UKIP's Far Right Sugar Daddy ?

Bert Leech (far left) helping the England First Party

As we continue to monitor extremism in this country, year after year one name continues to crop up in far right circles.That name is question belongs to Bert Leech.

Albert Edward Leech is an elderly Bedford based businessman who has attempted to act as a political "sugar daddy" to a collection of far right organisations over a number of years.

In March 2004, Leech donated £1,000 to the British National Party, the record of this donation can be viewed on the Electoral Commission website.



In 2007 Leech offered to fund deposits for "Nationalist" candidates who were intending to stand in the 2010 General Election. Leech along with two other unknown benefactors were to make available a war chest of up to £40,000. The offer was supposedly available to members of the following parties: BNP, British Peoples Party, The English Democrats, English Independence Party, Freedom Party, NF, England First Party and even UKIP. What is unclear however is whether the offer was a genuine one or if indeed any candidate chose to make an approach to Leech and his group.

Later in 2007 it is known that Leech attended the 40th anniversary meeting of the National Front held in a venue in West London. Staying in 2007 Leech was also photographed with a number of England First Party activists who were fighting a by election in Milton Keynes.

The following year saw Bert Leech attend the "Voice of Change" meeting held in Brinsley, Nottinghamshire, organised by Sadie Graham and her group of BNP rebels who attempted and failed to wrestle power away from Nick Griffin. Leech is thought to have donated £5,000 to their campaign.

Fast forward to 2013 and Bert Leech attended the launch meeting of Andrew Brons' BNP splinter The British Democratic Party in the Leicestershire village of Queniborough.

In tandem with his support for the various dregs of the far right, Leech along with his close friend, former BNP activist Barry Taylor established a hate filled website entitled " England Is Ours" which remains online still to this day despite its large amounts of racism and anti-Semitic postings.

So with a comprehensive CV of far right extremism, we were surprised to find that Bert Leech had become a UKIP committee member.

In November 2012, following an AGM that took place at Wymington Memorial Hall Leech was voted onto the branch committee of Mid Bedfordshire UKIP.

We wonder if Leech has once again dipped his hands into his very deep pockets, this time with UKIP?



http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/ukip/article/3345/ukips-far-right-sugar-daddy

No surprises there.

UKIP=BNP in suits.

    

Catman wrote:


Bert Leech (far left) helping the England First Party

As we continue to monitor extremism in this country, year after year one name continues to crop up in far right circles.That name is question belongs to Bert Leech.

Albert Edward Leech is an elderly Bedford based businessman who has attempted to act as a political "sugar daddy" to a collection of far right organisations over a number of years.

In March 2004, Leech donated £1,000 to the British National Party, the record of this donation can be viewed on the Electoral Commission website.



In 2007 Leech offered to fund deposits for "Nationalist" candidates who were intending to stand in the 2010 General Election. Leech along with two other unknown benefactors were to make available a war chest of up to £40,000. The offer was supposedly available to members of the following parties: BNP, British Peoples Party, The English Democrats, English Independence Party, Freedom Party, NF, England First Party and even UKIP. What is unclear however is whether the offer was a genuine one or if indeed any candidate chose to make an approach to Leech and his group.

Later in 2007 it is known that Leech attended the 40th anniversary meeting of the National Front held in a venue in West London. Staying in 2007 Leech was also photographed with a number of England First Party activists who were fighting a by election in Milton Keynes.

The following year saw Bert Leech attend the "Voice of Change" meeting held in Brinsley, Nottinghamshire, organised by Sadie Graham and her group of BNP rebels who attempted and failed to wrestle power away from Nick Griffin. Leech is thought to have donated £5,000 to their campaign.

Fast forward to 2013 and Bert Leech attended the launch meeting of Andrew Brons' BNP splinter The British Democratic Party in the Leicestershire village of Queniborough.

In tandem with his support for the various dregs of the far right, Leech along with his close friend, former BNP activist Barry Taylor established a hate filled website entitled " England Is Ours" which remains online still to this day despite its large amounts of racism and anti-Semitic postings.

So with a comprehensive CV of far right extremism, we were surprised to find that Bert Leech had become a UKIP committee member.

In November 2012, following an AGM that took place at Wymington Memorial Hall Leech was voted onto the branch committee of Mid Bedfordshire UKIP.

We wonder if Leech has once again dipped his hands into his very deep pockets, this time with UKIP?



http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/ukip/article/3345/ukips-far-right-sugar-daddy

No surprises there.

UKIP=BNP in suits.

    

According to a poster on here UKIP are the nearest thing you will get to proper democracy.

Honesty,,,,,,someone actually said that.