UPDATE: The BNP says “Those Tory generals who today attacked the British National Party should remember that at the Nuremburg Trials, the politicians and generals accused of waging illegal aggressive wars were all charged – and hanged – together …”
A group of former soldiers including Andy McNab and Simon Weston have contributed to this Nothing British campaign video, criticising the BNP for hijacking images of the armed forces for their own political ends:
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Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.
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