Arthur Kemp recently produced another lie / spin story on his hilariously named “truth” chronicles in which he attributes the sole success of the BNP website for the past two years to himself. He further states in a long winded fit of jealousy and hatred that my efforts played no part in its success over that time.

Now, it would be easy – very easy – for me to point out the following stats and charts to prove a point or to have a well deserved side-swipe back at the two-faced Mr Kemp, but I feel there is more to the massive free-fall in web traffic and visits than neither I or Kemp can be held responsible for.

I really do feel that having an amateurishly presented website with bugger all on it to keep the visitors interested does play a role, as do the quality of articles (or propaganda / smear stories of late), but I feel there is a more underlying reason for this sudden mass exodus of people visiting the BNP website.

It is my opinion that after the false promises and raised hopes of all the members, and after the pre-election “whipping up into a frenzy” of the members for fund-raising purposes, the end result has been a spectacular disappointment which lies squarely at the feet of the leadership. They got this election wrong, badly wrong.

So much so that all the new interest has been lost and all those visitors I worked so hard to drive to the website have simply lost all hope. This is a shocking state of affairs and one that can only be blamed on poor planning and poor judgement by the leadership and those surrounding him.

The plain truth is that the public have deserted us, they have given up hope. They were promised the earth and given bugger all, but they paid through the nose for it.

This is without doubt, a leadership issue – not a website issue. It’s bigger than both of us, Mr Kemp.

Browsing through the comments of the latest outrageous lie and smear story against me, I feel I am left with little option but to respond as this sick game the leadership are playing is putting my life at risk by way of a hate campaign being whipped up against me.

Some people are really believing their lies and that puts me and my family at risk from physical attack from some of the more extreme members in right wing circles, which I believe is exactly what Nick Griffin & Co have intended. I knew they would do this and I also knew how dirty, cowardly and bitter they would fight against me, which is precisely why I took precautions to protect myself and be in a position to counter the lies and threats I now face.

When things were coming to a head with this breakdown between myself and the leadership I started recording my calls with the key personnel involved for clarity and to secure both myself and the truth from the expected hate campaign. Whether you agree with this action or not, I have held it back from the public until such time as my hand was forced to clear my name from allegations of theft, extortion, deception and worse. I feel that my decision to record these calls is now justified by the leaderships’ dangerous and erratic behavior.

How Simon Bennett Tried to Extort £22,000 From BNP Member Donations

Disgraced former British National Party webmaster, traitor and far-leftist collaborator Simon Bennett tried to extort £22,000 of BNP members’ money — and when these outrageous demands were not met, he closed down the BNP website, effectively sabotaging the online election campaign.

Listen to the recording below and judge for yourself whether this is anywhere near close to extortion. As you will hear for yourself a deal was made and we would “shake paws” after I had spoke with Paul Golding. However, Paul quibbles over money, locks me out of my own ticketing system and Arthur starts downloading the entire server contents without an agreement being finalised.

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Bennett now tells anyone who will listen that he stands for “truth, honesty and integrity” in the BNP. In fact, his own record shows that his behaviour is the very opposite.

That’s exactly what I stand for.

Bennett was paid over £30,000 per year — with money raised by Jim Dowson (!) — to build the technical infrastructure of the BNP website.

No, I was paid £2,300 per month (x 12 = £27,600 per year). However, out of that I had to buy all my own software, plugins, scripts, flash files, templates, programs (that Kemp tried to steal) in addition to all hardware, running costs and overheads. My net income last year was £10,000 before tax. The server fees were invoiced for and paid separately. No profit was made on server costs.

It is worth noting that Bennett did NOT provide any of the content or articles. This was done by Arthur Kemp, who is not on the party payroll.

This is important because it was the content, NOT the appearance, which drew people to the BNP website.

That’s right, I never did produce the poor quality regurgitated tabloid news content, or the blatant spin stories posted to cover-up other peoples’ mistakes or inability to perform, that was purely Arthur Kemps’ fault. Arthur was being paid on a license agreement to run Excalibur where he constantly whinged that he never made enough money. It was Kemp that made the profit on the Abex badges and lied to people that all proceeds went to Abex / servicemen. See screenshot below.

As for the content being responsible for the websites’ success, perhaps that is why the site stats are now in free-fall. See image below.

In spite of this, Arthur Kemp was not put on any commission on traffic/donations/membership transactions through the website — but Bennett was.

The exact nature of Bennett’s commission basis was that he would earn 2.5% of all financial transactions put through the BNP website – even though he was not responsible for the large number of readers.

This offer was made in writing to Bennett in October 2009 (it is reproduced below).

Bennett accepted this offer and eagerly took the first payment of £500, based on the percentage upon which he and Jim Dowson had agreed.

As explained previously, I was put on commission by Jim Dowson in October 2009 but NEVER CLAIMED A PENNY OF IT. They have accused me of begging for commission, blackmail and extortion – I wish they’d get their story straight! The £500 payment was paid into my account WITHOUT AN INVOICE and without me asking for it or knowing anything about it. Anyone smell a trap here? ( a really poor one)!

This however, was not enough for the greedy traitor Bennett, and he demanded a total of £12,000 commission in fees and what he called his “intellectual copyright.”

Traitor, greedy, crook, spy, mole, extortionist, blackmailer, red, rat, scum. Anymore? I agreed on the commission owing to me that I previously had no intention of claiming for until this all happened. It’s business – not extortion, and it’s fair given the circumstances and facts.

When it was pointed out that this was not accurate, Bennett accused the BNP of cheating him.

Nonsense.

The BNP told Bennett that he had been paid in excess of £30,000 per year to build the website.

A meeting with Simon Darby and Nick Griffin at the Masons Arms, Camelford took placeback in October 2007. At this meeting I was persuaded to give up my career and start a three-way limited company with them which involved setting up a network of websites that earned money via advertising but also became a political tool when needed? That is what I came on board to do and it was made clear to me that the main party site was out of bounds and I would never get to do that. Until of course, the Sadie Graham affair and they had no choice but to turn to me. I was asked to provide a basic WordPress site, which I did without pay or without a contract. I was then paid from then on for my time, not my work, software, hardware or design rights. The three-way business soon got forgotten about once the website started raking in donations and memberships.

Furthermore, the party told him that under no circumstances would the party call upon its members to pay him AGAIN for a website for which he had already been well-paid to build.

They agreed to pay commission but couldn’t agree a figure, then got caught stealing the site and my software (Actinic Developer for example cost me £1,799). When a commission figure couldn’t be agreed, I offered to make it simple and just call it a £12,000 “fee” and they get the lot. They wanted it all for free and then set out to destroy me.

In retaliation, Bennett then closed down Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons’s EU websites. Bennett has held onto these domains and demanded a further £5,000 EACH for these websites, even though the BNP had ALREADY PAID HIM IN FULL for that work.

Nick’s idiotic (and failed) injunction ordered me not to touch, tamper or do anything with NickGriffin.eu. That was impossible whilst still live so we both AGREED to shut it down. Andrew Brons’ website has always remained live and still is today. I was paid nothing to register, build or maintain these websites, where is their evidence or the invoice to show otherwise. It simply does not exist!

In other words, Bennett has attempted to extort a total of £22,000 from the BNP’s funds for websites WHICH HE HAD ALREADY BEEN PAID to build.

I think I’ve proved that to be a total lie already.

This gangster type extortion should tell all readers what they need to know about this disgraceful money-grubber Bennett, and reveals his claims of “honesty and integrity” to be the hypocritical lies which they are.

Replace “Bennett” with “Dowson / Griffin” and that is the only honest statement they’ve made!

Here we have it, indisputable evidence that BNP HQ are behind the “BNP Truth Chronicles” lie and smear machine set up solely to spread blatant lies about me.

Whilst claiming on one hand it is “unofficial”, they claim on the other that they are aware of the “BNP OFFICERS” behind the blog.

That’s handy, you can tell us all who they are in court – thanks for that, that’s just the slip-up I needed.

You’ll also notice how they claim that this hate / lie / slander blog constitutes “professionalism”. We’ll let the judge decide that when we meet in court. I trust you’ll have the bottle to appear this time.

BNP Organisers’ Bulletin – May 2010

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NEW TRUTH BLOG

As predicted after every election campaign where the BNP misses
out on winning seats, all the Party’s enemies, internal and
external, have crawled out of the woodwork and are spreading
lies, poison and garbage with the aim of destabilising our
organisation.

Several Party officers, sick and tired of the torrent of lies,
fantasies and nonsense spewing forth from the ranks of our
enemies, have used some of their spare time to put together a
blog with the express intention of countering the worst of the
poison floating around at present.

It must be stressed that this is not an official BNP blog, it
has been constructed by several Party loyalists in their spare
time.

Please visit this blog, store it in your favourites and ensure
that your local activists and officials that raise unfounded
concerns are directed towards this blog.

Make no mistake our enemies are so worried about our recent
massive growth. This has all been made possible by YOUR
investment in the party infrastructure over the last several
years.

Our level of professionalisation means that our enemies will
pull out all the stops to de-rail us by spreading dissent where
ever they can. Therefore it is important that the cranks, reds
and malcontents are neutralized by the TRUTH:

http://bnptruthchronicles.blogspot.com/

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This email has now been confirmed as genuine by a number of organisers and officials. Many thanks to them all.

In a laughable attempt of another smear story, Arthur Kemp (the man behind the blogspot set up solely to smear me) has concocted yet another desperate effort to smear my good name. He does so without having the courage to put his name to the blog or articles he publishes as he knows I would tear him to shreds in a court of law.

Let me ask you, if one word of what they say is true, why don’t they put their name to their accusations or indeed take the legal action they threaten? Internal investigation my foot!

Notice also how every single article he produces starts with the opening “Disgraced former BNP webmaster, trouble causer and far-leftist collaborator”.

This is a typical tactic from Arthur taken straight from the propaganda of Mein Kampf” – a book he worships. It is designed to keep repeating a smear over and over until it sticks in the mind and associates those words with my name.

So, let’s dissect and destroy their nonsense shall we;

How Simon Bennett Stole Money from BNP Members

Disgraced former BNP webmaster, trouble causer and far-leftist collaborator Simon Bennett was under internal party investigation for obtaining money by deception from BNP members just prior to his treasonous behaviour, it can be revealed.

Far from disgraced – only smeared and lied about. Far leftist collaborator? The evidence is where? Internal investigation – release the evidence then. As for treason and deception, put your name to the post if you dare and we’ll see who is right in court.

The internal investigation centred on Bennett’s “Association of British Ex-Servicemen,” (ABEX) a non-BNP organisation set up by himself and fellow traitor Peter Mullins in England’s South West.

Actually, Abex was a front organisation for the BNP invented by Nick Griffin and run on no less than three prior occasions and failed each time. I was tasked with setting up a website for it and soon found myself inundated by media requests for radio and TV interviews and received no support from the party whatsoever.

The “ABEX” organisation’s website was used by Mullins to promote Bennett to the BNP and it was on the strength of that website that Bennett was given the job of webmaster.

Partly true, Arthur Kemp loved the Abex site and insisted I take over the main party website after they had removed Steve Blake.

Questions were raised at the very beginning over what the point of ABEX was, especially as it claimed to be raising money for “British ex-servicemen” returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Spot on. Only it was me that raised these questions. Abex made no such claims, it was a support organisation and never once claimed to raise money for troops under my control.

Critics pointed out that ABEX was no more than just Bennett, Mullins and a website. It was not a registered charity, had no financial records and yet was raising funds by piggybacking onto the BNP website.

This is where your smear is going to collapse as I have FULL ACCOUNTS and will publish later. Oh dear, never thought this one through, did you Arthur?

In fact, ABEX was so much of a one-man-and-a-dog show that Bennett complained that he did not have the time to run the “organisation’s” website as well, despite heavily promoting it on the BNP website.

Critics were increasingly uneasy over the fact that Bennett and Mullins were also selling blue spitfire badges based on the website’s header design, also claiming that “all proceeds raised” were going to “British ex-servicemen.”

No such claims were made by me – please provide the evidence. Try this for a start: http://web.archive.org/web/20080412062101/www.abex.org.uk/?p=99 (We are pleased to announce that our Abex Blue Spitfire motif enamel badges have landed. There are limited numbers and are a snip at £2.95 including postage. Place your orders below. ).

The blue spitfire badges sold by Bennett and Mullins with “all proceeds going to British ex-servicemen” — a blatant lie. Bennett pocketed all the cash raised, including all money paid to him by Excalibur.

These badges became quite popular, and Bennett eventually sold a large number at full price to Dave Joines, then managing dicrector of Excalibur, at the old Deeside unit.

I made no claims, but here’s the funny bit; I sold almost the entire stock of badges to Arthur Kemp (who ran Excalibur), I sold them to him for £1.60 each inc postage. Arthur then made the claim on HIS website that the proceeds went to ex-servicemen and made a profit for himself and the BNP. He also sold them for £4.95 each and laughed at me when I said he was taking the p!ss. Oh dear, Arthur, keep digging!

Here is the Abex purchase invoice for all 250 badges:

Here are the PayPal sales for 6 badges sold from the website:

Abex-Badges PayPal Records

Here is the Invoice from Abex to Excalibur for 164 Badges:

Abex – Excalibur Invoice

This makes a total of 170 badges sold, which leaves 80 unaccounted for. However, anyone joining Abex was given a FREE badge and we had around 50 members. The remaining badges were given away, and the broken or unsold five or six remain sat in my desk drawer today. Quick, call the serious fraud office!

The badges were then advertised on the Excalibur website as “all proceeds going to British ex-servicemen” as Bennett had been paid in full and had given the undertaking that this was indeed the case.

Thanks for confirming that for us all, Arthur. However, I made no such undertaking. Again, please provide the evidence.

It has now transpired that NONE of this money went to “British ex-servicemen” and that the considerable Excalibur cheque for the hundreds of badges was cashed DIRECTLY INTO BENNETT’S PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT.

Uh oh… another epic fail. The entire stock of badges made no profit, but a small loss as the EVIDENCE above shows.

After an astute and long-time ABEX critic pointed this gross deception out to the BNP, an internal investigation which included researching the old Excalibur bank account records, proved that Bennett had indeed stolen the money for his personal use and that not a penny of the funds raised had gone to “British ex-servicemen” as he had so blatantly lied.

Astute? LOL. Abex was a BNP sideline dreamed up by Nick Griffin to get sympathy from service personal for the party. It was never a fund raising entity or for profit. I was tasked with setting up a website for it and had the entire organisation dumped on my lap. Can we see these “old” Excalibur accounts by the way?

Was this “Astute Long Time Critic” the Green Arrow by any chance?

The badges — and original packet — in which Bennett sent the blue spitfire badges to Excalibur to sell on his behalf. Bennett was paid in full upfront by Dave Joines, then MD of Excalibur, for these badges on the basis that the funds were going to “British ex-servicemen.” Bennett pocketed the cash instead.

Out and out lie. They were sold to Arthur Kemp and he knows it. Notice how the author of this smear states it was Dave Joines, knowing full well that it was Kemp. Perhaps this is because Kemp is the man behind the smear and wants to remain anonymous. Coward! As for paying me directly… Yes, that’s right… seeing as I paid for the badges from my own account and Abex never had a bank account. DOH!

The BNP investigation had just run its course and Bennett was to be formally charged with theft and deception by a BNP tribunal when he “picked” a fight with Jim Dowson and the party — making the allegation that Jim Dowson was taking money from the party.

Charged  with theft and deception? Hahahahaha… PLEASE, PLEASE continue with this charge, I really can’t wait. I will humiliate you and you know it, hence why no such charges will be bought.

Bennett, however, was the only one stealing members’ money, and it is now obvious that his most recent allegations are merely an attempt to divert attention away from his own theft of BNP supporters’ money.

Stealing members’ money? Exactly how? What nonsense and you know it. Abex made no profit. Answer my recent allegations with facts – not more desperate smears.

It seems likely that Bennett caught wind of the impending charges and this is most likely the reason why he quickly closed down the ABEX website before attacking the BNP.

The Abex site was shut down over a year ago as I was sick of having to run it single handed with no support from the idiot that created it. I did not want to be the man that ran Abex – just the website, but like everything in the BNP it was done on a whim without ant real thought, support or direction. I washed my hands of it for those reasons.

All BNP supporters who purchased these blue spitfire badges are encouraged to contact Bennett and Mullins and demand an explanation and their money back. The BNP will also provide assistance for anybody seeking to lay criminal charges against those persons.

I beg ALL SIX PEOPLE that bought a badge to contact me immediately for a refund if you want one (£15.90 total). Also contact Arthur Kemp and the BNP for their refund of the ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY badges he sold under false pretences at a whopping profit, and for assistance in taking me (or him) to court or to lay “criminal” charges. Arthur only states this to make his smear look respectable and believable, you will receive no support from them.

Please, I urge everyone to call their bluff so I can humiliate them some more.

I will end with this challenge to Arthur “Coward” Kemp; Put your name to your smears, you coward. You know I will tear you to shreds with the facts in court, that’s why you don’t have the guts, honour or integrity to post in your own name. Call yourself a man? You are low-life and a coward of the highest order. Keep the smears coming, every one will backfire on you and you are digging yourself into a very deep hole.

It’s all very well hiding behind an anonymous blog based in the USA and making wild, untrue allegations Mr Kemp. Try backing them up you scumbag – take me to court – I dare you!

There is another pathetic smear on this amateur blogspot by Arthur Kemp, but this one is really not worthy of my time or a response as all allegations have been answered and evidenced here; http://yourbnp.com/2010/05/21/nick-griffins-failed-high-court-injunction-against-simon-bennett/

I cannot help but feel it is important that we qualify or quantify exactly what makes Jim Dowson an “expert”, and in which particular field he is an expert. It is important we do purely because of the power and control he currently has over just about every aspect of the British National Party, its finances, staffing, assets and political direction – not to mention the Chairman.

From the history I have seen, Jim is a salesman by trade. He was the sales manager of a catering firm and was sacked / resigned over his increasing activity, adverse publicity and the controversy he was creating with his extracurricular interests, even going as far as to claiming to be a born-again Christian and some kind of vicar or preacher.

Since leaving the catering firm, Jim has run at least three or four charity / fundraising organisations amongst his many other questionable limited companies and sole trader businesses. All of these “charitable” organisations attracted serious adverse publicity due to the business practices of Jim, which included several cases of intimidation, harassment, email spamming, deceit and serious copyright infringement on three occasions at the very least.

Furthermore, one of these organisations appears to have funded a “Mission in Spain”. Perhaps Jim could give us a tour of this “Mission” the next time he rents the British National Party his “holiday home” in Spain!

According to Companies House, all of the previous fund raising organisations are now either dissolved or not trading. None have ever submitted any official accounts according to Companies House. Hardly the track record of an expert. Jim is a short-termist, as his history shows. He milks what he can at any cost, milks it dry, asset strips it, folds the business and moves on to the next venture, as can be evidenced by the purchase of the truth truck and a van-load of battered up print equipment purchased by Nick Griffin from Dowson.

I refuse to accept that Jim is an expert in anything other than bad business practices, and I most certainly will not accept him as someone I was expected to report to, or respect on any level. I was happy to continue in my role as webmaster for the party, and will always strive to drive us forward in the correct and proper way, but I will not break the law or risk the future of this party or myself to make the man a quick few quid.

When I raised valid concerns about Jim’s call centre I received an abusive email from Kate Hunt, the call centre manager and also physical threats of violence from Jim Dowson. Jim has criminal convictions including breach of the peace in 1986, possession of a weapon and breach of the peace in 1991 and criminal damage in 1992, he specialises in fleecing people for money, breaching copyrights and trademarks and is now pretty much completely in control of the party finances and operations.

One of Jim’s favourite sayings is “Why reinvent the wheel”. Well, let me tell you why; If the wheel was not constantly re-invented we would all be driving cars with stone wheels. The wheel has to be reinvented in order to advance or progress.

Another old chestnut from Jim is to just take something someone else has already made successful and just copy it! This is fine until you copy an apparent successful idea that has an un-yet discovered fundamental design flaw. I myself prefer to invent and innovate thus staying ahead of the game and the pack and ensuring my idea is solid and a long term solution. Those that merely copy or rip-off others are doomed to failure or will always be chasing the game.

Copying and ripping off other people’s ideas does not constitute the actions of an expert, but does in fact constitute the actions of a rip-off merchant. It is my honest belief that Jim Dowson will treat this business venture no differently to any of his others and if we are really unlucky some people may even end up in serious legal trouble.

Jim is a salesman and has bamboozled the pants off many people with his energy, enthusiasm and sales-spin. I could see what Jim was from day one, but knew any concerns I raised would fall on deaf ears, so I kept my mouth shut  and hoped for the best. Recent events have concerned me sufficiently enough to now raise these issues.

On a final note, allow me to remind you of something Nick Griffin once said about Trevor Phillips at the Enoch Powell Anniversary Event; “When you fall out of the window, you think everything is ok for the first few seconds”…

Whilst it appears Jim is raising lots of money, we are at that point. From the copyright infringements, breaking of data protections act and tactics employed by Jim so far, I cannot claim to be as full of optimism as Nick. I would suggest we start looking at the option of investing in a safety net at the very least, as the concrete pavement below is getting ever closer and we may not survive the fall.

Well, there’s a turn up for the books!

I’d like to offer a poker analogy;

When you use the power of an unlimited supply of funds to raise people out of the game even when they know you are holding no decent cards – you win – by default. When you do it often enough people catch on and learn your game. They learn how to play against you so the strategy is only ever a short term one. I think I’ve mentioned short-term strategies before, but very few believed me.

So, here we are, you raised and you raised and you raised. You gave it your best poker-face and you tried to bluff, scare and intimidate, but we stood firm. We called every raise until you run out of money and backers and were forced to show your hand. However, you still refuse to show your hand, you want to quit!

You want to take your raises back out of the pot and disappear into the sunset as if the game never took place and withouth revealing what you were holding.

We know what you were holding. Nothing!

It was a bluff… a duff hand, but you had the most chips and tried to bully the pot and the table with your stack. It worked until you met a real poker player and came unstuck.

Three years to hang on, Nick. It’s going to be a long and hard three years, I wish you luck.

The True Story of the Sabotage of the BNP Website.

Countering the Smears – Final Part:

I am publishing this as I feel it is important given the recent events, rumours and circumstances surrounding my departure as the BNP Webmaster.

You have to ask yourself (after reading the evidence) why Nick griffin tried to frighten and intimidate me with the power of the member’s money he has at his own personal disposal, why it failed and what it achieved.

You will find that for the estimated £3,000 it cost the members, it achieved less than was on offer for free anyway! This was nothing more than bullying dressed up in legal papers in order to silence me.

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First Witness Statement of Simon Bennett.

On the 3rd of May 2010 it was decided in a telephone conversation between myself and Nick Griffin that due to a business relationship breakdown, we would part company and go our separate ways. It was agreed that a smooth migration and hand-over of the website, all content and designs would be the preferred option for both parties. It was agreed that all fees and commissions would be paid to me to ensure a quick and seamless hand-over. The figure of £12,000 was suggested over the telephone by me, to which Nick agreed “sounded reasonable”. Nick further suggested that I work with Paul Golding in order to negotiate the commission owing and also the website hand-over.

The Skype text conversation between myself and Mr. Golding can be evidenced at Schedule 1.

As you will see from the Skype communications, it was on the 4th May 2010 at 4:21pm when negotiations began to breakdown. I had already given ten days notice that the server would be shut down as can be evidenced in Schedule 2. It soon after became evident that both Paul Golding and Arthur Kemp were in the process of trying to shut me out of my own systems and also download the entire contents of the server including my own designs, graphics, scripts, plug-ins and licensed software. Evidence of this downloading can be seen in Schedule 3.

At this point I issue a warning that I will be suspending the website offline at 6:30pm in order to protect my work based on the previous attempts of theft unless an amicable solution can be agreed. I try phoning and Skyping several key personnel including Mr. Golding and Nick Griffin with no reply or returned call. At 6:45pm I suspend the website. After several telephone and Skype requests from party members I agree to re-instate the website immediately, meaning it was suspended for less than ten minutes. The website then remains online and un-touched thereafter.

At 4:42pm on the 5th May 2010 I received a rather aggressive Email from Nick Griffin requesting that I sign an Injunction Undertaking Agreement. See Schedule 4. I cannot help but feel that this Email was intended to intimidate and frighten me into complying with it. It was stated to me by Nick Griffin over the telephone that the legal route would be very expensive for me and that it would be very unwise for me to take that option. A copy of the attached agreement contained within the Email can be seen at Schedule 5.

After seeking legal advice I was advised to send an Email reply to Nick Griffin as can be seen at Schedule 6. Mr Griffin’s reply is also contained in that same schedule.

At 10:30pm on the 5th of May you will see from the Skype conversation that I make Mr Golding aware that total control of the domain name bnp.org.uk is now out of my hands, and that the name-servers now point to the BNP’s new server which is completely out of my control. See Schedule 7.

On the 6th of May at 6:57pm I received a further aggressive Email from Nick Griffin attaching a legal document of some description which to this day I still do not fully understand. See Schedule 8. In a telephone conversation afterwards with Mr Griffin, I am assured that this and all relevant and supporting documentation mentioned and submitted to the court will be posted to me the following day. To this date nothing further has been received.

Upon reviewing the legal document posted to me I find it difficult to understand or even read due to the nature of the scrappy hand writing. Furthermore, I feel that no proper notice was given or served and I was never afforded time or the opportunity of my own legal representation. From advice I have received since, I have been advised that this legal document should have been served in person (which it was not) and should also be accompanied by the Witness Statement of Nick Griffin and any other documents mentioned or related to it, in addition to any evidence and transcripts. None of this information has been made available to me at any time whatsoever.

Further attempts were made to reach an amicable agreement with Nick Griffin over the telephone. At this point Mr Griffin stated that he no longer had any interest in my design rights or anything else other than the BNP domain name (of which he had already taken control of on the 5th May as seen in Schedule 4) and also the domain name Nickgriffin.eu. I explained to Mr Griffin that I registered, paid for and own the domain name but would be more than happy to agree a figure for the purchase of this domain and all design rights on the associated website. Ownership of the domain can be evidenced in Schedule 9.

According to the legal document sent to me from the High Court I notice that Mr Griffin has requested certain conditions to be applied to a domain name he does not own, and also a request for me not to edit or tamper with another of which I never had access to, or control of, two days prior to the application to the court.

Also on the 6th May 2010 it became apparent that the BNP were using my designs on their new server and website thus confirming that they had taken and used my work without permission or without reaching an agreement with me. See Schedule 10.

On the 7th of May 2010 I received a telephone call from David C***** from C***** H***** & Co Solicitors. It seemed pretty evident that the purpose and main topic of conversation was to point out the very messy and expensive road legal action would be, and that it would be in both parties interest, but specifically mine, not to take that route. I pointed out to Mr Connor that I had all throughout this situation, and would continue to, seek an amicable solution without any legal action being required whatsoever. It was further pointed out to Mr Connor that the legal document Emailed to me had been applied for a full two days after Mr Griffin had assumed total legal control of the BNP domain mentioned in that document. I also stated that I was the legal owner of the Nickgriffin.eu domain.

Mr Connor requested that I Email the evidence of any communications with Mr Griffin that show my offer and intent of settlement prior to his clients legal action being issued. He further suggested that I include another proposal for settlement. This can be evidenced in Schedule 11.

The terms and conditions of which formed my agreement with the British National Party and my obligations to them as a self employed contracted service provider can be seen in Schedule 12 along with a screenshot of where they are clearly published on my business website.

Signed:

Simon Bennett.
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After numerous conversations with Nick’s solicitors I state that I am quite willing to negotiate, but will not be bullied and will go to court if necessary. My children take three days off school for the round trip to London from Cornwall as I feel it is unsafe to leave my family at home in my absence given the threats I had received. On the day before the court case, the wife and kids are in the car, the bags are packed and we were about to leave. Just as I am ready to go I get a call from Nick’s solicitor desperately trying to persuade me not to go to court and that we could agree on a consent order instead and have the injunction discharged. After several hours negotiating I agree to the following, which happens to be less than what was on offer at no cost all along.

The problem was that unless Nick’s solicitor submitted a “return date” to the High Court, there would be no hearing anyway, and they clearly had no intention of doing so. It is my educated guess that the whole thing was merely a show of bravado designed to scare me at a cost of around £3,000 to our members. What a farce!

The consent order can be viewed here. A few days later I receive the discharge notice from the High Court. This can be viewed here.

According to the BNP website there was going to be a “wave” of legal cases launched against me. If this was the first “ripple” I look forward to the next.