Parties unite against BNP ahead of Euro vote
SCOTLAND'S four main political parties have agreed a united stance against the far-right British National Party at this year's European Parliament elections.
Labour, SNP, Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates will refuse to appear alongside the BNP during the campaign for the June 4 poll.
Scottish Conservative MEP Struan Stevenson said: "We learned the BNP will be running a full slate of six candidates in Scotland and we have all agreed we will not share a hustings with them. We will not share a platform with fascists and racists.
"If there is anyone who thinks they should invite a BNP candidate to a hustings or TV debate, they won't get the rest of us."
Lothians-based Labour MEP David Martin said: "Politics is about disagreement and competing visions and I'm happy to share a platform with people whom I don't agree 100 per cent with.
"But the BNP is different because they would deny other people such a platform.
"They are an anti-democratic party and a pure racist party."
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