BNP leader Nick Griffin wins court contempt battle

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Source: BBC

BNP leader Nick Griffin has fought off a bid to have him declared guilty of contempt of court. The Equality and Human Rights Commission had accused him of failing to comply with an order to remove potentially racist clauses from his party's constitution.

The BNP has already scrapped its "whites-only" members rule following a court challenge from the equality watchdog. But the commission was concerned the party's new constitution would discriminate against people once they had joined up - in particular a clause requiring party members to oppose "the integration or assimilation of...indigenous British".

"Today's judgment makes no difference to the substance of our action against the BNP," the Commission's John Wadham said. "The County Court ruled that the BNP's constitution was racially discriminatory. That ruling remains in place and has now, finally, been obeyed by the BNP."

The Commission said it would not be pursuing any further legal action but would be monitoring party rules relating to members' right to vote and attend meetings and whether they were conditioned on members having certain views such as being against mixed-race relationships.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12014807

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