BNP claims endorsement of someone who died 44 years ago

Yesterday I was privileged to give a lift to a former Royal Marine called Dave from Leicestershire. It all happened in a strange way. Starting on a journey "oop nawth" I was seized with guilt as to when my next MOT is due. So I stopped in a parking lay-by on the A34 to get out the handbook to check on it (typically for me, I was being over-panicky - it's not due until next April). As I drew up to the lay-by I noticed what I thought was a tramp walking along the verge behind (who else walks along the verge?). However, as I went to leave the lay-by I noticed that the fellow was waving one of those trade registration plates and looked clean-cut, so I thought "What the hell?" and gave him a lift.

It turned out that he had got a lift with some people who, on discovering that he had served in the armed forces, had started strongly haranguing him. He then suggested that they drop him at the next junction. However, they then abruptly stopped the car and dropped him unceremoniously on the verge in the middle of nowhere. So I felt a warm feeling on finding out that I had helped this fellow out when he was in quite a predicament.

Anyway, this former Marine Dave did his bit by keeping me alert with a remarkably fascinating commentary on wars, famous figures including Churchill (hero) and Blair (zero - both Ian and Tony). He was particularly passionate and engaging about the Jean Charles de Menezes shooting.

Suffice it to say that I have rarely met such a fair-minded person with such a passion for tolerance and doing things the "right way". He had particular disgust for indiscriminate killings in wars and lies told by politicians.

The reason for regaling my reader with this tale is that Dave's views brought home to me how it is quite wrong to try to generalise the views of the armed forces and therefore both ridiculous and disgusting for the BNP to try to hijack images of the armed forces for its campaigns.

It is even more ridiculous for them to use images of Winston Churchill. - Someone who joined the army in Queen Victoria's reign and who has been dead for 44 years. And they, the BNP, say that he would support them if he was alive today.

They must be desperate.

Put simply, Nick Griffin isn't fit to polish the boots of Winston Churchill.