whoops!

jsmith, liverpool,

if a member chooses to disclose membership, its up to them but to have that right taken away is on a par with the banning of hunting, coursing, and everything else the bigots and do gooders say we should give up because they say so, its bout freedom of choice in Englands Green and Pleasant Land.

Brigitte Beard, Colchester, Essex

What's your point Petronella? Are you blaming New Labour for the release of this list?

Garry, Liverpool, UK

Although i'm no longer a member of the BNP, I am on the list - & frankly, I do not care! Infact, I'm determined to rejoin now.

With the mess the country is currently in, you'd think people would spend their time focusing on serious issues and hot hassling members of a legal political part!

J. Corbin, London, UK

Balls on the other foot now....I love Nick Griffins comments "we are not oiks" on Radio4. Well judging by the quote from one of the members in the metro you are!!!

find it amazing that people commenting buy into a party in any shape/form that is using a legislation it opposes to protect itself!?!

Vrinder, Southampton, UK

there is nothing wrong with being part of the BNP!they should be proud to be part of it. its a british party with proud british people involved. its not their fault OUR country has been taken over and gone downhill! thats why they want to do something about the people that spoil british life!

GB, thetford,

The members of this ridiculous sect should be more concerned with the fact that they believe the views set by this rasist and fascist "political party". The ideology set by the leaders of the BNP and indeed the members clearly shows that they are somewhat lacking in an educated view of society.

zara, southampton, UK

If somone in employment is subsequently dismissed because of this disclosure then...tough!

Mike Green, London,

"[...] show me a list of Muslims in this country, [...]have they really got more freedom than a white middle class person? [...]
Chris, Denmead, England"
As a "white" middle class Muslim I wonder where I stand Chris.

NAP, Leigh, UK

Prov 28:1 "The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion."
These people hide because they hold a myopic view of the world born out of ignorance, fear and hatred. They are members of a legal party yet they feel the need to hide because their conscience judge them

Abi, Sheffield, UK

There is a reason why public servants arent allowed to join these nationalist organisations. I think all members details should be made public.

Clinton, Fareham,

If they truly believe in all the Party stands for, they should not have a problem with their names being published. Is it the fact that they know theat their ideals are abhorent to so many of us that makes them feel ashamed to have their political allegiance made public

Paula, Leeds,

The public at large have a right to know which public servants such as Police Officers and Teachers who are members of this odious organisation. I am not a Marxist nor a Socialist, just someone who believes that every person, whatever their ethnic origin, should be treated with respect & courtesy.

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

I don't belong to the BNP but I believe that anyone who wishes to, is fully entitled to, because we live in a democracy. The threat to our democracy comes not from the BNP but from those intent on demonising it.

Sean, Coventry, UK

anybody in this country can vote for any party they choose so why shouldnt a police officer or nurse or any other profession vote bnp can anybody tell me why ? no i didnt think so .has anybody actually thought that the people of this country have had enough and want change .

stephrn, rotherham,

What an absolute disgrace in a supposedly free democratic society that people still cannot support which ever political party they wish.The BNP is as legitimate as any of the others yet many still exercise discrimination against them....even in the workplace.Freedom must prevail or all is lost ?

Sam, Northwich, England

Read their manifesto then make up your mind.Have a good look at this country and if you are truthfully happy the way it is and the way its heading then fair enough.If not i suggest you do something about it,join the BNP or the BPP before its too late.

Alan, Hull, UK

Darren, Stoke-On-Trent says:
"The BNP ... their supporters; generally speaking the poor and the underprivileged"
Then doesn't that just demonstrate how important it is that these folk have someone to represent them. Labour doesn't, hence ...

Ann, London, UK

I Am A BNP Supporter And Vote BNP And Proud Of It
What Alternatives Do I Have Voting Labour "No Thank You,Consevatives No Good,Libs EEC Mad
I'm Proud To Be A Supporter Of BNP Full Stop I Dont Care Who Knows,They Know Where The Lock Is.

Thomas, Surbiton, uk

if it wasnt for the immigrants this country would not be what it is today ,this country needed help because the british are lazy

zaman, manchester, uk

I cant see the problem, these individuals obviously feel strongly about the BNP so should not feel aggrieved by this leak. No one ever gives the SNP a hard time so why give the BNP a hard time, its polatics if the public dont vote they dont get in "SIMPLE" .

Blackmore, Tavistock, Devon

So the list is published, why is it so secret? They are in a political party, is this a secret hood wearing one? People may not want to employ you when they find out what you are, instead of hiding behind others. As dost thou sow, so shalt thou reap.

Jericho Morton, Glasgow/Seattle,

Cool.. where can we download it? So far we've got all the CSA records, more than a million IRS names, the prison service staff, and half a million bank accounts and credit card details. I'm trying to add all the MI5 info lost on a train if anyone has a copy? Many thanks, Data Protection Act!

iain, bedford, uk

Why would BNP members be embarrassed that they are BNP members?

Steve, Notingham, England

And the reason that BNP members are worried for themselves and their families, young and old, is because the far left, reds and the UAF are people who would be willing to attack members of the BNP verbally and physically to try and stop them and silence them, they are the racist thugs, not the BNP.

STEVE, ESSEX, ENGLAND

Brilliant idea! Lets publish ALL membership lists of ALL political, religious and idealogical groups and sexual preferences. What have people got to worry about? Ha Ha Ha . . . .

Lukey Boy, Herts., uk

Why surprise that ordinary people with ordinary jobs join the BNP ? That's because they do not see their future served by existing other parties.

Ian, Berwick, UK

The BNP, a party that claims to want to return British to its 'Golden Age' fail to realise that in the so called golden age, their supporters; generally speaking the poor and the underprivelaged, would be peasants with little rights. They fail to recognise the contribution immigrants have made.

Darren, Stoke-On-Trent, UK

Presumably I'm on this list. The reason I'm a BNP member is that unless immigration is brought under control, fifty years into the future we have a very serious chance of experiencing here the same genocidal conflict that we've seen in Kosovo, Lebanon, Bosnia, East Timor and Iraq.

Doug, Edinburgh,

The extreme right have been using the Redwatch websites for years to target those they perceive to be leftwing, what goes around comes around.

Alan, Liverpool, UK

I am not a member of the BNP myself, but I strongly believe that anyone in this country has a right to express their view. The establishment is clearly worried that BNP is gaining support. Publishing the names and address of members was an intimidation policy to prevent anyone else joining.

Ian, Cambridge, England

@Chris, Denmead, England

Flawed logic there pal! 99.9% of Muslims in Britain have no ill intent towards non-Muslims. White supremacists, however, see it as their objective to eliminate all non-whites from the country. You see?

Jeff, Manchester,

If the existing and respectable politicians bothered representing the views of their constituents, there would be no BNP because we wouldn't have virtually uncontrolled immigration which fuels bad relations and allows subversive and disloyal Islamists to openly preach anti-western hatred.

Tony, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

I am a member, am proud to be a mamber, and am 50

Ian Harkins, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Believe me, this has been orchestrated from very near the top of the NuzanuLab tree, we have been expecting it. Our following and membership is going through the roof and we WILL make spectacular gains in the forthcoming Euro elections. It smacks of classic marxist tactics.

Vinnie, Salford,

It is racist to not vote labour, conservative or lib dems. it is also racist to stop mass immigration into our little Island.
How can the government allow muslims to publicly celebrate 7/7 in trafalgar square. I suppose its racist not to...
I'll be voting BNP because things need to change here.

Paul, Wolverhampton, England

In Stoke, the BNP have several DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED councillors. Why should teachers or Police who share the views of their community be hounded out of their jobs by (Marxist) Unions who have no problem with Communists or 'anti- capitalists' who openly oppose the democratic majority? Worrying.

DanOxford, Oxford, Oxon

I am not ashamed of announcing that I am a left wing liberal through and through!
Kathryn, Preston, UK

Have you seen the state of this Country? See where the mantras of 'tolerance' , 'diversity', 'non- judgementalism' and 'open door immigration' have got us? It wasn't their Country to give away

Dan, Oxford, Oxon

No regrets?

This is, what I believe "they" call 'Karma.'

James, Berlin, Deutschland

So, what are we saying? Can i be a member of whatever political party I want, or do I have to subscribe to one of the 'normal' parties? Have we really lost the notion of a free society?

Chris, Denmead, England

Lots of people downloading this list from torrent sites.

I'd prefer to have all party memberships out in the public domain as they do elsewhere around the world. Then we wouldn't have to have - or at least have less of - all this cloak and dagger politics.

Mark, Felixstowe, England

I say to the liberals out there; show me a list of Muslims in this country, what mosques they go to and their telephone numbers. Go on, would you? No, i didn't think you could, have they really got more freedom than a white middle class person? Oh, silly me, thought not

Chris, Denmead, England

Maybe the bloggers can publish a list of all those labour voters that have put a governement in that has put untold misery on many families. Murderers, Rapists, Paedophiles, etc that are allowed to roam our streets because it infringes their civil liberties.

Simon, Colchester, Essex

Why do we sing the praises of democracy around the world yet ban people from joining a legal political party? If the police have banned its members from joining the BNP thats means the BNP have done something ilegal? but they have not so we have democracy and let it be...

Adrian, Aldershot, ENGLAND

These people have no respect for other's human rights (deport immigrants/ban Muslims from airports etc) so why should we have any respect for theirs?

Johannes Bertholt, Castle Donington, UK

Somre pretty illiberal opinions expressed here: they should lose their jobs because of their political opinions; they should live in fear; Daily Mail readers are fascists; all voters are secretly BNP supporters (ie there would be no "need" for the BNP is MPs"represented" their constituents.

Simon, Richmond, Surrey

Strange - I couldn't find Simon Jenkins on the list !

Peter Hooper, Windsor, UK

What are they so worried about? Losing their jobs or respect I suppose... If they really belived in their cause you would think being outed wouldn't bother them. It only bothers them because deep down they know their beliefs are wrong!

Jen, South Island, New Zealand

so where is it then?

john, essex,

The liberal/left who allow thousands of minority groups like Black & Asian federations will love this because they don't want the indigenous population to have any hope & no group to speak for them. When I think of the liberal/left it reminds me of a leader in the 1930's!

John, Eccles, England

Its has been very surprising for me to find people I live near and people I know on the list.

Michael, , UK

Don't mix politics with racism, there is no place for dressed up racism in this country, not when Britain has clearly exhausted and abused many countries during her time. As such, the BNP's so called "political stance" against certain immigrants right to enter can only be described as ludicrous.

John, London, UK

From the photos, and the ideology, it looks like the kind we would want names and addresses for.

Joe, Birmingham,, AL, USA

Has anyone here ever heard of freedom of association? It's something we used to have a few years ago.

ian, swindon, UK

So if police officers risk losing there posts if they joined bodys that conflict with the forces duty to racial equality......then where does this leave you if your a member of the black police officers association.
Hardly seems equal to have a body within the force that White officers can't join.

keith, liverpool,

Civil liberty - as an accepted norm - is subordinate to state ideology. The BNP's policies differ little from France's Front National, Belgium's Vlamms Blok, Holland's Fortuyn Pym (assassinated), or Austria's Jorge Haider (deceased). Should their members also lose their careers?

Alex, London, UK

I am not a supporter of the BNP though I am surprised they only have only 10,000 members since this government is the most Soviet we have ever had.
But to all those people that support this move against the BNP I say you may be next-and you could be innocent.

Colin Wilfred Holland, Wolverhampton, UK

I'm in the USA and I can't believe the vile comments RE: the BNP - which I thought was a legitimate political party in the UK? I'm a Democrat and my party used to be for segregation, etc EONS ago but clearly changed=Barack Obama. Looking at the BNP website, if they were once racist - they have too!

Maureen, Florida, USA

So it is ordinary people who join the bnp after all!

ian, swindon, UK

OK, maybe the publishing of personal information went a bit too far but either these people are proud members of a political party or they aren't? Surely they would not want to be called closet racists?

Nick, Canterbury,

This was a long time coming. BNP members host Redwatch, a site that exposes details of anti-BNP activists. Not only this, but it encourages violent attacks on these individuals and their property. If the BNP are a "legitimate political party" as they claim to be, their membership should be public.

Sara, Exeter,

The BNP is a far right party which targets the most vulnerable members of our society with hatred, abuse and violence and which cheerfully targets opponents with the same. Nobody is wishing a window into their 'soul', as Elizabeth I put it, but let's get real here

pete, bristol,

I'm surprised to learn that in the UK, membership lists of political parties are not a matter of public record. Here in Estonia they have been online and searchable for several years. No home addresses, phones or childrens' names are public though, just the name, birth date and joining/leaving dates

Argo Ideon, Tallinn, Estonia

Quote "The Association of Chief Police Officers ruled four years ago that officers would be investigated and face losing their posts if they joined bodies which conflicted with the force's duty to promote race equality. "

That will be the end of the Black Police Officers Association then ?

Keithw, Wirral, UK

Paul Curd, Horley, UK

It's not shame Paul. I'm a member and proud of it, but why should my name, address and political affiliation be published on the Internet? It's been done maliciously, but it will certainly not put me off doing what I believe is right. In fact I've just made another donation.

Bob, London,

There goes my fear of right wing extremism, the far left are nowhere to be seen so it's middle of the road politics for eternity.
Prince Charles was right, grey goo is going to take over the world. And that's just the mp's.
Sod politics Prince Charles for king.
Here's for benign autocracy!

Colin, n'pton, uk

I thought it was against the Data Protection Act to publish these details. As for the BNP being proscribed, the more it is villified and banned, the more a certain type of person will wonder what the authorities are afraid of. If the BNP is a legal organisation, then its members should be let be.

JTurner, spalding,

BNP have a right to exist, sure.

But they least deserve it. They plead their 'rights' but this is a thin smokescreen to conceal the overwhelming fact that what they preach is based purely on hatred. Legitimate, yes. Entitled to protection, yes. But a fly in the face of humanity they certyainly are.

Oswald, Gloucester, UK

Why should your employer have the right to dictate which political party you support ?

D.K, Prescot, Merseyside

Glad these bunch of right wing BIGOTS have been outed. Why are they worried if they believe their rantings. I want to know if a racist is teaching my son, nursing my mother etc

meme, Leeds, UK

That BNP chap appears to have just made a thinly veiled threat against the life of the person who leaked the list - is that the BNP publicly threatening to kill someone. These BNP members are disgusting people who will hopefully now get treated with the contempt they deserve.

John, london,

What we really need is a list of all future Islamic terrorists.
Something useful, that we could use against our greatest threat, the fifth column living amongst us. Mind you this does prove one thing, you cannot trust anyone with data these days.

Tim, Liverpool, UK

If the BNP were anything but hate mongers then why would their members be affraid of having their names published on a members list?!

I am not ashamed of announcing that I am a left wing liberal through and through!

Kathryn, Preston, UK

One day this story will be in the law text books. If it is true, this story contains an amazing breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights. Not least of all that the police force is in contravention of articles 9, 10 and 11 in not allowing its officers to join a political party.

Rob , Congleton, UK

I'm not a BNP supporter, but I think it's a disgrace to pillory people for supporting a LEGAL political party. Whatever happened to freedom of speech, democracy etc.?

Chris, Cheltenham, UK

I am a firm believer in the rights of an individual to hold a political belief; including those stances that I abhor. We should be able to debate openly and I find it immoral that membership of any party should be banned.

But it is. So it's not being "ashamed", more fear of reprisal.

Laura Roberts, London, UK

Shame the list can't be published under the Freedom of Information Act, surely as a political party they are bound by such a law?

Jeff, Manchester,

Good. Caught out. I hope all of the public servants and police officers who are identified on this BNP list will lose their jobs

James, Beckton, East London. UK.

The UK has been an immigrant haven since the Roman Empire invaded, Britain is derived from Britannia a name given to this great country by a foreign power.

Charles, Nhants, England

How can the police proscribe against a legal political party, that surely makes the police a political organisation. It shows how far this government has penetrated our civil liberties and rights. This is an outrage because you could proscribe any political party on this basis.

Richard , Nottingham,

Paul, Nottingham, UK. Will you be brave enough to put your address down.

Richard, Ivybridge, UK

I downloaded the list and found a friend and his family to be on it. They won't be getting Christmas cards this year!

Now that the list is out there it can't be puled down, I have a copy and will circulate it all over the net.

Chris, London, UK

These 10,000 people are now in serious danger from physical attacks, thanks to this wholly irresponsible and petty leak. Still, it's a crazy situation when many professions refuse members of a legal non-violent political party. BNP members are as entitled to representation as anybody.

Martin, Eastbourne,

ha ha ha surely noone would be embarrassed if people found out they were on this list would they?

mark howe, margate, england

I do not support this party but they have a right to express their political view without feeling ashamed or embarassed for it

Kiarie, Ulm, Germany

I have downloaded the list. Very helpful. My dog wants to send each and every local member a warm cristmas present.

paul, nottingham, UK

Oh dear, my neighbour is on the list!

Rob, Brum, UK

I doubt whether it's a disgruntled former BNP member. More likely it's the UK government who wouldn't know democracy if it hit them in the eye. In Britain you can vote for anyone ( as long as we say so ). This oppression is bound to end in race wars as we accomodate anyone who wants to come here.

Neil Hughes, Birmingham, England

It's a disgrace that you can be sacked for supporting a legal political party. Generations did not sacrifice their lives to allow this country to be run by a communist stasi police state. Labour are destroying this country at every level.

Richard, Ivybridge, UK

If Members of Parliament actually represented the Electors, instead of Foreign Interests, then there would be no BNP or UKIP.

Clive Burghard, Lancing, ENGLAND

Children's names are on the list? Great - infect the next generation with this ridiculous bile. I'm all for freedom, but I can't say I'm too worried about these hate mongers being outed. They're as worrying as Islamic terrorists.

PB, London, UK

this is the time when parties like the bnp flourish, when people are feeling poor and vulnerable they are likely to lash out at minorities and immigrants. there where similar if more severe circumstances in the 1930s we cannot fail to learn from history on these matters.

will, grimsby, uk

What are they so ashamed of if they believe what they have to say is as valid as any other political organisation?.

Paul Curd, Horley, UK

New Labour turns a blind eye to crime, hence the disgraceful state of affairs in GB today. People are often living in fear with little or no recourse from corrupt or incompetent authorities. It is not surprising, in a democracy, that radical change is required.

Petronella , Montreal, Canada