Members of the far-right British National Party in Northern Ireland were today warned they would be expelled if caught attending meetings of an extreme new racist grouping. 
 
With the White Nationalist Party attempting to recruit across north Antrim and Londonderry, the BNP denied the two organisations were linked.

A spokesman said: ``We are calling on them to disband because they have deliberately tried to heighten sectarian and racial tensions.

``They serve no purpose and if any of our members are found to have any connection to them they would immediately be suspended pending expulsion.``

Fears of a surge in WNP activity intensified after posters and leaflets were distributed in Coleraine, Co Derry, calling for all IRA ``scum`` to be hanged.

During a so-called day of action in the town, flyers were handed out declaring Ulster would remain British and opposing non-white immigration and enforced multi-racialism.

A telephone number was also included for anyone who wanted to join the organisation, which is believed to have links with loyalist terrorists.

It is understood a meeting held at an undisclosed venue in north Antrim earlier this month was addressed by a prominent former BNP member.

But party representatives in Belfast today insisted the BNP was totally opposed to the hate-fuelled manifesto promoted by the rival far-right faction.

``They are openly racist, white supremacists who may be connected to loyalist paramilitaries,`` a spokesman said.

Meanwhile, the BNP in Northern Ireland, whose membership is thought to number about 100, is planning to bring a top representative from Jean-Marie Le Pen`s National Front (FN) in France to speak at a rally.

The party, which has enjoyed increased successes at local government elections in England, is hoping the visit could be the springboard for an eventual electoral assault in the province.

The spokesman added: ``We are hoping to bring a high ranking elected official from the Front National to Northern Ireland early next year to tell us how to get our act together.``

But the plans horrified mainstream politicians in Northern Ireland.

John Dallat, a former SDLP member of the suspended Stormont Assembly, said: ``We certainly don`t need either the BNP or French right wingers to sort out our problems.

``We have enough difficulties without importing further trouble. That would be a recipe for disaster.``