Far-right party membership list leaked
These far-right parties are sort of… dare we say… incompetent …?
The British National party tonight vowed to take legal action after its entire membership list was published online in breach of a court injunction.
The party blamed disgruntled former employees for posting details of the names, postal and email addresses and ages of more than 10,000 supporters.
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Simon Darby, the BNP’s spokesman, said the membership list, which was password protected and encrypted, had been stolen from the party. “This isn’t a question of us mislaying the information, this is theft,” he said.
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“I’m also on the list, what the fuck is going on? I could lose my job,” posted one member on a north-west England BNP forum.
Another wrote: “God help anyone who is in the army, the prison service, health care, police officer or a teacher.”
Since 2004, police officers have faced dismissal if found to be members of the BNP.
This should have interesting repercussions for far-right parties. At some point, it may be impossible for them to have members, which would either force them into leftist-style “cell” arrangements (probably more dangerous for the public) or to operate entirely anonymously except for a cabal of leaders, which would not contribute to their further stability.
Still, I doubt they’re going anywhere if this is the best face of competence they can show us. Can’t protect a membership list? Voters say: LOL, probably can’t protect a nation.