I find this totally hilarious...

mani · 19-11-2008, 12:34

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BNP members have told BBC News they have received threatening and abusive phone calls and e-mails after a leaked document was published online.

The membership list includes police officers, who are banned from BNP membership, teachers and soldiers.

It includes names, addresses, telephone numbers and jobs of 12,000 people.

It has been removed from the blog it was published on after protests by BNP leaders but members say they are still receiving threatening messages.

after years of harassing non-whites - for once the boot is on the other foot.

emamum · 19-11-2008, 12:40

have you seen the list mani?

mani · 19-11-2008, 12:43

yeah

i did actually do find accrington on the list

there's quite a few from accrington. expected to be really so no real surprise.

cashman · 19-11-2008, 12:46

oh what a shame.

jambutty · 19-11-2008, 12:47

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Originally Posted by mani

after years of harassing non-whites - for once the boot is on the other foot.

I think that you are missing the point with this issue.

The real issue is should the names, addresses, phone numbers and jobs of members of an organisation be published as a membership list on someone’s blog?

Whether it is the BNP or Tory party or any other political party it is still wrong.

A person’s political affiliation is private until that person chooses to reveal it to the world.

emamum · 19-11-2008, 12:47

I am just looking through it now.

mani · 19-11-2008, 12:51

jam butty - is there a reason for them to hide it? yes

whistle blowers are part and parcel of politics

ema - its been taken off the original blog?

Wynonie Harris · 19-11-2008, 12:55

Poetic justice!

cashman · 19-11-2008, 12:55

it may well be wrong, but i find it very ironic n have no sympathy fer em.

emamum · 19-11-2008, 12:56

i have a copy

one says discretion required due to employment as a police officer!

K-P · 19-11-2008, 13:02

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Originally Posted by mani

there's quite a few from accrington. expected to be really so no real surprise.

Hyndburn in general is the most racist place I have come accross.. quite a shock when i moved here.. however the good things about the area far outnumber the backward racist attitudes of a LOT of people..

SamF · 19-11-2008, 13:12

I've got a copy... pretty easy to find really

Inevitably, the BNP members' list is on a mashup. Just beware of taking it seriously | Technology | guardian.co.uk

First link in that article takes you to an interesting BNP "heat map" and some relevant documents on the page.

mani · 19-11-2008, 13:26

what do you think should happen to the police officers on the list? surely a disciplinary at least?

KP - if i'm honest i've been to more racist places. but yeah there's alot of racism in and about - if not overt, its still there.

emamum · 19-11-2008, 13:32

i think they should be fired... they are not alowed to be in the bnp because of race relations.

andrewb · 19-11-2008, 13:32

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Originally Posted by mani

what do you think should happen to the police officers on the list? surely a disciplinary at least?

KP - if i'm honest i've been to more racist places. but yeah there's alot of racism in and about - if not overt, its still there.

I think a law was passed in 2004 that made it illegal for police officers to join the BNP. How the legal situation around them using leaked evidence of supposedly secret political party membership works though, I don't know.