The recent leaking of the British National Party's memberhsip list has, quite rightly, caused anger amongst members whose details are now publicly available to all and sundry. Especially to those who were in "sensitive" jobs such as teaching, medicine or nursing or the Armed Forces. Some police officers, serving and retired, were also revealed to be members of this perfectly legal political party.
That is where the title of my post comes in. It is illegal for a serving police officer, or member of police staff, to be a member of, or promote, the British National Party.
However, it is not, apparently, illegal to be a member of al Qaeda if you happen to be in the police! In 2007 it was revealed that several al Qaeda members/sympathisers were in the police, but the police could not, or would not, sack them! That story can be found here.
Contrast that with the witch hunt carried out against members of the perfectly-legal BNP. One police officer has been suspended from duty for being exposed as a BNP member. See the story here.
In the Yorkshire Post today there is an opinion about the BNP leak which ends:
"And as for the teachers and police officers on the list, I'm glad we have their names. I'd rather not have racist officers patrolling the streets, nor racist teachers in charge of our children's enquiring minds."
To be honest, I would be more concerned about the members of al Qaeda who are in the police, and the fact that a classroom assistant blew up a London Underground train in July 2005. They are the ones we don't want "patrolling the streets" or "in charge of our children's enquiring minds"! But of course, no mention of that.
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