Church of England getting involved in politics again!. Sharia Law then the BNP, whilst they let Christmas go by without Christ being mentioned in case it offends others, do nothing when Easter holidays are changed.
I assume they are now a political organisation sympathetic to extreme left wing views. In a democracy people can schoose who they vote for, this is not Cuba!

I was a Labour voter but now they are a disgrace. I am glad I have the opportunity to vote BNP and no attempts to smear them will put me off.

Another nauseating, sanctimonious sermon from a member of the insulated elite.
Immigration brings little economic benefit (as demonstrated by the recent House of Lords report) and rather than enriching society, it seems to cause fragmentation and isolated ghettos.
I once lived in Bradford, and it is a tinderbox - the three main parties have created that by espousing the virtues of multiculturalism and encouraging mass-immigration. Of course they support the Bishop's comments.
I just hope that I have a BNP candidate in my constituency, because otherwise I won´t bother voting.

The Bishop has got it wrong. He should be more concerned about the threat of Islam.

The blind leading the blind. Another brainwashed Christian religious leader failing to spot the real danger which is the growth of Islam in this country. Does the Christian church have any leaders with real backbone are or they all resemble jellyfish like Tom Wright?

I don't think the Bishop has been watching Dispatches on Channel 4 over the last couple of weeks. The 3 part series on the truth about immigration is clearly showing that Enoch Powell's predictions 40 years ago are being proved to be correct. The BNP are the only party who dare mention this as they are not Politically Correct. This is why they are enjoying such support.

I agree with the comments above however, I dont believe that the BNP have any political ambitions other than genocide, and last time that happened Hitler and Saddam were involved. BNP have some of the right ideas but for the most part all they preach is violence and racism. Even the top brass of the party are criminals? surely the point of MP's is that they are above the usual depravity of society and they make unbiased decisions based on evidence supplied to them? Islam is a threat yes, but keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Immigration has got out of hand however, look at the emmigration by comparrison, so many Brits leave the country every year that in ten years of a slightly more open book policy to the EU weve only increased the population slightly over 2 million, and thats including the higher birthrate and increased average lifespan.

There is an argument that the Church should not get involved with politics and stick to religion. However should the church should be talking about right and wrong, and the BNP are wrong. Behind the suits are the racist nazi's. My grandfathers fought against all the things the BNP stand for. They would turn in their graves if they thought that there was a possibility of nazi's taking public office in this area. So don't be complacent, vote for anyone else but the BNP and keep them out of our town halls.

Here we go again, (lefty people who don't even get the Echo)- calling the BNP racists, evil, Nazis etc. etc. Give up! The people are waking up to this rubbish. I have met the two female candidates for the Spennymoor wards and they are not evil, they don't hate anyone in fact they are both very intellegent and gorgeous, so now what are you gonna call them? By the way, Hitler dreamt of a unified European superstate, the BNP are the ones who oppose it!

maybe before mr.wright starts forcing his views on people he might like to speak to henry websters mother...oops sorry bishop youve never heard of henry though have you?
stick to preaching the bible mr wright , that way you can stay in your world of make believe and keep away from the issues affecting people in the real world.

Mr M, North,
are you sure our grandfathers fought in the same war? because im **** sure mine didnt die to watch the country be swamped by a sea of immigrants and political correctness decimating the country! thought i may see you in the next war,remember that country called yugoslavia? open your eyes,we are walking headlong into a civil war.

Due to the advent of the Internet I manage to read a lot of the Bishops type of statement(this includes you Dan and Mr North).
All it shows to me is that brainwashed idiots are not confined to any one part of the country ie they can be anywhere.
My dad fought in the 2nd War and his father in the Great War.
You are right about those old soldiers turning in their graves but it's more probably because the country that they fought for has now turned into a cess pit for the parasites and dregs of the World.
I advise everyone to vote for the B.N.P is a candidate is standing in your area.
Wake up Britain we are very close now to Armageddon.

Mr M, I respect the fact that your grandfather fought in the Second World War. Mine did, too.
However my grandfather fought out of a sense of duty to the country and ultimately because the Nazis invaded Poland. Read Brooke´s The Soldier and it is quite clear why our forces fight to defend our country it is because they love it. If it is unrecocgnisable to them, surely that will have them spinning in their graves?
In addition Winston Churchill, nemesis of the Nazis once came up with the following anti-immigration slogan "keep England white". I dare say he´d be considered a Nazi too in today´s climate.
The fact is voters like me have been cowed by this type of slur for too long and the country is in a mess. In twenty years time it will be irreversible, however it finally looks as though people are waking up.
I´ll vote BNP as they are the only party willing to preserve our culture. What´s more if this situation continues unabated then it may well spark violence, perhaps even genocide!

Living in the local area I have seen what the impact of Migrant workers have had on our community. Our local youth cannot obtain work or housing becouse this is being taken up by (dare i say the word in this PC environment) Foreigners and as long as we remain in the EU this influx will only get bigger. The BNP have a slogan that stands head and shoulders above what other parties are proclaming and that is "English Jobs for English workers" The Reverand should get his head out of his rear end and understand that the BNP are not about Racism but they are abour Nationalism and having pride in our Country and our heritage.
"Wake up England before its too late!!"

@ Mark walker
Your very complimentary 2 the female candidates in spenny but remember your only married to one of them. lol.
They cant be that smart tho if they represent a party where one of the top london candidates had to be pulled out cos he said that it was alright to hit women and that rape was not "a serious crime". No woman in the country should be voting for BNP let alone standing for them.

But you and your sock puppets will come up with excuses for Nick erikson.

Oh brave anon! Did you know that Nick Erikson was a member of the Conservative Party when he wrote those comments back in 2005? I guess not but my wife does! Not excuses, FACTS!

I note all the comments regarding the Archbishop of Durham but was intrigued to note that it appeared that unhappiness with the main political parties means it is now easy to turn to the BNP (another political party.

I will suggetst that for many there is another growing alternative.

Vote Independent!

Where I live in Newton Aycliffe 10 (20%) of Borough councillors elected last year were Independents committed to representing and improving things for the people they represent.

I myself am now standing in the area where I live because I have the ability and skills to help me to deliver what I say I can. How often do political parties deliver what they say they will?

What concerns me and should concern yourselves is that because of mistrust of politicians etc that apathy can be fatal in shaping the new Unitary Authority in Durham to give the you the people a voice on that authority. Rather than a party doormat as party interests come first to benefiting the the interests of the people, yourselves.

I have been representing people and succesfully resolving their problems be they small or complex since 1993 and not once did I need a Party policy document to tell me the right thing to do.

So yes, I do not want to vote for a political party with its own agenda and there will be many feel the same way.

What I am saying is that there are still highly capable people who do not want to follow hidden agendas which results in them having to spin their way through years of manipulating people.

Bear in mind it took 100 years to get women the vote and the Labour party was formed 100 years ago, so whilst I realise it will be an uphill struggle, there is indeed another way.

Former MP Tony Benn once famously declared that Governments do not willingly change things for the better -People do!

Use your vote wisely

Dan wrote:
I agree with the comments above however, I dont believe that the BNP have any political ambitions other than genocide, and last time that happened Hitler and Saddam were involved. BNP have some of the right ideas but for the most part all they preach is violence and racism. Even the top brass of the party are criminals? surely the point of MP\'s is that they are above the usual depravity of society and they make unbiased decisions based on evidence supplied to them? Islam is a threat yes, but keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Immigration has got out of hand however, look at the emmigration by comparrison, so many Brits leave the country every year that in ten years of a slightly more open book policy to the EU weve only increased the population slightly over 2 million, and thats including the higher birthrate and increased average lifespan.

"The BNP dont have any ambitions other than genocide"?.....

Im not being funny, but you simply dont have a clue what you're talking about.

You seem to have read the scare stories, insinuations against the party, and dont understand complex issues such as British Nationalism.

Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussien? Come on, give me a break!.

"All they preach is hate and violence"? What utter poppycock!.
What they have preached for decades is the TRUTH which no liberalist liked to hear.
Rises in AIDS, TB and Hepititus from non EU immigrants flooding into the country, proven to be correct under the guise of how we should "help" those people...but when the BNP said it decades before they were shouted down as 'racists'. Pridictions many years in advance that there would be suicide bombers from areas in the North were proven to be correct - again, at the time it was laughed at by liberal fools who were saying "oh, that wont happen in Britain, we have tolerance and diversity" etc.
Asian Muslim grooming in Keighley, Yorkshire, Lancashire (Burnley, Nelson, Blackburn, Blackpool, Oldham) again proven to be right (as shown eventually 10 years later on the BBC just recently) after being hounded as "racist lies".
Even the National Front - who arent the BNP - were predicting in the 1970's that London would one day be upto 40% non indigenous within our lifetimes, and we would be minorities in every city in England - again, proven to be right by many newspaper columns - Liecester and Birmingham first to "go", Slough, parts of Yorkshire, Blackburn, Oldham, well within 15 years time.
Houses being given priority to 'needy' immigrants with many children - slammed at the time as BNP lies - but shown to have been liberal government policy for decades.
That immigration is not only transforming our country, but that multiculturalism always fails and is of no economical benefit to the host population....more of the BNP's "racist lies" that have been RIGHT all along.
The list goes on, and on and on.
Plus, dont talk to me about their councillors being criminals - the BNP are remarkably clean compared to the other parties, such as the lib dems, having wife beaters, drug abusers, fraudsters, electoral fraudsters, users of rent boys etc amongst their ranks, and Labour ministers giving our sovreignty away without even asking our permission, going to illegal wars without our say so, and ID cards, Entry of Turkey to the EU all being ushered in on our behalf without a whiff of our being able to do anything to stop them. Labour are proving to be the most fascist government this country has ever had - and they so it to keep a lid on the fragmenting society leftwingers have created over the many decades.
The BNP is in my eyes "above the depravity" of other MP's and has based its views on TRUTH and evidence which nobody else wanted to admit existed.
The difference with the BNP is that it works on right and wrong, not what "feels" right and wrong. It doesnt shy away from politics which makes people "feel bad", and doesnt shy away from pointing the finger where its due.

This country is going down the pan - fast - and it needs a real sharp shock if its ever to survive future trends of growth populations and cultures.
Recent court cases which let wanted terrorists and criminals stay here on "human rights", Terrorism laws being used to 'snoop' on parents who put their child into a good school catchment area are more examples of the lunacy to expect from more Labour, Liberal Democrat and NuConservative ideology.
To anyone who believes its "hatred", or "ignorance" of the "looks" of people that drives the BNP and think the BNP are goosestepping Nazi's seeking to take over Europe with a "master race" and tanks need to wake up, stop believing the fairy tales, and start learning what the difference is between British Nationalism and 'race hatred' of genuine neanderthal baffoons.
Im voting BNP this year, because I love my own people, and love whats behind my nations peoples story, not because I "hate" other races or cultures.
I seek to preserve my own race and culture for future generations to enjoy, thats being wrecked by decades of liberal social meddling in every sphere of life, and I will not appologise for that.
I dont 'hate' anybody, any 'race' or any 'culture' - but what I DO hate is the situation being brought about to this country and the politicians who have brought it on and continue to bring it on.
Thats why I'm voting for the BNP. Its beyond Enough already, something needs to be done, it isnt going to go away or get any better in the future.

The Church Of England has been heavily infiltrated by Marxists and other forms of rot for many years. The Bishop Of Durham's comments display how entrenched they are. Oblivious to the failings and miseries their theories and predilections have heaped upon a once great society. The BNP are not the problem Bishop, YOU ARE!

Is it just me imagining thing or was it the party leader of the BNP filmed on camera being racist by the BBC?
Not racist my foot.

I am a candidate for the BNP in South Tyneside and I find the Mr Wright's comments to be lacking proper information. The BNP members I am aquainted with are law abiding decent folk who are standing up for the traditions of this country. Mr Wright should concentrate on his own business of spiritual guidence and leave politics to the voters. As far as racist comments go an elected Labour Cllr was arrested in South Tyneside last week for alleged racial disorder, he has been bailed by police and distanced and suspended by his party see this link to see the story. http://www.shieldsga
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I used to think like you Bishop Wrong, but then I saw what multiculturalism is doing to our once great country, the only people with the backbone necessary to actually fight against this tide of filth swamping us is the BNP, so when you say it's giving up I disagree most strongly, anyone who DOESN'T vote BNP is giving up.

And I wonder how many of this lot on here are dirty, racist, fascist scumbag BNP supporters?? The BNP are filthy pigs who don't deserve to breathe the same air as the rest of us civilised citizens. How dare you go on about "immigrants" and all your **** patriotism, St George was Turkish and the Royal family are half Greek! Unbelievable clap trap you people talk

Why is it racist to want to preserve my english way of life.Not everyone wants to live in a multicultural society,apart from left wing,liberal muppets.Time to stand up for ourselves,our way of life,our country.Vote B.N.P

yes mel i must be a dirty racist?
im voting BNP.
no doubt you support this (how much of it is going on in our muslim communities)
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Because in today's current climate it's racist to say ba- ba blacksheep!
Thanks Labour.

until a party comes along with the backbone to stand up for the british people of this country regardless of their religion or colour of their skin then i will be voting b.n.p. After attending one of their meetings in Spennymoor there was no mention of racism everything was about us being proud to be british once again and putting british people first and rid our streets of all the sexual predators that are protected by our country.I have worked over the last couple of years with people of many races in different jobs and i also go to watch sunderland football club and show my joy whoever scores be it jamaican kenwyne jones or any other player in the team and find it offensive when the media call me a racist because i am going to vote b.n.p. I have a poster in my window telling everyone who passes who i am going to vote for and let everyone know i am proud to be british so instead of slagging the b.n.p down lets get behind them and bring our once proud country that people have died for in many wars back to the british people vote B.N.P

I would think alot more of the Bishop if he looked to his own organisation the C of E well infiltrated by the "Purple Mafia". I do not think he should be exhorting the people to ignore the BNP nor do I think the Northern Echo should, it is their job to give the facts and we the people will make up our own minds. Having spoken to some BNP members they seem to be well informed, sane and as far as I was able to see not corrupt (unlike most MP's with their Expenses Scams etc. etc.)who claim they are not.
If the BNP is so very bad Northern Echo why have you not reported these things instead of alluding to them as right wing facists where are your facts!

the irony goes right over the bishops head (sic) i see.
does he not realise that when islam takes over britain (look at your empty pughs mr wright). that he will be one of the first to lose his head? heres an enriching story mr wright (although to those in the church it might not be so shocking?).
taken from an 8 year old girl living under sharia law-
“He used to do bad things to me, and I had no idea as to what a marriage is. I would run from one room to another in order to escape, but in the end he would catch me and beat me and then continued to do what he wanted. I cried so much but no one listened to me. One day I ran away from him and came to the court and talked to them.”

“Whenever I wanted to play in the yard he beat me and asked me to go to the bedroom with him. This lasted for two months," added Nojoud. "He was too tough with me, and whenever I asked him for mercy, he beat me and slapped me and then used me"

However, Nojoud cannot prosecute because she is under-age but court judge Muhammed Al-Qathi(and in all fairness an obviously decent man) heard her complaint and ordered the arrests of her father and husband. The father was later released and will face no charges but the little girls husband is in jail whilst the case is being investigated. However he said from his cell:

“Yes I was intimate with her, but I have done nothing wrong, as she is my wife and I have the right and no one can stop me,"

how enriching this culture is mr wright ,how enriching.

I don't care who you vote for or why,everyone has a view. Just get out and vote. Your new neighbors the immigrants will do it and you'll find yourself living in a Britain with no resemblance to fairness and human dignity. Take a look where these people came from and the regimes that govern there. Pretty soon they will outnumber you at the polls. Wake up and vote ,get involved.

Firstly the BNP are nothing more than a bunch of thugs masquerading under a political banner, preying on the disenchanted. They thrive on 'hatred'; all you have to do is look at these comments above - blaming the structural economic problems of the north east on immigrants. This, simply put, is scapegoating.

With reference to youngsters who cannot get jobs because of immigrants. Immigration can only be a good thing for British youngsters. This is competition. Often Polish and other Eastern European nationals have superior skills (e.g. they often speak two languages) as compared to their English counterparts. It is obvious why employers would rather employ these people than the cider swilling Vicky Pollards of Spennymoor.

Yes Mikey I agree, if we sent johnny foreigner back home who would do all the work which the englishman wouldnt touch. With this countries high levels of disability its lucky weve got em over here.

I have been reading with interest the comments posted here. If there is a major issue about the way the policies of the three main parties have left people so disillusioned, how are this bunch of losers ever going to come up with a solution to what they have caused? No politician I have ever come across will ever admit to being wrong. I must comment on the clap trap about the BNP wanting a genocide. Get real, pal. You must know what Islam has got planned for western civilisation. Don't think that appologists or sympathisers for that militant and aggressive religion will be spared either. Finally - Barmy Bishops need to stick to nuturing peoples' spiritual needs. Spouting their current philosophies, which seem to be a strange mixture of liberalism,marxism and social worker "speak",isn't exactly filling their churches with enthusiastic worshippers.

There is nothing racist whatsoever about wanting to preserve an English way of life unless of course as a nation we are inherently racist. But lets not kid ourselves that there is such thing as indigenous English. I am an Englishman (mainly proud of it, I fly the flag on special occassions) but like every other English man or woman that walks this earth, I am not a pure bred. Purity of race does not exist here, we are a race of mongrels - deal with it!!! But what common denominator do many of us have? Oh yes - skin colour. Funny that. While I can be convinced that there are many decent, good, many well meaning, even intelligent voters out there who are sadly sucked in by the BNP spin machine, I will not be. I lived near Welling around the time of the Stephen Lawrence murder, I visited the BNP bookshop, I observed and opinions on this bunch of losers have been well honed. Oh if you wish to vote BNP, fine but if any of you thought the Tories and New Labour have sold the NHS down the river over the past few decades, it will die on it's knees within a year if the BNP ever got to power make no mistake.

I used to be a big labour supporter for thirty years, coming originaly from the left wing south wales valleys, now I see people turning to the british national party in the thousands and i will myself be joining them, the liblabcon have destroyed this once fantastic country mainly because of their own greed and their anti british anti white agenda.

when I was a labour man I detested the communists but now it seems that the communists under the guise of common purpose have infiltrated all walks of society including the church of england, heres a tip firstly vote BNP and go on youtube and search for common purpose and you will see why I will be voting british national party this election .

It is true that the British National Party are no longer the purely racist party that they used to be, the media merely continues to portray them as such. Anyone who doesn't belive this, see what they are saying on their website (www.bnp.org.uk/) and you will see that they only speak common sense!

The bnp are normal middle of the road working people who care about their Country, they are not racists, or some of the names they are being called. The Country has degenerated to a point where the only opinion you are allowed to have is the promotion of Marxism,and Euro Communism. In spite of the organised negative media conspiracy against them, the BNP are forging ahead in leaps and bounds. I do not yet know if a British National Party candidate is fielded in our local elections, if there is not one, I will not be voting for any of these other sell out Traitors.

Another barmy, out of touch Bishop! I've spent my life taken in by clap trap like this and regretfully have always voted Labour as I felt it the right thing to do at the time-but no longer.I can not wait for the day when our government is run by the BNP and hope the traitors who are doing everything in their power to ruin this country are put on trial.Ignore the usual lies and nazi nonsense spewed out by these Bishops and other lefties-open your eyes and vote BNP.

I am A BNP member and I resent the acusations of being a thug ,nazi and all that drivel, exactly where are you getting all this spitefulness from?
Why arn't you so vocal and outspoken against suicide bombers and terror plots that are taking place in britain?
It aims to: Get us out of the EU , Restore Law & order on our streets; Restore our industries, farming & fishing; Halt the ruination of our countryside; Support our troops & bring them home to defend OUR country etc etc etc etc
I will be along with many friends be supporting the BNP.
I have still got my vote and my own opinions. I have ears and eyes and
for anyone to say this Country is not letting in too many is insane !
Open your eyes and look around it is obvious surely, I suggest a visit to the BNP website for all who are wary, the BNP is not just about immegration, its Housing, Law and Order, NHS, Education, Employment

If people want to know the truth -
www.bnp.org.uk
Its all there.
Forget the claptrap from those whose necks will be first to feel the blades of their "friends" in the religion of peace and lurve.
As for the so-called "antifascists" - we indigenous Britons who know the truth will never forget, neither will we forgive!

lets laugh at the bishop and the marxist left calling us 'racists'.a few years ago people were terrified of the label.now its water off a ducks back.
call me a racist! so what,as they say sticks and stones. im voting bnp because i got a leaflet off the gmb through my door (paid for by whom???) TELLING me not to vote bnp.
who do they think they are? normally i wouldnt have bothered voting but now im making **** sure myself and all my family are voting bnp.thank you gmb and the bishop for motivating us to do something.

In answer to 'Bonny lad' at 11.35. He is correct in that Nick Griffin was filmed by the B.B.C (secret camera) talking about the grooming of white girls by 'Muslims' He also called Islam a wicked religion.
Well the B.B.C have just done a programme on the 'grooming' and have now admitted that he was right. As for the comments about Islam being a wicked religion I suggest that he picks up the morning paper and reads the story of the 'airline bomb' trial that is going on at the moment. If that is not evil and wicked then I don't know what is.
Wake up and open your eyes the evil is all around and it is not the B.N.P.

wish peterborough had bnp candidate

As stated earlier politics and religion should not be mixed,this chap was actually put up to this by our very own mr wilson MP and ms goodman MP.they are hell bent on stopping the rise of the bnp in the durham area that they cannot sort out their own constituancies as promised in their election material.my 2 year old tripped on uneven flag stones in aycliffe town centre last week and smashed his head off a curb stone,luckily he is ok but it could have been much worse,a family friend has had long term damage to his shoulder because of a fall in middlestonemoor because of badly kept footpaths.this is only the tip of the iceberg,now lowest of low they are involving people of the cloth to do their dirty work(H.Goodman held a meeting at st pauls church in spennymoor against the bnp)The church should be concentrating on getting young people on seats and teaching them the true christian values of this land before all the churches have disappeared,in leicester the past 5 years have seen 6 churches sold off and are now mosques,if that doesnt tell you which is the stronger faith and has the biggest congregations i dont know what will.
not that it will really matter because the way this country is heading under this labour goverment we will all be praying to allah in the next generation or so.

Democracy is not subject to anyone's approval and on their terms only - we either have it or we don't.
The BNP should be given a level playing field on which to pitch their case. If they are elected on their manifesto and campaign, then that is democracy in action - if they are not elected then that, too, is democracy in action.
The bishop needs to put his own organisation's house in order instead of trying to interfere with the democratic process.

So the Bishop approves of the horrors inflicted on native Christian Britons by the liblabcontrick does he?
Some Christian eh!

As for those calling the BNP silly names - please keep it up. Support for the party goes up every time you open your pathetic, hysterical, lying, spittle-flecked mouths!

What are they so scared of that now the church is getting roped into their anti-B.N.P campaign.
Last month we had the govenor of a London prison telling his prisoners (mostly foreign who should not even be allowed to vote) to vote for anyone but the B.N.P.
Why are they so worried? Because now they have been found out by the ordinary man.
The pigs have had their snouts in the trough for too long now and they are just getting rumbled.
That level playing field that we all want is still quite a way away but keep plugging lads it's coming and that is why they are getting very worried.

I think that Likyalips has put the case for democracy very eloquently but succinctly. Unfortunately I doubt that real democracy exists or has ever existed in this country. A closet marxism runs through all the main parties. As Lenin said, "It is true liberty is precious, so precious it must be rationed". In our not very democratic "democracy", a growing and important voice for the disenchanted and disappointed of this land is denied a forum while "establishment priests" speak out against the BNP. It must be that the party has a message that is hitting the right note. Pity these Bishops are not able to find a message that also has universal appeal. OH! but they did have one once, it was called Christianity.

I really think the Bishop needs to keep out of politics and concentrate on trying to bring the message of the Gospel back to this once Christian country of ours.

He currently speaks for a tiny minority these days and frankly his bigotted views about a perfectly legal political party - the BNP - are about 35 years out of date!

We have far more to fear now from the multicul