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Posted By: Owen Woodson
31-Aug-09 - 10:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: Legal action over BNP membership
Subject: RE: BS: Legal action over BNP membership
I've just found the following on the BNP's website. It's about a donation which a BNP member has made to the British Legion. Given that the BNP are the biggest collection of liars since Goebells, there is probably a lot more more to the story than this. Does anyone know any more?

British Legion Agrees to Take BNP Member's Money after All
August 30, 2009 by BNP News   
Filed under BNP Party News, Regional News
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The Royal British Legion has announced that it will accept money donated to it by a British National Party member's fundraising efforts after previously announcing to great media fanfare that it would not.

BNP Member Rachel Firth has spent 24 hours inside a cardboard box this weekend to highlight the plight of ex-service personnel who are forced to sleep rough.

By doing so, she has raised money which she will now divide equally between the BNP and the RBL.

Ms Firth told BNP News that she was happy to learn that the RBL had reversed their decision.

"My intention was never to make the BNP 'look good' on a sponsorship form next to the Royal British Legion. The BNP does not need a reason to look good," she said. "It does that all by itself.

"It is just that the two causes are close to my heart. My father and late grandfather both served their country.

"I have only been a member of the BNP for a few months now and have seen more honest, decent, caring folk in those few months than I have seen in my lifetime," Ms Firth said.

"This experience has given me more determination and courage to do all I can for the BNP," she concluded.

Earlier this month, the RBL said it would not accept the money because she planned to give half of it the BNP. However, the RBL announced late last week that its decision had been reversed.

A spokesman said the RBL had originally thought the donation was being made on a political basis — and the money could therefore not be accepted.

"The situation is different with Rachel," the RBL spokesman said. "She is an individual raising funds for her favoured causes and wants to split those funds between the causes. We have no problem with this," he said, adding that they had spoken to Ms Firth and explained the confusion.