My name is David Hannam, and i am the individual who sang on the recent BNP PPB, i.e Corporal Fox.

I have on occasion peeped to have a look at the debates/discussions etc on the issue of the folk song that has got many of you interested, or concerned about why the BNP embraces folk music.

Firstly, i myself have been an avid folk music fan since i could mutter a note. My father, Philip Hannam, is a Hull Folk/Protest Singer of many years. My main influence as a child was listening to Bob Dylan and Louden Wainwright.

I would like to reply to duellingbouzoukis who seemed to imply that no-one had ever seen me singing at one of your local folk clubs? What duelling actually said was:

"Has anyone out there actually seen Mr Hannam at their local folk club? If so, did the song reduce you or anyone around you to tears? Or is this another example of far-right "we're just like you underneath the black uniform" bullshit? End Quote.

Very true, you probably haven't seen me at many of your thousands of folk clubs, mainly because i generally play to a Hull/East Riding audience, except when playing elsewhere supporting the British National Party. The only people i recall reducing to tears on occasions i have sang Corporal Fox was ex-forces individuals who usually remarked that the song was very similar to the songs they sing in the barracks at various stations in the globe.

No, this is not another example of, "We're just like you underneath the black uniform". I have been singing folk music for many years before i became active within the BNP, and i was the natural choice to   try to spearhead a resurgance of folk interest amongst firstly our membership, and secondly to take that interest out to the wider public.

Now, as for the last remark by duelling:

"If Mr H turns up at any folk club I'm playing at, I'll have no hesitation in telling him precisely what I think of having the English folk tradition hijacked by a bunch of racist scumbags. Although, being as this IS the BNP I may have to use words of one syllable!" End Quote

Firstly, i reject the label of racist. I am not a racist, and coming from a family background of protest/folk, it has been instilled in me quite early on in my life to respect all peoples, whatever their background, colour or creed may be. I also believe that other cultures should respect the British way of life, though that way of life now so little resembles any semblance of decency. Does loving ones own ancestry make me a racist? Does wanting a fair deal for indigenous Britons who have been discrimated against make me a racist? Does standing up against the anti-white racist murders of white people make me a racist? Of course not. Racism, in any form is abhorrant, but wanting to preserve something of ones own culture does not make us racist, it makes us human.

Secondly,Duelling, if i do happen to meet you one day, and you do feel the need to call me a 'scumbag', then so be it; such an attitude is lost on me. I have sat many folk sessions amongst people who many of them i am sure were of a different political persuasion! Did i make an issue out of that difference? No, of course not, because i believe that everyone should be entitled to their opinion.

Thanks for reading anyway,

David Hannam