BNP votes to allow blacks and Asians to join party

BNP votes to allow blacks and Asians to join party

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 4:57 PM on 14th February 2010

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The British National Party has voted to approve changes to its constitution that would allow black and Asian people to become members.

President Nick Griffin said ethnic minority members will be accepted if they agree with the party's aims.

He told the BBC: 'They'll be accepted, they'll be welcomed, providing they're there to do the things that we want to do, and providing they accept and agree with our principles, which is that multiculturalism, we believe, has been a failure.

BNP president Nick Griffin said the party would accept black and Asian people provided they agreed with its aims

'It was imposed on the British people without any consent, by the political elite. It's still going on, it's madness and it's time to shut the doors.'

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He said it was unlikely the vote would lead to an influx of new members, expecting a 'trickle rather than a flow.'

The far-right party held an extraordinary general meeting for members to vote on the proposed change.

The meeting was arranged after the Central London County Court told the BNP to amend its constitution to comply with race relations laws or face legal action by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

After the hearing on January 28, the BNP rushed out letters to its 14,000 members in order to allow for the 14 days needed to alert them to the proposed changes.

But there remained queries over whether the amended version would go far enough to appease lawyers from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.