Patrick Harrington - Revision history

Matthew Pringle: category added

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category added

Matthew Pringle: /* General Secretary of 'Solidarity' */

2012-01-31T13:40:44Z

General Secretary of 'Solidarity'

Matthew Pringle: /* General Secretary of 'Solidarity' - */

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General Secretary of 'Solidarity' -

Matthew Pringle: /* Working Closely with 'Civil Liberty' */

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Working Closely with 'Civil Liberty'

Matthew Pringle: /* General Secretary of 'Solidarity' - */

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General Secretary of 'Solidarity' -

Matthew Pringle: /* Third Way 1990-present */

2011-08-16T15:11:45Z

Third Way 1990-present

Matthew Pringle at 14:58, 16 August 2011

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Matthew Pringle: /* BNP connections */

2011-08-16T14:57:19Z

BNP connections

Matthew Pringle: /* The National Liberal Party - The Third Way */

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The National Liberal Party - The Third Way

Matthew Pringle: /* Third Way 1990-present */

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Third Way 1990-present

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 ==Notes==
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-[[Category:Far Right|Harrington, Patrick]]
+[[Category:Far Right|Harrington, Patrick]] [[Category: Third Way|Harrington, Patrick]]

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 :...is on the British Worker. This leads us to oppose the shallow internationalism of some Union leaders. We don't see off-shoring or mass migration of labour as being of benefit to workers in our country. It is certainly in the interest of big business to be able to move labour and capital without heed to national borders. That way they can keep wages down and set one set of workers against another. It certainly isn't in the interest of the ordinary worker here, however.<ref>[http://www.solidaritytradeunion.com/purpose-of-solidarity-mainmenu-31 'Purpose of Solidarity'], ''Solidarity - The Union for British Workers'' website</ref>
-''Wales on Sunday'' revealed in 2006 that workers who sign up to [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] will in effect be funding the [[BNP]]. The article stated:
+''Wales on Sunday'' revealed in 2006 that workers who sign up to [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] would in effect be funding the [[BNP]]. The article stated:
 :The [[BNP]]'s top man in Wales, national treasurer [[John Walker]], last night said although [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] was not a front for the party, it would have a fundraising role.

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 :His next major falling out was with – you guessed it – [[Jim Dowson|Dowson]]. It seems that Harrington has been representing the Belfast call centre staff against Dowson while simultaneously representing the party in negotiations with the same staff, some of whom have still not been paid monies owed since before Christmas.<ref>[http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/news/article/1827/the-bnps-irish-problem The BNP's Irish problem] HOPE not hate / Searchlight by Matthew Collins | Wednesday, 2 March 2011 </ref>
-===General Secretary of 'Solidarity' - ===
+===General Secretary of 'Solidarity'===
 [[File:Myspace.com screen capture 2011-8-2-22-30-16.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Patrick Harrington]] in a photo circa 2009 from his Myspace profile.<ref>Myspace [http://www.myspace.com/patrickantonyharrington Patrick Anthony Harrignton], accessed 2 August 2011</ref>]]

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 [[Civil Liberty]] is a civil rights organisation set up by key [[BNP]] activists.<ref>Matthew Taylor, Ian Cobain and Rob Evans, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/feb/03/partyfunding.thefarright 'Revealed: the front organisation set up by BNP members to raise money in the US'], ''The Guardian'', 3 February 2007</ref> Its head is senior [[BNP]] member [[Kevin Scott]].<ref>[http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/index.html 'Welcome to the web site of Civil Liberty'], ''Civil Liberty'' website</ref> Despite [[Civil Liberty']] claiming to be "...independent of political parties, and has been set up solely in order to assist the thousands of British citizens who have been denied justice on the grounds of their race, skin colour, ethnicity or political opinion"<ref>[http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/about.htm 'About Us'], ''Civil Liberty'' website</ref>, all examples of the organisations work, shown on the official website, are in support of prominent of [[BNP]] members.
-'''Patrick Harrington''' himself claims [[Third Way]] and [[Civil Liberty]] work closely together. From the [[Third Way]] website:
+'''Patrick Harrington''' himself claims [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] and [[Civil Liberty]] work closely together. From the [[Third Way]] website:
 :[[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] and [[Civil Liberty]] also work very closely together. [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] General Secretary, '''Pat Harrington''' said:

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 [[File:Myspace.com screen capture 2011-8-2-22-30-16.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Patrick Harrington]] in a photo circa 2009 from his Myspace profile.<ref>Myspace [http://www.myspace.com/patrickantonyharrington Patrick Anthony Harrignton], accessed 2 August 2011</ref>]]
-'''Patrick Harrington''' is General Secretary<ref>[http://www.solidaritytradeunion.com/copyright-statement-mainmenu-67 Copyright statement], ''Solidarity - The Union for British Workers'' website</ref> of [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers]] whilst [[Adam Walker]], a [[BNP]] member, is president of the union.<ref>Sonia Gable, [http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=263 '‘Unacceptable practices’ and constitutional breaches in BNP’s pretend trade union'], ''Searchlight'', January 2009</ref>. Solidarity states that its focus:
+'''Patrick Harrington''' is General Secretary<ref>[http://www.solidaritytradeunion.com/copyright-statement-mainmenu-67 Copyright statement], ''Solidarity - The Union for British Workers'' website</ref> of [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers]] whilst [[Adam Walker]], a [[BNP]] member, is president of the union.<ref>Sonia Gable, [http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=263 '‘Unacceptable practices’ and constitutional breaches in BNP’s pretend trade union'], ''Searchlight'', January 2009</ref>. [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]]  states that its focus:
 :...is on the British Worker. This leads us to oppose the shallow internationalism of some Union leaders. We don't see off-shoring or mass migration of labour as being of benefit to workers in our country. It is certainly in the interest of big business to be able to move labour and capital without heed to national borders. That way they can keep wages down and set one set of workers against another. It certainly isn't in the interest of the ordinary worker here, however.<ref>[http://www.solidaritytradeunion.com/purpose-of-solidarity-mainmenu-31 'Purpose of Solidarity'], ''Solidarity - The Union for British Workers'' website</ref>
-''Wales on Sunday'' revealed in 2006 that workers who sign up to Solidarity will in effect be funding the [[BNP]]. The article stated:
+''Wales on Sunday'' revealed in 2006 that workers who sign up to [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] will in effect be funding the [[BNP]]. The article stated:
-:The [[BNP]]'s top man in Wales, national treasurer [[John Walker]], last night said although Solidarity was not a front for the party, it would have a fundraising role.
+:The [[BNP]]'s top man in Wales, national treasurer [[John Walker]], last night said although [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] was not a front for the party, it would have a fundraising role.
-:"There probably will be a political levy at some stage to the [[BNP]] just as other unions raise money for Labour," said Mr Walker from Mancot, Flintshire. "It is quite possible and feasible that when Solidarity becomes fully functional some element of funds raised will be donated to the [[BNP]], but that will have to be decided through consultation with the membership."<ref>Lucy Ballinger, [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_objectid=16695617&method=full&siteid=50082-name_page.html 'Union funds BNP'], ''Wales on Sunday'', 12 February 2006</ref>
+:"There probably will be a political levy at some stage to the [[BNP]] just as other unions raise money for Labour," said Mr Walker from Mancot, Flintshire. "It is quite possible and feasible that when [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] becomes fully functional some element of funds raised will be donated to the [[BNP]], but that will have to be decided through consultation with the membership."<ref>Lucy Ballinger, [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_objectid=16695617&method=full&siteid=50082-name_page.html 'Union funds BNP'], ''Wales on Sunday'', 12 February 2006</ref>
 ====Working Closely with 'Civil Liberty'====
-[[Civil Liberty]] is a civil rights organisation set up by key [[BNP]] activists.<ref>Matthew Taylor, Ian Cobain and Rob Evans, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/feb/03/partyfunding.thefarright 'Revealed: the front organisation set up by BNP members to raise money in the US'], ''The Guardian'', 3 February 2007</ref> Its head is senior [[BNP]] member [[Kevin Scott]].<ref>[http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/index.html 'Welcome to the web site of Civil Liberty'], ''Civil Liberty'' website</ref> Despite [[Civil Liberty']] claiming to be "...independent of political parties, and has been set up solely in order to assist the thousands of British citizens who have been denied justice on the grounds of their race, skin colour, ethnicity or political opinion"<ref>[http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/about.htm 'About Us'], ''Civil Liberty'' website</ref>, all examples of the organisations work, shown on the official website, are in support of prominent of BNP members.
+[[Civil Liberty]] is a civil rights organisation set up by key [[BNP]] activists.<ref>Matthew Taylor, Ian Cobain and Rob Evans, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/feb/03/partyfunding.thefarright 'Revealed: the front organisation set up by BNP members to raise money in the US'], ''The Guardian'', 3 February 2007</ref> Its head is senior [[BNP]] member [[Kevin Scott]].<ref>[http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/index.html 'Welcome to the web site of Civil Liberty'], ''Civil Liberty'' website</ref> Despite [[Civil Liberty']] claiming to be "...independent of political parties, and has been set up solely in order to assist the thousands of British citizens who have been denied justice on the grounds of their race, skin colour, ethnicity or political opinion"<ref>[http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/about.htm 'About Us'], ''Civil Liberty'' website</ref>, all examples of the organisations work, shown on the official website, are in support of prominent of [[BNP]] members.
 '''Patrick Harrington''' himself claims [[Third Way]] and [[Civil Liberty]] work closely together. From the [[Third Way]] website:
-:Solidarity and [[Civil Liberty]] also work very closely together. Solidarity General Secretary, '''Pat Harrington''' said:
+:[[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] and [[Civil Liberty]] also work very closely together. [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers|Solidarity]] General Secretary, '''Pat Harrington''' said:
 :“We appreciate the support of [[Civil Liberty]]. It is helping us fight politically motivated discrimination in the workplace. I urge you to sign our online petition and contact Sita Suez with a polite complaint. If you can I would also like you to donate to [[Civil Liberty]]. They are in the frontline of helping those who are suffering these modern-day witch-hunts. Please help them so they can help others.”<ref>[http://thirdway.eu/2008/08/11/sita-suez-attack-union-rights/ 'Sita Suez attack Union rights'], ''Third Way'' website</ref>

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 ===Third Way 1990-present===
-[[File:Third_way_griffin.png|thumb|right|250px|An article by [[Nick Griffin]], leader of the [[BNP]], published on the [[Third Way]] website.]]
+[[File:Third_way_griffin.png|thumb|right|250px|An article by [[Nick Griffin]], leader of the [[BNP]], published on the [[Third Way]] [http://thirdway.eu/2008/01/30/nick-griffin-chairman-of-the-british-national-party-argues-that-our-traditional-liberties-are-under-threat/ website].]]
 '''Patrick Harrington''' helped found [[Third Way]] in 1990.<ref>[http://thirdway.eu/biographic/ 'Biographies'], ''Third Way'' website</ref> [[Third Way]] describes itself as:

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−	<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="[[Patrick Harrington]] speaking outside the General Teaching Council, Birmingham with [[Nick Griffin]] in the background. [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers\|Solidarity]] and the [[BNP]] demanded the removal of Judy Moorhouse from a professional conduct panel reviewing BNP member [[Adam Walker]]'s conduct whilst a teacher. ">SiOjITG0Rq0</youtube>	+	<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="[[Patrick Harrington]] speaking outside the General Teaching Council, Birmingham with [[Nick Griffin]] in the background. [[Solidarity - The Union for British Workers\|Solidarity]] and the [[BNP]] demanded the removal of Judy Moorhouse from a professional conduct panel reviewing [[BNP]] member [[Adam Walker]]'s conduct whilst a teacher. ">SiOjITG0Rq0</youtube>

	[[File:Harrington 2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Patrick Harrington]] taken on Remembrance Sunday, November 10 1985, on one of the annual [[National Front]] marches to the Cenotaph <br> ''Image reproduced with permission: Copyright of David Hoffman http://www.hoffmanphotos.com'' ]]		[[File:Harrington 2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Patrick Harrington]] taken on Remembrance Sunday, November 10 1985, on one of the annual [[National Front]] marches to the Cenotaph <br> ''Image reproduced with permission: Copyright of David Hoffman http://www.hoffmanphotos.com'' ]]

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 '''Patrick Harrington''' has had close ties to the [[BNP]] leader [[Nick Griffin]] since their time in the [[National Front]] together. Both Harrington and Griffin travelled to Libya in an attempt to raise funds:
-:It is worth remembering that Harrington in an interview for a television exposé of the NF political soldiers refused to condemn IRA bombings and that Griffin, Harrington and Williamson went to Libya to seek funds from a regime that armed both sides in the Northern Ireland conflict.<ref>Dave Williams, [http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=219 'Nick Griffin political extremist and veteran splitter'], ''Searchlight'', February 2008</ref>
+:It is worth remembering that Harrington in an interview for a television exposé of the NF political soldiers refused to condemn [[IRA]] bombings and that Griffin, Harrington and Williamson went to Libya to seek funds from a regime that armed both sides in the Northern Ireland conflict.<ref>Dave Williams, [http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=219 'Nick Griffin political extremist and veteran splitter'], ''Searchlight'', February 2008</ref>
-However, after Harrington and Griffin split in 1990 and following the rise of Griffin in the BNP, there were a number of occasions where Harrington was critical of the BNP.  In around 1997 Harrington was interviewed in the magazine of his 'think tanks' and political party [[Third Way]] and responded to the question 'what do you think of the BNP?' as follows:
+However, after Harrington and Griffin split in 1990 and following the rise of Griffin in the BNP, there were a number of occasions where Harrington was critical of the [[BNP]].  In around 1997 Harrington was interviewed in the magazine of his 'think tanks' and political party [[Third Way]] and responded to the question 'what do you think of the [[BNP]]?' as follows:
 :Not a lot.  They are mainly comprised of social inadequates who seek to blame their problems on others.  They are sad losers embittered by personal circumstances and seeking the company of others who share their backward looking views.  Their social attitudes are typical of the worst elements of the lumpen proletariat... When we reject their reactionary nonsense they revert to type and start mouthing physical threats.  It's a kind of 'Mr Nice' and 'Mr Nasty' routine.  They don't even do this well.<ref>'[http://www.scribd.com/doc/61514548 Interview with Pat Harrington]', ''Third Way', No. 27, circa 1997, p. 8-9</ref>

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 The [[National Liberal Party]] (NLP) was formed at the end of 2006 by the political 'think-tank', [[Third Way]], of whom '''Patrick Harrington''' is founder.<ref>[http://nationalliberal.org/?page_id=79 'History'], ''National Liberal Party Website</ref> The NLP contested its first ever election in the London Borough of Havering (St Andrews Ward) by-election on June 14th 2007. It received 184 votes or 5.9% of votes cast.<ref>[http://nationalliberal.org/?page_id=5 'Elections Historical'], ''National Liberal Party Website''</ref>
-Before the registration of the [[National Liberal Party]] as a political party, candidates stood under the party name of [[Third Way]].
+Before the NLP's registration as a political party, candidates stood under the party name of [[Third Way]].
 According to the NLP website the party would like to see  "... a country run on national liberal principles either through the efforts of a National Liberal Government or through our influence in a coalition or via agitation and propaganda (in conjunction with the work of the Third Way ‘Think-Tank’). At worst, we would campaign to see the implementation of some of our more fundamental policies."<ref>[http://nationalliberal.org/?page_id=80 'Goals'], ''National Liberal Party Website''</ref>