BNP's new rules rejected by court

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Source: BBC

The British National Party's new membership rules are likely to discriminate against non-white people, a judge has ruled. Last month the BNP scrapped its whites-only policy after the threat of an injunction from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). But the party still required new members to sign up to its principles.

A judge at Central London County Court has ruled the party's new constitution is still discriminatory.

BNP leader Nick Griffin was met with protests from anti-fascist groups as he arrived at court earlier. Speaking ahead of the hearing, Mr Griffin said: "The constitution was always legal."

During a day of legal submissions on Tuesday, the BNP was accused of "indirectly" discriminating against black and Asian people even though the party no longer bars them from joining. The BNP denied the allegations and said it had a "waiting list" of black and Asian people and would welcome more applications from ethnic minorities.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8564742.stm

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The poor, poor BNP. It's hard to be nondiscriminatory when you seek "to restore the overwhelmingly white ethnicity of Britain that existed prior to 1948", the "repeal of anti-discrimination legislation", and believe "that there are significant differences between races." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Party) Sounds like the courts in the UK are making it difficult for them to be a legal political party while they "discriminate against non-white people".

[No Elephants]

1. American political parties are allowed to discriminate.

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2. its a private club, isn't it?

aren't private clubs in Britain allowed to choose their own membership?