Muammar Al Khadafi

Ballot papers and election addresses for the British National Party leadership election are now being printed and packed for dispatch after the procedure for a fair and secret ballot was agreed yesterday, with both candidates being consulted and making amendments. A number of readers have asked why this site carries articles about Mr Griffin's activities on behalf of the party and as an MEP, but has not run anything about Mr Brons for several months. This is because neither Mr Brons nor his staff have submitted any articles in this period. If they resume sending in positive articles about activities promoting the party or Mr Brons' work as an MEP, we will be delighted to publish them.

This website has maintained a policy of strict neutrality as regards proposals for the General Members' Meeting and the leadership contest. As in parliamentary elections, reporting of newsworthy events does not and cannot stop merely because there is a leadership election taking place.

This site will not post any material or comments which are clearly defamatory or which may leave the party open to legal action. Those submitting articles or comments should bear this in mind.

On a related note, the link we used to carry to Mr Brons' MEP website was broken earlier this year. Mr Brons' staff moved his MEP website to a different web hosting server and web address, following a disagreement with Treasury over his refusal to make any payment for his hosting bills or for web design and maintenance and online security, provided by the British National Party. Mr Griffin has paid all such bills for his MEP website and has not moved web addresses or servers.

It is also worth mentioning that Mr Brons has not approached us to re-establish a link to his new web hosting prior to the leadership election taking place.

Despite the dispute between Treasury and Mr Brons, however, we have decided to restore the link to Mr Brons' MEP website for the duration of the campaign, provided – as with Mr Griffin's site – it confines itself to coverage of matters relating to his role as a Member of the European Parliament.

We urge both candidates and their supporters to conduct positive and truthful campaigns that reflect well on the party, which is bigger than any individual.

Thank You,