Sunday 19 July 2009

Croydon BNP Election Candidate Rants about “Violent Immigrant”

Croydon Central's BNP candidate was being investigated by his own party after ranting about “violent immigrants” in News Addington, said the Croydon Today.

The 50-year-old postal worker and dad-of-three, Clifford Le May gave his response to a Tory questionnaire urging residents to raise any concern with London mayor Boris Johnson.

According to the Croydon Today, he wrote the answer: “Stop ruining our community by stuffing New Addington with violent immigrants who have no right to live among decent civilised white people.”

In his response, he also refers to his Tory rival for the Croydon Central seat, Gavin Barwell, as a “traitor to his race and nation”.

Both of the Croydon Today and Lancaster Unit said Mr Barwellwas appalled when he read the questionnaire response.

He went on to say: “Mr Le May's comments show the BNP remains a party that judges people not by their actions but by the colour of their skin.

“People who are thinking of voting BNP should be aware what kind of people they really are.”

Mr Le May admits the words were written in anger, but he refused to retract anything he wrote and is now hoping he will not be deselected followed by the incident.

He told the Croydon Today: “I'm not a racist – I'm a British patriot.

“I hope what I wrote won't affect my candidacy.”

Mr Le Mat explained the basis for his strong views. He said his 15-year-old daughter, Eve, was “pepper sprayed and attacked” by a West Indian immigrants in 2007 and his mum, Marie, was punched in a face by two black men at Bayswater station 20 year ago.

He also said his grandmother was mugged by a gang of young black men who left her with a broken hip and died during the surgery to replace it.

He went on to say he can recount hundreds of incidents that 99% of all violent crime will be at the hands of black youths, and everywhere he goes he see violent black men and women.

He said: “I read New Scientist and they say there's evidence that people in gangs are predisposed to violence.

“They didn't bring race into the equation, but you can read between the lines.”

Referring back to his comments on the survey, he denied trying to be inflammatory, according to Croydon Today.

He said he was so annoyed and angry to get his survey from a failed party who are not interested in what he has got to say, and he claimed the Tories and Labour have ruined the country's economy and prospects.

He finally said he stood by what he had wrote, but when he addresses the electorate when a general election date is set he would probably use different words.

Simon, Darby, a BNP press spokesman, said the result of the inquiry will be reported in due course to Mr Le May.

He said he agreed with Mr Le May's sentiments, but he added Mr Le should change the wording and put it a bit more polite – he should have couched his language more.

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