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5 more important ways that Nick Griffin is bankrupt

 

Friday 03 January 2014 12:59 GMT
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The leader of the BNP Nick Griffin was yesterday declared bankrupt. He doesn't own a house, and has run out of money. But there are some other, probably more important things that the far-right politician lacks...

1. Elementary self-awareness

Griffin still believes he's an unfairly-hounded hero, with an important voice on the global stage:

'To all the NUJ presstitutes wanting interviews on this politically irrelevant nothing, if you'd called when I helped stop Cameron's Syrian War, I'd take you seriously' he tweeted today.

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2. Straightforward humanity

When Nelson Mandela was on his deathbed, Griffin stood up for apartheid:

''Statesmen’ must be judged on results not rhetoric. Before Mandela, South Africa was safe economic powerhouse. Now crime ridden basket case.'

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3. Even the teeniest resemblance to Winston Churchill

In 2009 Griffin insisted on BBC Question Time that Churchill, who fought and won a war against fascists, would be a member of the BNP were he alive today.

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4. Understanding that the Holocaust isn't a myth

"It's nonsense about gas chambers", said Griffin, denying the holocaust in his early career. "It's been exposed as a total lie"

On Question Time Griffin later said he was no longer a holocaust denier, but said European law prevented him from answering further.

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5. Ability not to be an arse towards homosexual people

After a gay couple were refused a room by a Christian hotel owner, straight pride champion Griffin appeared to threaten them with a beating:

“So Messrs Black & Morgan, at [their address]. A British Justice team will come up to Huntington & give you a bit of drama by way of reminding you that an English couple’s home is their castle. Say No to heterophobia!”

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All in all, bankruptcy seems the least of this man's troubles...

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