The Palace Have Saved Nick Griffin’s Leadership of the BNP
His smug face was plastered across every major news channel in the United Kingdom yesterday, and Nick Griffin knows that this move by the establishment has probably saved his leadership of the British National Party.
Prior to attending the palace function, Mr Griffin has been involved in a bitter battle for control of the BNP. Simon Darby former Deputy Chairman has described the internal friction as a ‘brother war’.
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Leadership challenges have plagued Mr Griffin for the last 3 years, he has successfully blasted most out of the water, or beaten them at the membership ballot, where his last victory came in 2008, with over 90% of the vote.
When news broke yesterday that the BNP leader had been barred from the palace, for politicising the event, the membership of the party reacted with typical outrage expected of them. Much to the delight no doubt, of Nick Griffin.
The media and BNP-watchers know that Nick Griffin thrives on being attacked, he plays the persecuted leader with experienced skill and the membership laps it up.
It was no use explaining to the members that Mr Brons had been allowed entry to the garden party, and therefore, this was not an attack on BNP or British Nationalism, but on Nick Griffin and his behaviour. He had articles posted to the parties national website asking the members to contribute questions to ask the Queen, should he bump into her. He was invited as an MEP, therefore, this article should have appeared on his constituency website. Most MEPs had a simple blog post or twitter message informing people of their attendance. Nick Griffin politicised the occasion to shore up his creaking leadership of the party, and was barred as a result – I think this was his intended result. Win win for Griffin.
The palace were correct in pointing out that Nick Griffin had politicised the event, he had to, his leadership was under the most intense pressure he’s ever had to face, coupled with a dire financial situation of the party, but the palace have thrown him a life line. This whole fiasco has played right into the hands of Nick Griffin because he knows exactly how the establishment and the media will react towards his actions. On the morning of the party he appeared on GMTV (which was another provocation of the palace), a first for any BNP representative, and following his refusal he appeared across the country on the big new networks.
Within hours of being turned away, the BNP’s website carried the usual nonsense about his refusal being an “attack on democracy, the media, freedom of speech and one million British patriots.” Of course this was coupled with the usual appeal for donations.
Now, many voting members who don’t use the internet will have seen that brave Mr Griffin being ‘persecuted’ on national television, and they will give him their vote in the leadership election.
I was quick to laugh at the vision of Mr Griffin being humiliated at the palace gates, but the joke’s on all of us who oppose his regime. This was Griffin’s last roll of the dice, and he’s rolled a double six.
You have to ask the question: Do the establishment want to keep Nick Griffin in charge of the party?
Whether or not, I fear that is precisely what they’ve done.
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