Leading Archbishop Warns Against Voting BNP
The Archbishop of York has warned against the British National Party in the run-up to the forthcoming local elections, as politicians continue to urge voters not to vote for the far-right party.
Monday, May 1 , 2006

The Archbishop of York has joined the chorus of condemnation aimed at the controversial British National Party in the run up to the local elections, as he joins church leaders and politicians in urging voters to reject the party in this week’s local elections.

The call comes after fresh evidence against the BNP emerged last week when both Sky News and The Sunday Times reported of conversations recorded secretly last year in which a BNP describes black people as genetically inferior to whites.

Numerous politicians and community leaders have even gone as far as to call on local constituents to vote for rival parties rather than give votes to the far-right party, with the local government minister of Manchester, Phil Woolas, the latest to announce he would rather see votes cast for the Tories or Liberal Democrats than the BNP.

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, told voters on the BBC Radio Four’s Sunday programme that voters in England have an opportunity to shun parties playing on xenophobia and seeking to clamp down on immigration. the rest