PRESS ASSOCIATION: British National Party leader Nick Griffin has been effectively barred from attending a Buckingham Palace garden party.
The right wing politician had been invited to the social event by BNP colleague Richard Barnbrook who, as a London Assembly member, was nominated for two tickets by the Greater London Authority (GLA).
But Jeff Jacobs, the GLA's deputy chief executive, has written to Mr Barnbrook telling him to change his controversial guest and stop exploiting the situation for "publicity", or his nomination would be "reviewed".
In recent days London Mayor Boris Johnson and Darren Johnson, chairman of the London Assembly, have both spoken of their concern about Mr Barnbrook's chosen guest. >>> Copyright © 2009 The Press Association. All rights reserved | Friday, May 22, 2009
