Taking immediate advantage of last week’s acquittal at Leeds Crown Court, the British National Party has launched a new leaflet inciting hatred against Muslims. The fascists announce that they intend to turn the May council elections into a “referendum” on Islam. The editor of the BNP paper, Freedom, is quoted as saying:
“We have had suicide bombers in London and we are seeing riots across the Channel. However the media and our Government try to cloud the issue by blaming British and French society and not the terrorists and rioters. They deliberately avoid pinpointing the driving force behind these attacks, which is a religion that is alien to these shores and in its latest fundamental form threatens our very way of life.
“A large section of British people feel threatened by the rapid growth of the Muslim population in Britain but at present have no way of voicing this concern. Our ‘May 4th is Referendum Day’ campaign will give people that voice. Every vote for the British National Party tells Tony Blair of this groundswell of disquiet.”