WNP TARGET COLERAINE
Coleraine Times 20th August 2003

This article appeared a few days after our successful Coleraine Day of Action on the 16th August:

White Nationalist Party targets Coleraine
By David Rankin

COLERAINE is being targeted in a huge recruitment campaign by a far right-wing political party - the Times can exclusively reveal.
The White Nationalist Party has been distributing leaflets around the town with a telephone number to call as well as the words: “Ulster is forever British. Hang IRA scum.”
A party spokesman told the Times: “Our members held a day of action in Coleraine on Saturday and there was also leaflet drops to local homes.
“We were very pleased how it went. We have a very strong presence in that part of the country.”
Earlier this year the party began recruiting in north Antrim but it also has units in Belfast, Larne, Portadown and Ballymena with over 80 members.
The party’s latest leaflet, Britain First, outlines its opposition to Irish Republicanism, non-white immigration and enforced multi-racialism.
It is also opposed to Britain’s membership of the European Union and strongly supports the restoration of capital punishment and outlawing of Sinn Fein.
The WNP is understood to have links with the British Nationalist Party whose successes in the English local Government elections have caused a political stir amongst the more traditional parties.
The BNP scored heavily in Burnley where they have now a firm hold in the Council and according to some observers, the current debate on immigration may be one of the factors for their success.
That immigration argument doesn’t apply as much to Northern Ireland, but according to a loyalist source, the basic principles would still be relevant here.
“The White Nationalist Party have got a hold in Ballymoney, Ballymena and Coleraine and have a good power-base in the area,” explained the source.
“Many people here have always held right wing views as evidenced by Combat 18.
“The fact that a right-wing neo-Nazi party scored heavily in Burnley says there is a niche whether people like it or not. It could easily happen here as well.”
 



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