Berk and Hair

Punk singer 'Mish Bondage' takes on BNP in sexual discrimination claim

Feb 17 2012

Michelle Harrington alias 'Mish Bondage'



A PUNK singer has accused a BNP politician of sex discrimination and unfair dismissal.

Michelle Harrington – known as Mish Bondage when she sings with Sado-Nation – was an assistant to Euro MP Andrew Brons.

And Michelle, who lives in Edinburgh, has called BNP leader Nick Griffin to give evidence.

The American claims she was also a victim of religious discrimination while working for Brons at an office in Edinburgh.

As Mish Bondage, she is plastered across the internet wearing leather and fishnets, sporting tattoos and with bright red hair.

But the 49-year-old wore sombre black clothing for the preliminary hearing in Edinburgh yesterday.

She was represented by her husband Pat Harrington, who is general secretary of the BNP-affiliated union Solidarity.

He tried to have her identity kept secret, saying she had been subjected to months of internet abuse by anonymous bloggers while she was employed by the BNP in Edinburgh.

Harrington told the employment tribunal his wife had been the victim of “a public campaign of hatred when she was just doing her job”.

One blog post described her as “a foreign bondage freak with contradicting decency and brutish values”.

Another said she was a “reprehensible woman of no worth and a degenerative”.

Harrington added: “People seem to think it’s OK to vilify her on sexual grounds. Sexual discrimination and harassment is not acceptable in the workplace.”

But Brons’ representative opposed reporting restrictions, saying the Harringtons’ argument was “weak” as the allegations were in the public domain.

Michelle is also bringing the case against the BNP’s former national elections officer Eddy Butler, claiming sexual and religious discrimination and unfair dismissal.

Brons represents Yorkshire and the Humber at the European Parliament.

The case continues.

Daily Record