The British National Party (BNP) have called for an end to immigration from Muslim nations, saying that this presents a "deadly threat" to the UK. The pledge is contained in the party's election manifesto, launched by party leader Nick Griffin in Stoke.
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned?
The BNP also plan to give grants to encourage some UK residents to return to "their lands of ethnic origin". They recently changed their whites-only membership policy after it was ruled unlawful by the courts. Opponents say they are extreme and their policies divisive. The BNP is targeting Stoke, where they currently have a number of city councillors and a number of other constituencies as they seek to get their first MP elected to Westminster.
Although they had two MEPs elected to Brussels in last year's European Parliament elections, they received less than 1% of the national vote in the 2005 UK general election. The BNP are campaigning on a platform of curbing immigration, only allowing new migrants in "exceptional circumstances" and pledging to deport all illegal immigrants. Mr Griffin said his party would support "decent settled minorities who accept that Britain should remain British". The party has previously said Islam is incompatible with modern secular democracy.
Among other pledges, the BNP wants to leave the European Union, withdraw British troops from Afghanistan and abolish regional development agencies and other quangos. It calls for restrictions on imports from China to help protect jobs in British manufacturing and avert "economic disaster".
The Marmite Party - love it or hate it
It all started when Unilever featured the spoof 'Hate Party' in a Marmite advert. The BNP, assuming this was a reference to them, followed up with a broadcast of Nick Clegg and a jar of Marmite. Unilever issued a statement saying:
"It has been brought to our attention that the British National Party has included a Marmite jar in a political broadcast shown currently online. We want to make it absolutely clear that Marmite did not give the BNP permission to use a pack shot of our product in their broadcast. Neither Marmite nor any other Unilever brand are aligned to any political party. We are currently initiating injunction proceedings against the BNP to remove the Marmite jar from the online broadcast and prevent them from using it in future."
The BNP have retaliated by saying it was complaining about Unilever to the police, Electoral Commission, Independent Television Authority and Advertising Standards Authority.
The Marmite Party - love it or hate it
It all started when Unilever featured the spoof 'Hate Party' in a Marmite advert. The BNP, assuming this was a reference to them, followed up with a broadcast of Nick Clegg and a jar of Marmite. Unilever issued a statement saying:
"It has been brought to our attention that the British National Party has included a Marmite jar in a political broadcast shown currently online. We want to make it absolutely clear that Marmite did not give the BNP permission to use a pack shot of our product in their broadcast. Neither Marmite nor any other Unilever brand are aligned to any political party. We are currently initiating injunction proceedings against the BNP to remove the Marmite jar from the online broadcast and prevent them from using it in future."
The BNP have retaliated by saying it was complaining about Unilever to the police, Electoral Commission, Independent Television Authority and Advertising Standards Authority.
