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22/07/2014
Leader Of The BNP Steps Down
The leader of the British National Party (BNP) has stepped down.
Nick Griffin said that "fifteen years is more than long enough" and he "initially hoped to hand the responsibility over several years ago".
Adam Walker is now the Acting Leader of the party, pending the routine leadership election due under the BNP's Constitution next year.
Mr Griffin said: "With Adam Walker at the helm of the BNP, we will have for the next stage of our great voyage a captain who is able to give the party his undivided attention.
"I am always here to give him advice whenever he needs it, just as I remain available to speak at party events, to write for the party website and party publications, to help win more elections and to play a very active role with the organisational and educational work on which our future advances depend. I am not going away.
"So there you are. Adam's the leader now. We must all give him our loyalty and every possible support because, in the end, this is not about Nick Griffin or Adam Walker; it's about the British National Party and the only hope for our race and nation.
"Thank you all for your support, comradeship and love over fifteen years-worth of distance run, and all the 'triumphs and disasters' we've shared along the way. It's been an honour to lead; it remains an honour to serve."
(CD/JP)
Nick Griffin said that "fifteen years is more than long enough" and he "initially hoped to hand the responsibility over several years ago".
Adam Walker is now the Acting Leader of the party, pending the routine leadership election due under the BNP's Constitution next year.
Mr Griffin said: "With Adam Walker at the helm of the BNP, we will have for the next stage of our great voyage a captain who is able to give the party his undivided attention.
"I am always here to give him advice whenever he needs it, just as I remain available to speak at party events, to write for the party website and party publications, to help win more elections and to play a very active role with the organisational and educational work on which our future advances depend. I am not going away.
"So there you are. Adam's the leader now. We must all give him our loyalty and every possible support because, in the end, this is not about Nick Griffin or Adam Walker; it's about the British National Party and the only hope for our race and nation.
"Thank you all for your support, comradeship and love over fifteen years-worth of distance run, and all the 'triumphs and disasters' we've shared along the way. It's been an honour to lead; it remains an honour to serve."
(CD/JP)
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