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  • 22 Apr
    2007
    Tracking the far right

    The progressive Asian blog Pickled Politics will be "running a regular series of information posts and articles on the BNP and their tactics in advance of the upcoming Local Elections in May", says founder Sunny Hundal.

  • 13 Apr
    2007
    Methodist Church publishes guidelines on BNP

    Ahead of the May local elections, The Methodist Church has launched guidelines for churches that find themselves represented by a councillor from an extremist party.

  • 6 Mar
    2007
    BNP seeks alliance with anti-abortion activists

    The British National Party (BNP) is seeking to build an alliance with anti-abortion activists in an attempt to reach out to Catholics and secure their votes in future elections.

  • 1 Jan
    2007
    A new discourse on race and faith politics

    An initial statement from New Generation Network, a non-partisan group of progressive voices, predominantly from Asian backgrounds. It calls for fresh approaches to tackling racism, discrimination and prejudice, and building a plural and multi-ethnic Britain. Ekklesia’s Simon Barrow is among several Christians who have endorsed it. The manifesto first appeared on The Guardian's Comment-is-Free.

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  • 20 Nov
    2006
    Backing for New Generation Network Race and Faith report

    The call by the progressive New Generation Network for a better debate on race and faith issues, in the wake of the 30th anniversary of the Race Relations Act, has been backed by Simon Barrow of th

  • 4 Sep
    2006
    Christian alliance with BNP criticised

    A Scottish gay group has criticised an 'unholy alliance' of critics towards the nine Glasgow fire-fighters who were reprimanded for snubbing a gay pride march last June, after the Archbishop of Glasgow and a BNP spokesperson defended the public servants.

  • 15 May
    2006
    Tory 'reverend' joins the BNP

    A Conservative councillor who set up what many have seen as a religious front for the Far Right is defecting to the British National Party.

  • 19 Apr
    2006
    BNP exploit racist fears and 'Christian country' claims

    The far-right British National Party (BNP) is seeking to gain ground in the forthcoming local elections by playing on false fears about race and immigration, and by seeking to exploit the mythology of a white 'Christian Britain'.

  • 19 Mar
    2006
    Methodists challenge Christian group linked to BNP

    The Methodist Church has spoken out against a body calling itself "The Christian Council of Britain" after the thinktank Ekklesia reported its connections with the British National Party (BNP).

  • 16 Mar
    2006
    BNP helping to establish church group based around racial ideology

    A clergyman has confirmed that the British National Party (BNP) is helping in the establishment of a new political church group in Lincolnshire.

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