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TELL THE ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET NOT TO SACK SIMONE CLARKE FOR BEING A
BNP MEMBER!


Dear Patriot,

Once again, the PC gang are trying to stop someone's right to their
political views.

Simone Clarke, principal dancer of the English National Ballet, was
revealed by the Guardian newspaper last month to be
a member of the British National Party.

The neo-Marxist group Unite Against Fascism is pressuring the ENB to
sack her.

Please write the ENB and tell them that you, as a voter, will not stand
for such a thing!

The address is: info@...

Thanks!



BBC NEWS STORY:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6241763.stm

Anti-racism campaigners are to protest at the English National Ballet
after a dancer admitted being a member of the British National Party.
Principal dancer Simone Clarke was revealed to be a member of the party
by the Guardian newspaper last month.

She has since defended her beliefs, and says the BNP is "the only party
to take a stand" on issues like immigration.

Campaign group Unite Against Fascism (UAF) is calling for the
36-year-old ballerina to be sacked.

It is planning to protest outside a performance of Giselle, in which
Clarke takes the lead role, at the London Coliseum later this week.

The English National Ballet says it will not comment on the political
affiliations or personal lives of its dancers.

'No regrets'

Calls for Clarke's dismissal have increased since she gave an interview
defending her political views to the Mail on Sunday.

"I have been labelled a racist and a fascist," she said, "because I have
a view on immigration - and I mean mass immigration - but isn't that
something that a lot of people worry about?

"It's not about removing foreigners. It's about border controls," she
added.

"I don't regret anything. I will stay a member."

"We would like to see Simone Clarke removed," said UAF spokesman Weyman
Bennett. "We believe she had used her position to support a party which
fosters division."

'Incompatible views'

He added that such views were "incompatible with a leading arts
institution such as the English National Ballet".

The BNP currently holds more than 50 council seats in the UK.

On its website, it portrays itself as the only party "prepared to defend
our traditional principles against the politically correct agenda" of
Tony Blair and David Cameron.

But it is still best known for its political involvement in areas with
racial tensions, and has been accused of stirring up antagonism -
particularly against Muslims - in places such as Oldham, Burnley and
Bradford.


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