TIMESONLINE: The leader of the far-right British National party is to attend a garden party hosted by the Queen, it was claimed today.
Nick Griffin will accompany Richard Barnbrook, a BNP member of the London Assembly, as his guest at the event on July 21, Mr Barnbrook said.
A BNP spokesman said: “Richard Barnbrook has got an official invite in his capacity as a member of the London Assembly and he is allowed to bring a guest, which will be Nick Griffin.
“For him to snub an invite from the Queen would be absurd.
“It is something people are going to have to get used to because if we get elected MEPs, this is the kind of thing we are going to be doing on a regular basis.
“It is the emergence of a party from beyond the pale to mainstream.” >>> Fiona Hamilton | Wednesday, May 20, 2009
