It certainly seems the British National Party (BNP) will stoop to any level possible to portray some kind of image of being the caring party who are standing up for the rights of British people and British values. It now seems that Nick Griffin is to be flanked everywhere he goes by a man dressed in British Army uniform.
Nick Griffin Flanked By The BNP Soldier
But as ever with the BNP all is not as it would seem to be, the man dressed as a soldier is the BNP’s own Adam Walker who is also standing as an MP for the BNP in County Durham, so it would seem that Adam Walker doesn’t need to bother campaigning in County Durham as he is too busy pretending to be a British Soldier in Barking with Nick Griffin.
Adam Walker BNP Candidate for County Durham
Adam Walker is no stranger to the news himself having recently been sacked from his post as a teacher for posting racist comments on the internet during a lesson and is currently awaiting the outcome of a General Teaching Council which could strike Adam Walker off as a teacher, his brother Mark Walker also a BNP candidate was also sacked from his teaching position for a similar reason.
Asked if he was a real soldier, he admitted he wasn’t. “I’m wearing this uniform in solidarity with our boys in Afghanistan,” Walker said. Do we really need to see people pretending to be a soldier in order to show solidarity with our armed forces?.
Simply put this is a rather cheap stunt by the BNP to give the impression to the ordinary voters that the British Armed Forces actually support the BNP in any great numbers. The BNP also have ex-forces people standing as candidates for them, yet it seems even they didn’t want to be Nick Griffins soldier of the streets, at least they still show respect for the uniform.
Something for Adam Walker and the BNP to think about before he continues to strut around in a military uniform:
A quote from the Uniforms Act 1894, which is still very much in force:
3. Penalty for bringing contempt on uniform.
If any person not serving in Her Majesty’s Naval or Military Forces wears without Her Majesty’s permission the uniform of any of those forces, or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of any such uniform, in such a manner or under such circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt upon that uniform, or employs any other person so to wear that uniform or dress, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3 level 3 on the standard scale], or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.
