Originally Posted by Rob M

If he was a member of the BNP then sacking him was absolutely the right/correct thing to do.

The police have always had rules against their officers being members of the BNP if he joined the police and lied about that membership then he deserves the sack, if he joined the police and then joined the BNP despite knowing that he shouldn't then he deserves the sack.

This is not about the rights and wrongs of being a BNP party member, regardless of what certain sectors of the press might have you believe, he was sacked for breaching a very simple rule pertaining to his employment - seems like a no-brainer if it's true.

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so why do the police have right to enforce which political party you support



Slightly different issue surely?

That thread's about the publishing of the list, this is about an individual who has been sacked as a result of the list being published.