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.

Home Secretary refuses to cap the number of immigrants

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has refused to limit the number of immigrants coming to Britain, while his Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has pledged the population will not grow to 70 million, according to the Daily Mail.

Mr Johnson said he would not bring in a cap because it would harm the economy, and claims the economic contribution that immigration had made was ‘irrefutable’.

Johnson said: “I do not lie awake at night worrying about a population of 70 million.

“I’m happy to live in a multi-cultural society. I’m happy to live in a society where we not only welcome those coming to live and work in this country, but also where we can go and live and work in other countries.”

According to the paper, earlier this week, a poll found one in four Britons would like to see the population reduced by up to a third to ease overcrowding.

Seven out of ten told the Daily Mail the best way to curb population growth was to cut immigration.

The population at the moment stands at around 61 million. If it hits 70 million, it is most likely the other seven million immigrants will make up most of the rise.

Sir Andrew Green, chairman of think tank Migrationwatch said in an interview with the Daily Express: “Mr Johnson’s comments to the home affairs select committee were a seismic shift in Labour’s immigration policy and a humiliating blow to Immigration Minister Phil Woolas, who has promised to limit the population to below 70 million.”

His campaign group also warned the balance of those settling in the country would have to be reduced to 50,000 from the current level of 237,000 every year.

“The minister should be having nightmares about the impact on our schools, hospitals, environment and quality of life of another 10 million people,” Sir Andrew added.

In recent years, Labour has tried to give the impression that the party is talking tough on immigration, and tried to head off the rise of the British National Party (BNP), who defeated Labour in the Euro election last June.

The government’s points-based system is likely to cut immigrant numbers by around 8 per cent to 217,000. Tory immigration policies are likely to bring about a drop of 27 per cent to 172, 000.

Former Labour Minister Frank Field was dismissive of the Home Secretary’s claims ‘not to lie awake at night’. He said: “It must be a mis-quote because it should be."

Mr Field runs a cross-party group called Balanced Migration, which campaigns to limit the number of immigrants to manageable levels.