Arguments against NG beng Leader

I found this post by "British Fascisti" and whilst I cannot agree with all his conclusions (the piece about Mr.Griffin's baggage is very ambiguous = does he mean financial baggage or ideological baggage? - if the latter then it needs clarifying.) I am posting it as seen though as it is eddifying and might promote further positive debate......we can but hope

Ten Reasons why the BNP needs a new leader

1 Alleged financial corruption

Most of us by now will have seen the leaked accounts. If they are fake then the party should say so, if they are genuine then the party has a lot of explaining to do. It's in the BNP's own interest to make the accounts more transparent. If it can be seen that the money is not being misused, then members would be more willing to donate. What has Griffin got to hide?

2 The disaster that was Barking

In his latest email NG claims the BNP was wiped out in Barking because of demographic change. He claims that Barking is now 40% foreign, other sources say it's 20-30% foreign. Whatever it is, I think Griffin should have left Barking to the local candidate Richard Barnbrook. If NG had stood in Thurrock, as originally intended, then the anti-BNP opposition in Barking would have been considerably diluted, split between opposing Barnbrook in Barking and opposing Griffin in Thurrock. By standing in Barking Griffin made it easy for them.

3 Incompetence

Every year the BNP is being fined thousands of pounds because the accounts are late. Isn't it time the accounts were done by a qualified accountant? Again, what has Griffin got to hide?

4 Lapse security

The BNP membership list has been leaked onto the internet twice in the past year. Members have lost their jobs because of it. The buck stops with Griffin.

5 The Question Time fiasco

This was the best chance the BNP has ever had to make a favourable impression. It was a complete disaster.

6 Playing fast and loose with member's money

When the EHRC took the BNP to court,the party was fined about £50,000 in total for wasting the court's time. Hundreds of thousands of pounds were lost because of a membership ban which NG proposed himself. The ban on new members lasted 5 months.

The party is currently facing being fined by Unilever because of the silly marmite stunt and being fined by Reuters for illegal use of a copyright image. With the 2008 accounts under investigation by the electoral commission, it seems likely another heavy fine will soon be coming the party's way. Other court cases pending are for the unfair dismissal of party members.

7 The British Multicultural Party

I will accept that the BNP had to change it's constitution to stay legal. However, NG has taken it upon himself to go much further. He has rolled out the welcoming mat to ethnics across Britain, even going so far as to use a Sikh in the BNP election broadcast. Does he have a mandate to deliberately make the BNP multicultural? I think not. He's also guilty of fast tracking ethnics within the party. The Sikh is now party spokesman on Islamic Affairs yet he's only been a member for a few weeks. Is that a paid position? There is no evidence that this strategy is increasing BNP support. In fact it's driving our supporters away including many BNP members.

8 Image is everything

The public like BNP policies but they don't like the BNP's image, yet for years Collett was allowed to stay in the party giving it a bad name. He would still be in the party now if it hadn't become personal, with alleged threats against NG's life. There are others in the party as bad as Collet in prominent positions, while decent more capable members get expelled. This is how it will remain so long as Griffin stays as leader.

9 UKIP

With the prospect of some form of PR, it would be of great benefit to the BNP if a deal could be done with UKIP at election times. UKIP and the BNP share a lot of common ground and we are stealing each others votes.

Thurrock is an example

Emma Colgate BNP 3,618 7.9% +1.8
Clive Broad UKIP 3,390 7.4% +4.0

Without the UKIP candidate, a lot of his votes would have gone to Emma.

UKIP will never deal with the BNP while Griffin is leader.

10 Griffin has too much baggage

NG has too much baggage to take the BNP any further as leader. To take the party up to the next level the party needs a leader with a good image and no baggage.

A female leader would be ideal, somebody who the members can trust. She doesn't have to be a brilliant speaker because the party could appoint a spokesperson to do the media interviews. It works for UKIP and it could work for the BNP. Lord Pearson is UKIP leader, Farage is the party spokesman.

Australia have had their Pauline Hanson and the next leader of the Front National is likely to be Le Pen's daughter Marine, so why not a woman leading the BNP?

NG could be offered the role of party spokesman which I'm sure he would be good at.