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punky · 21-03-2009, 18:49

The thing is the rules are clear, presumably before he joined the Police, so there's not much you can do. If he felt that strongly about the BNP he should have sought alternative employment.

I disagree wholeheartedly about the ban. Like it or not as of now, the BNP is a legal political party. Whilst they remain so I think any ban is wrong. However, this isn't about "an overriding legal duty to promote race equality and retain public confidence." If it was a Muslim police officer who was a member of al Mahajiroun (which is a banned organisation) I doubt he'd been sacked even though he'd be at odds exporting an "overriding legal duty to promote race equality and retain public confidence."

21-03-2009, 18:49	#10
punky Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 45 Posts: 14,750	Re: steve bettley sacked..do we have the right? The thing is the rules are clear, presumably before he joined the Police, so there's not much you can do. If he felt that strongly about the BNP he should have sought alternative employment. I disagree wholeheartedly about the ban. Like it or not as of now, the BNP is a legal political party. Whilst they remain so I think any ban is wrong. However, this isn't about "an overriding legal duty to promote race equality and retain public confidence." If it was a Muslim police officer who was a member of al Mahajiroun (which is a banned organisation) I doubt he'd been sacked even though he'd be at odds exporting an "overriding legal duty to promote race equality and retain public confidence."