hate and to mock our very principles of human equality. Tell “white nationalist” group New Century Foundation / American Renaissance that there is no room for hate in the Washington DC metropolitan area and suburbs.

We support our unqualified, universal human rights for all. We urge white supremacist and “white nationalist” supporters to drop the burden of the hate of supremacism from their hearts, and to rejoin the family of humanity in support of our universal human rights.