If the thought of Nick Griffin kissing babies in the run-up to the election makes you feel sick, you could shed a tear for the BNP this morning - their candidate for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, Edward Holmes, has hit out at the ‘thugs’ who sent a blood covered hate effigy to his home. Mr Holmes, former chairman of Ashfield District Council and a former Labour councillor, found the toy rabbit hanging from his garden fence at his home over the Easter bank holiday weekend. The effigy was a Christian cross with a stuffed toy nailed to it and a picture of his face with blood smeared across it.
Mr Holmes immediately reported the hate crime to police and believes it was an attempt to stop him from standing as the party’s candidate in the general election. "This was particularly nasty because I am an active Christian and someone linked this with my membership in the BNP and the Easter weekend. I am more determined than ever to stand — the low life thugs who are carrying out these acts of intimidation will not prevail,” he said.
A Christian in the BNP?! You'll be telling me next there are homosexuals in the Conservative Party. Oh, wait ...
