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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 852 Send Message	Brian(i)	Report	9 Jun 2009 16:42
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 852 Send Message	BNP leader Nick Griffin has been pelted with eggs and forced to abandon a press conference outside Parliament. Dozens of protesters disrupted the event, which follows the British National Party winning its first two seats in the European Parliament. Chanting anti-Nazi slogans and holding placards they surrounded Mr Griffin as he was bundled into a car. Mr Griffin was elected for the North West region - a result condemned by parties across the political spectrum. Mr Griffin and Andrew Brons, who was elected in the Yorkshire and Humber region, staged a press conference on College Green, opposite the Houses of Parliament. The BNP leader began the event by holding up copies of national newspapers and talking about what he said were media lies about him and his party. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8091605.stm Brian(i)