MANCHESTER BPP MAKING WAVES IN MIDDLETON AREA!

A WHITE supremacist party has distributed recruitment leaflets in Middleton.

The A4 size letter, littered with spelling mistakes, asks Middletonians to join the British People’s Party, a break-off group formed by ex-members of the British Nationalist Party.

An unknown number of the sheets were placed under the windscreens of cars parked on Fountain Street.

The racist propaganda attempts to ‘recruit’ new members - as young as 12 - to, ‘help fight the threats to the salvation of the white race’.

The vile literature also asks for people in Middleton to support the BPP's northern Manchester campaign against Zionism, the belief in the existence of a Jewish state.

Also included in the leaflet are details of the group’s head office in Leeds and its website address.

In recent years groups such as these have had a distinct rise in popularity in the North-West, especially in lower socio-economic areas.

But the group’s racist policies has been condemned by senior politicians at both local and national levels.

Jim Dobbin, MP for Middleton, said: "I am astonished. These people are trash.

"There is no place for racism in Middleton. It has a long history of tolerance and these people have no place here.

"I hope the people see them for what they are and chase them out of town. They should throw these leaflets in the bin where they belong and make it clear they are not interested."

Middleton residents who received a copy of the leaflet also expressed their disgust.

One said: "I can’t believe something like this has been handed out in Middleton. It really is disgraceful and I think the people responsible should be prosecuted in some way."

Another resident added: "It’s really quite shocking. You would think in this day and age everyone could just live peacefully together but that doesn’t seem to be case.

"I don’t know what they are trying to achieve but I hope most people will bin them."

The group’s website also holds undertones of discrimination towards ethnic groups and homosexuals.

Worryingly new members can be as young as 12 years of age, as long as they have permission from their parents.

Members of the BPP declined to answer any questions when the Middleton Guardian contacted them about their racist leaflets.

Mr Dobbin added: "It is a silly time to start doing this when we are going into the Christmas period of peace and love."

Police in Middleton have been informed of the leaflet campaign and are making enquiries.

BPP Comment: Well done Manchester BPP supporters. We have al the usual responses in this report. Nobody answers our arguments but just reports the leaflets to the police/MP's etc. They are condemned as "racist", "vile", etc -all the usual comments - no attempt of course to answer BPP policies!. For the record our leaflets are NOT full of spelling errors nor deemed illegal. Nor have we at HQ been contacted by the Manchester Guardian - far from declining to comment we would give them a full interview if they contact us!