BNP member list leaked online

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• There have been a number of threats made to the employment of those on the list. Leaving aside Employment Law this seems to me to amount to interference with the exercise of their right to freedom of association under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Further it would be difficult to argue that in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 2 of Article 11, the interference had been prescribed by law and had pursued a legitimate aim. Any member of our Union who is also in the BNP will be vigorously protected should they come under pressure from bullying employers in the same way we would a member of any other Party.
  
  Currently only the Police and Prison Service ban members of the BNP. Such bans have yet to be properly tested by the Courts. Our Union takes the view that there are people of all political persuasions in those services yet only one viewpoint is deemed unacceptable. This is discriminatory. Only if there is actual evidence of wrongdoing should someone be subject to disciplinary procedures. Clearly there was nothing wrong with the behaviour of those listed as working as Prison Officers, policemen etc as there membership came as a shock.
  
  As a Trade Union we will uphold our member's employment rights and work to ensure that no-one in this country loses their livelihood due to this new McCarthyism.
  
  Yours sincerely
  
  
  
  
  
  Patrick Harrington
  General Secretary
  Solidarity Trade Union
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• Although all of your points are relevant could you not surely aregue that a supporter of the BNP in any job will not give a fair service to everyone. The best examples are a police officer or a member of the prison service as they would fail on the grounds of impartiality which is a very important aspect of both of these jobs. I could go as far as to suggest that, under the same premise, doctors and teachers could also be "bullied". Also members of the BNP have seriously threatened members of the public who have posted the list online despite it being completely legal. The only person to have broken the law is the members or ex-members of the BNP who leaked the information. After that it is in the public domain and it could be argued in court that it was in the publics best interest. For this reason I have no pproblem with the "bullying" of workers who are members of the BNP Posted by Tim Jones, Wales
• i think the BNP situation is rediculous and any body found to be in it should be shot! Posted by Bradley Ellis, england