"Romac Press – £44,000
"In reality: Close associate of Jim Dowson. The Party has large counter-claim against Romac Press for late arriving leaflets and non-delivery of items. Romac Press have repeatedly refused to submit shipping and invoice lists. Manager of Romac Press is in court next month for attempted ‘blackmail’ and ‘demanding money with menaces.’"
And below is the conclusive evidence of Griffin's dishonesty:
£45,505.82: First Major Debt Judgement Taken Against BNP
Posted by admin, on 18 July, 2011, to Andrew Brons' BNP Ideas web site
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| The debt that never was - according to Mr Griffin |
The first major debt judgement has been taken against Nick Griffin and the British National Party for £45,505.82 despite promises from the party head office that no such action was even underway.
It has been confirmed that judgement was given, uncontested, against defendant “Nicholas Griffin” in the Northampton County Court on 15 July in favour of Romac Press Ltd.
In the “mythbusters” document recently circulated to party members, the BNP head office said that the printing debt was “false.”
However, Andrew Brons MEP, telephoned the Northampton County Court (telephone 0845 408 5302) this morning and asked about the case of Romac Press Ltd v. Nicholas Griffin (Claim Number 1XN25135).
“The lady asked me what my interest in the case was and I explained that Mr. Griffin represented an unincorporated association of which I was a member and I wished to check on the accuracy of information given to me,” Mr Brons said.
“She told me that she could give me details of any judgment because that information was in the public domain. She then told me that a judgment order had been given on 15th July in favour of Romac Press Ltd and against Nicholas Griffin.
“In the recent bulletin it was stated that Romac Press had not even sent any invoices and that the party would make a counter-claim against Romac Press, in the event of any claim.
“Yesterday at the Scottish hustings both Mr. Griffin and Mr. Jefferson said that no papers had been served on them. However, it is now clear that a judgment had been given against them a week before,” Mr Brons said.
“We were previously told by our Chairman that the Michaela Mackenzie case had been overturned on appeal. It has not.
“Our Chairman has attempted to make three appeals against the original judgment and all have failed. The case continues on the 9th August.
“If our Chairman is prepared to tell lies about these two cases, can we trust that he has told the truth when he says that other debts have been settled, paid or are no longer owed?” Mr Brons asked.
Mr Brons also advised national nominating officer Clive Jefferson in an email exchange earlier this morning that he (Mr Brons) has “a duty to the membership of this Party to protect them from misinformation that you and our Chairman are only too willing to distribute to them.”
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john says:
ReplyDeleteJuly 12, 2011 at 1:00 pm
A first class analysis by J Diggoey, above.
These are very serious allegations in the booklet. Whilst we need an enquiry into how a third party obtained the addresses of members and used that address list, contrary to the Data Protection Act, we also need to know more about the substance of the claims within the booklet.
Instead, we have a wail of bluster from the Chairman.
What is the true financial situation of the party? How much money are the branches owed? Were the government coalition to cease and a general election held, what would be the difference between the nominal balances of branch accounts and the actual amounts? It is reported that the branches are owed £75,000 by HQ. Where has this money gone?
Why does the Chairman appoint people with unsavoury reputations and who are without any status? Is he saying that there are no better alternatives within the membership? Or is he really saying that a bunch of non entities of the sort he appoints can be more easily controlled and will do his work because they owe their position to him?
If the Chairman disappears on holiday, who takes over the running of the party? Is it Clive Jefferson, Adam Walker, Pat Harrington (a non member) or who? Who elected them? Are they fit and proper persons to run what claims to be a serious party? What are their backgrounds? What have these people achieved in life?
The Financial Scrutiny Committee says a legacy of £174,000 was received by the party last Autumn. Presumably it has been used to pay down debts. I wonder what the relatives of the deceased thought about that and the waste of these funds.
Yes, why has Griffin not apologised to the members for the outrageous condition of the accounts? He cannot blame anyone other than himself. In a party run, controlled and micromanaged by him, he cannot blame his own appointed office holders. If they were incompetent, then it is because he was incompetent.
Frankly, the more I see of how he has run this party, the more I am astonished by his incompetence and his thorough unfitness to run an ice-cream stall leave alone a serious party.
No wonder he was not invited to Buckingham Palace with Andrew Brons. Clearly, they think he is beneath the salt.
How does he have the nerve to approach decent, honest, elderly members for donations to his party?