The following was from a recent email exchange and subsequent website post that is supposed to answer some valid questions about the recent events involving Jim Dowson and his activity in the party. I would relish the opportunity of debating these directly with Mr Dowson, but will pose these questions to his previous answers for the time being;

Lies, lies and more lies: these are the deluded ravings of the cranks, lunatics, and far-leftist collaborators against Jim Dowson.

The article below has been extracted from an email exchange between well-known internet crank Andrew Edwards (the same one against whom Eddy Butler warned) and Jim Dowson.

Lie #1: The “£1,000 Laptops”

Q: Why did the Party buy ten new laptops at a cost of £1,000 each from Jim Dowson (Adlorries Ltd)?

A: “The laptops were not bought from Adlorries. They were purchased from a large telecoms company in England called Datasharp.”

Why were the laptops sourced via Adlorries? I saw the delivery note / packing slip and it was clearly in the name of Adlorries Ltd.

Q: Why were these machines charged at £1,000 per unit when the price range for systems of this specification averaged between £299 and £399 each?

A: “I am unable to answer this question as I was not involved with their purchase of the laptops.

Yes you were, the packing slip and delivery note proves this. Can you publish the delivery note and all invoices online for us all to see.

“My involvement extended as far as putting party manager Emma Colgate into contact with Datasharp and was not involved any further with the procurement of the laptops.

“I never oversaw the deal and thus cannot say why the price was agreed upon by the party manager.

So it was Emma that ordered them in the name of Adlorries Ltd and also Emma that “beefed” them up to work on a network (comes as standard) at a 300% increase above retail price?

“However, I have no reason to doubt the probity and actions of Emma in this deal. The machines were customised and this may have played a role in their price.

Exactly how were they customised?. Please explain the additional £700 per laptop customisation. Were they diamond studded with solid state hard drives with 3D studio max pre-installed?

“I set up the initial contact and Emma took over the process and the mobile telephones and the other IT stuff. I do not think she acted in any other way than correctly.”

Oh, so mobile phones were involved too? That could explain the coincidence that these laptops were being given away for free with a mobile phone Internet dongle. Did we aquire ten dongles around that time too?

Q: The Operating System pre installed was XP even though Vista was then the standard OS then found pre-installed on most new machines – another reason for the charge being excessive. Dowson has claimed that specialist software that had been installed explained the £1,000 price tag. What was this software?

A: “As I have said, not really my department, but I believe that originally they were beefed up to handle a ‘cloud’ system linked to a central database for party security (which at the time was my recommendation) and some kind of integrated telephone system with our current party system.

Utter nonsense and you know it. As the saying goes; “If you can’t dazzle them with with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit”. All laptops have a Cat 5 Network port and networking card as standard. Whatever software you refer to would cost nowhere near an additional £700 per unit.

“Also, Vista is not a good system and most people hate it that’s why Microsoft has so rapidly replaced it. However, this is not and was not my department and contrary to Bennett’s allegations, I had nothing at all to do with their customisation or purchase authorisation. This question should be directed to the previous party manager.”

Rubbish, sounds like a cop-out to me.

Q: How can a profit margin seemingly in the order of 300% be justified?

A: “This is a bizarre statement. What profit and to whom? This question is based on a false assumption and nothing to do with me. I never received or sought a penny from this deal or any other deal.”

Can we see the accounts then? There is no denying that these laptops retail at £300 and we paid £1,000 each for them. Someone made a killing and the delivery note was in your company’s name.

Q: Why was it necessary for Emma Colgate to take delivery of these machines in a lay-by near Leeds, rather than via courier/parcel-force delivery?

A: “If a manager of a multi million pound telecom company is willing to accommodate our urgent requirements and saves us waiting on courier and is in the area, what’s the problem? Again, what’s this got to do with me and what is the issue? Are you implying some sort of impropriety by Emma or the company? I would take grave offence if this was the case. Datasharp is a large well known international corporation and their reputation is beyond reproach.

Emma was merely doing what was most cost and time effective. Where is the problem?”

That does not answer the question. Why not deliver to the Leeds Office – where we all were on the day?

Lie #4 “Threats”

Q: There is evidence that people who cross Mr Dowson are either bullied or threatened into silence, and if this doesn’t work, are forced out of the Party.

A: “On an occasion when Simon Bennett phoned my house at 1.30/ 2am repeatedly, obviously the worse for wear, screaming obscenities and waking up my family including my baby, I rebuked his threats to beat me up by rebuking him firmly for calling my house at such an hour and in such a disgraceful manner.

The facts show otherwise. Let’s re-examine them shall we (note the times were way before 2am as Jim claims);

Contact: Jim dowson <+447977195577>

Date: 07/07/2009 23:59

Nice work simon, at last you have your controversy. We will see.

Contact: Jim dowson <+447977195577>

Date: 08/07/2009 00:25

I have tried to be professional but i have told you, i have no desire to talk to you at present yet you continue to badger me. i will confront you if you continue to abuse me. Ill”effn mr magoo” you, young man.

You are now beyond the boundries of business rules and i will not let this go. IF you are a man? You will know how we can resolve this. Maybe your so-called mi5 pals can help you out. You are not right lad and i

dont have the time for your daftness. But if you push me i will make the time. Understand.

Contact: Jim Dowson <07977195577>

Date: 08/07/2009 00:53

Jim, you threatened me.. I always react to threats by calling the bluff. Fact is you know im right, there is still room for manouvre, call me but leave the threats behind

Contact: Jim dowson <+447977195577>

Date: 08/07/2009 01:12

No threats, just reality. Any man that calls me those names and abuses me better be ready for the reaction. I am a Glasgow/Belfast man as you are about to find out. I was patient simon but you crossed the line

sir,its time some manners were put on you.

Contact: Jim dowson <+447977195577>

Date: 08/07/2009 01:28

PS : BLUFF, YOU WISH!

“Indeed, the opposite is true, especially regarding Bennett. He is on record threatening senior party officials including Eddy Butler, Mike Howson and Arthur Kemp in the most disgusting and alarming fashion.

I have never threatened Eddy Butler, show us the evidence. I did not threaten Mike Howson, I told him I would deal with him after the election. Arthur Kemp threatened me, I have the proof. I did not threaten him at all.

“It should be noted that in the past, as my firm set about restructuring, and professionalising the party, including implementing systems to ensure good stewardship of members money and financial prudence.

Not quite, you set about taking over the party for personal financial gain and fought anyone that objected or got rid of them.

“In my mission to professionalise this party, I have had knives pulled on me by a recently sacked party employee and had several violent threats made against me – including an alleged plot to murder me in Spain with my family.”

No smoke without fire is there?

Q: Assuming the above to be correct, how does this help the BNP image?

A: “It is not true so it is a ridiculous assumption which is a statement, not a question that renders the following ‘statement’ rather silly or vindictive.

I’m struggling to comprehend that one!

Q: Assuming the above to be correct, there would appear to be prima-facie evidence for those threatened to go to the police (certainly, if I was ever threatened in this way, it’s what I would do!) How would the resultant publicity assist the Party?”

A: “Anybody who has evidence of being threatened should not only go to the police but should report it to the leadership. I am confident that serious action would be taken immediately.”

Like it was reported with both yours and Arthurs’ threats?

Lie # 5 “Jim Dowson Controls the BNP”

Q: Doesn’t Mr. Dowson’s level of control over the BNP, along with a ‘colourful’ past history, make him a poor choice of ‘ally’ in the fight for Britain?”

A: This is yet another statement and not a real question, but I will address it as best as I can and go further to put people in the picture.

“Understand, Mr. Edwards, this is not UKIP, the BNP have real and powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to derail or hinder this party’s progress.

“If I were not doing a good job, Searchlight and the media would leave me well alone. I am universally despised by our enemies; contrast this with the glowing recommendation of Simon Bennett by Searchlight and Lancaster UAF, who portray him as the reforming angel.

Searchlight also attacked Mark Collet, but you state that Mark wasn’t doing a good job. You can’t have it both ways. They attack you because you are good and Mark because he is bad – where’s the logic in that? It’s a pathetic excuse. As for the “glowing recommendation” for me, that’s utter rubbish. Perhaps they have respect for me for being decent, honest and truthful. I suspect it’s horrible, nasty, lying filth like you they detest. I have no involvement with Searchlight or anyone else.

“It’s this simple even if one is not very bright: if the sworn enemies of British nationalism totally hate Dowson and are running hate stories weekly, you can safely say that I must be doing something that annoys or worries them.

I’d say they attack you for the same reason our own members do; You are filthy, lying, money grabbing scum.

“What control and says who? I understand the perceived problems with my past and try to keep out of the way as much as possible and almost have a 100% record on turning down requests for me to speak around the country.

Of course you do, you don’t want to be in the spotlight, just sitting in a quiet corner counting the cash whilst directing the party and pulling the strings.

“The reality is this; I came in when the party was in a bad way and had little or no chance to grow, staff wages were going unpaid and the party was teetering on the brink . . . fact.

The party was on the up and public were waking up to the BNP. You just jumped on the bandwagon and milked it dry. What you have done could have been achieved by a trained monkey. You write poor 1980 style begging letters, sell us mangled 2nd hand equipment from previous failed businesses, overcharge us for goods and services, remove good people that object and set up a network of offices with all assets in your own name.

“Through my international consultancy practice, we supplied our fundraising, administration, IT and data handling expertise to facilitate the growth and financial muscle needed to ensure the party’s survival then its growth and security.

Listen to you! You sound like Del-Boy… “International Consultancy Practice”! You have only just set up a company in Spain with the money you have fleeced from our members. You have no expertise – you’re a catering salesman – plain and simple. You have no experience in what you are undertaking and make it all up as you go along. The longer you do it the cockier you get and the more confident you become in the whole scam.

“This we have done. In 2007, the BNP had a £500,000 turnover. By 2009, the BNP had a £2.3 million turnover. That eclipses your old pals in UKIP by a country mile, Mr. Edwards.

Turnover means nothing – it’s profit that counts. Our profit is seats on councils and in parliament. How many have we now?

“The British National Party has just planned, executed and paid for, the two biggest election campaigns in its history in less than a year and unlike previous elections, fought off several very expensive legal attacks and yet remains free from any serious debt.

Of course we are debt free. We are also profit free, council free, MP free when we need to be Jim Dowson Free. You are making a fortune at our expense and what – just what have we got from your efforts? 5 offices and a few thousand new members? Big deal, it cost us £2.36 million.

“Note that in November 2007, I did the party a courtesy fundraiser that netted the party over £130,000 and since then I have directly, through my fundraising strategy, pulled in over £2.3 million pounds for the party, not to mention the hundreds of thousands saved by tightening up and implementing proper procurement systems.

As stated, what has the £2.3m done for us? You earned well from it though. Very well indeed – as did Nick with his MEP salary and pension.

“I am paid for the fund-raising, the rest is voluntary.

That’s a total lie. You also charge for Training via Midas and rent your villa / abortion mission in Spain to us, you charge all sorts of fees and expenses on top. That’s without the profit you made on the truth truck, print equipment and other junk you sold us. Who profited from the laptop scam?

“As an example: only this week, Alwyn Deacon asked me to sort out some logistical problems at the Nuneaton site. I spent one day there, had several business meetings with specialists and went home having saved the party directly about £20.000 pounds per year in postage and labour costs as well as cranking the party up another notch on the professional ladder.

I know you better than that. What you would have done is transferred the business to one of your own suppliers for a better deal, but also at a personal profit. You do nothing for free.

“I have been the number one target for the left for over a year. The newspapers, especially in Ulster run smear stories on me and my family almost weekly.

Poor you. You get paid very well though compared to the activists that have the same done to them and don’t get paid at all.

“Now I see so-called nationalists indulging in the same attacks, repeating almost word for word the propaganda churned out by the odious Gerry Gable and his Searchlight gang. He must be laughing his socks off.

“Not only is this disgraceful, it is unbelievable and disturbing that even good nationalists can be misled so easily and so blatantly.

“I have no desire to build a long term career with this party, but I will not be bullied, threatened or slandered into jumping ship just as we are beginning to see real progress in our structure, long term ambitions and financial security.

As I’ve always said. You have a short term plan – here you admit it. You know you will eventually come unstuck and get sussed out.

“The people asking these wholly vexatious questions, Mr. Edwards, will find that I am a patriot of the ‘old school’ variety and my word is my bond and I will continue to promote and progress the interests of this party without fear or favour, despite the personal cost…period!

“Finally, this is not the first time I have answered these types of questions. Why are the one asking them as you are not even a member of the party!

“I am amazed at the constant and sometimes ludicrous accusations put out about me. These normally are done in the third person or disguised as a question; all very sly.

“If I honestly believed half of this stuff was true about someone else, I would have no hesitation in standing up and putting my money where my mouth is.

You’re going to have to, I’ll make damn sure of that.

“Many of those behind this whispering campaign are good people, deceived by those whom I have caught acting against party interests, sabotaging and a whole raft of other horror stories that is best not put in the public domain for the sake of this party and the thousands of good and decent members, even if it would take the pressure off me personally.

“I take my responsibilities to my client, the party, my country and our beleaguered people, very seriously indeed and that is precisely why I will continue to do my level best to promote, protect and provide for them, despite the mounting cost to me, my family and my other business interest.

Just like you took your responsibilty as a vicar and anti-abortionist seriously.

“I haven’t begun to fight back yet because the party workload is just so enormous, but I will, and then the case will be much clearer and the liars, cranks, wrong-uns and internet warriors will at last have a real fight to keep their twisted minds occupied.

Yes you have. You have “threatened” me with legal action. Apparently I’m on notice. I’m quaking in my boots!

“I would also expect an apology for disseminating so much bile and hateful lies about me from those who seem to have no other purpose in life other than to attack the BNP.

“For, make no mistake, these attacks are not really about me. I’m only a pawn in a much bigger political game.

No mistake, they ARE about you and why the hell Nick Griffin unleashed you on the party.

“The plan is crystal clear to anyone with an ounce of common sense. If our enemies can so mistreat an outside professional contractor, they know that other business people, with much to offer this party, will never come forward to offer their services for fear of receiving the same kind of treatment that my company, colleagues and family have had to endure.

“This, as I am sure you know Mr. Edwards, is the real motivation behind these scurrilous attacks on me, my consultancy and my family. Let us be clear on this.

“This is why, even if I wanted to; I cannot allow the enemy to destroy the party’s future ability to engage professional services. Whatever the liars and anti-British scum throw at me, I will take it on the chin and carry on producing the results for the party that are so obviously worrying the forces who are hell-bent on destroying our ancient nation and everything we love and cherish.

“Compared to the sacrifices made for this country by previous generations, and those of our ‘blood’ the attacks on me are not that much of a burden to carry, and I remind myself that I must be doing something right when the reds and the malcontents and the cranks are all so viciously opposed to me.

I am hellbent on destroying nothing. I am hellbent on saving the party from destruction at the hands of greedy pigs and crooks such as yourself.

“There are worse things that happen at sea.

Yours sincerely

JD”

Name some!