BNP meets to vote on membership rule changes
BNP leader Nick Griffin
BNP leader Nick Griffin has urged party members to back the changes
The British National Party will hold an extraordinary meeting later for members to vote on amending its constitution to let black and Asian people join.
The BNP has been threatened with a possible court injunction over its whites-only membership policy by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
A court has told the party its rules must comply with race relations law.
BNP leader Nick Griffin has said ethnic minority members will be "welcomed" if they back the BNP's aims.
He said: "They'll be accepted, they'll be welcomed, providing they're there to do the things that we want to do, and providing they accept and agree with our principles."
Backing urged
After a hearing at the Central London County Court last month, the BNP sent letters to its 14,000 members informing them of the proposed changes.
Mr Griffin has urged party members to back the changes to its constitution, saying it must "adapt or die", but he also condemned the commission's actions as "cynical and despicable" and a "waste of public money".
In the proposed new constitution a BNP member, whatever their racial origin, must be someone who "bona fide supports and agrees with each of the principles of the party".
What a moron .
BNP leader Nick Griffin
BNP leader Nick Griffin has urged party members to back the changes
The British National Party will hold an extraordinary meeting later for members to vote on amending its constitution to let black and Asian people join.
The BNP has been threatened with a possible court injunction over its whites-only membership policy by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
A court has told the party its rules must comply with race relations law.
BNP leader Nick Griffin has said ethnic minority members will be "welcomed" if they back the BNP's aims.
He said: "They'll be accepted, they'll be welcomed, providing they're there to do the things that we want to do, and providing they accept and agree with our principles."
Backing urged
After a hearing at the Central London County Court last month, the BNP sent letters to its 14,000 members informing them of the proposed changes.
Mr Griffin has urged party members to back the changes to its constitution, saying it must "adapt or die", but he also condemned the commission's actions as "cynical and despicable" and a "waste of public money".
In the proposed new constitution a BNP member, whatever their racial origin, must be someone who "bona fide supports and agrees with each of the principles of the party".
What a moron .
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