While Harriet Harman blackmails the Conservative Party into supporting her odious Equality Bill on the grounds that it
will render the constitution of the BNP illegal, Cranmer is disturbed to read the wording of two EDMs
(Early Day Motions) quite obviously
aimed solely and specifically at newly-elected MEPs Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons.
Whatever one may think of them personally or their political views, both are members of a (presently)
legally-constituted political party and their election to office was free and fair.
It has been convention for decades that those who are elected to the European Parliament are entitled to high security
passes to the Houses of Parliament.
But Labour’s John Mann MP, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism, has decided that this is
no longer acceptable, and so produced an EDM to withdraw such passes.
He has been joined by his honourable? friends Andrew Dismore, Andrew Gwynne, Desmond Turner, Jon Cruddas, John Grogan,
Kelvin Hopkins, Lynne Jones and Mike Hancock.
Curiously, there is a second EDM making essentially the same demand, initiated by John McDonnell and signed by Kelvin
Hopkins, David Taylor, Alan Simpson, Neil Gerrard, Mike Wood, Jeremy Corbyn, David Drew, Katy Clark and Linda Riordan,
Lynne Jones, Andrew Dismore, Mike Hancock and Stephen Williams.
But Cranmer is disturbed by this crass attempt to limit democratically-elected members of the BNP from the Palace of
Westminster.
Have they planted bombs?
Have they murdered members of the police or the armed forces?
Have they attempted to assassinate the Prime Minister, members of the Government or members of the Royal Family?
Have they stabbed people in the heart, gouged out their eyes or shot them in the kneecaps?
Have they smuggled guns and mortars, or formed and maintained an illegal army.
Have they involved themselves in acts of terrorism or threatened the very foundations of the British State?
Quite why the signatories to these EDMs are more concerned by the presence of Nick Griffin in Parliament than the
unrepentant terrorist Gerry Adams is utterly bemusing.
This ought to be sufficient to bar Adams and co from Parliament, yet not only have they been granted security passes, they are
able to claim millions of pounds from the taxpayer to run their offices.
Mssrs Griffin and Brons were elected to public office with the assent of almost a million people and ought therefore
to be free to enjoy the access to Parliament granted by convention to other MEPs.
Gerry Adams and co presently have five MPs, two MEPs and 27 MLAs - all able to come and go exactly as they please.
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