Is arson a crime?
Not according to BNP legal officer Lee Barnes, who says on his blog of an arson attack on a refugee camp in Calais:
"This is not a crime, this is an act of national liberation". Really? I don't think this does very well in the BNP's campaign to develop a veneer of respectability; in fact, you start to wonder what other crimes BNP officials would regard as being 'not crimes' if they were to further the cause of 'national liberation'. Would this arson attack on a mosque and Islamic centre be considered a crime, for example? What about this attack on an Asian woman on a train in Lancashire, for example - is that a crime, or is it 'not a crime' it when it's in the cause of 'national liberation'?
Incidentally, I did notice this nugget from Barnes's blogger profile, under music interests:
I imagine those NWA albums go down a treat at the BNP disco.
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December 30th, 2009 - 10:55
The music thing made me shed a tear of mirth.