WIKILEAKS PRESS RELEASE (English)
For Immediate Release.
Fri Nov 21 09:11:21 2008 GMT
“BNP leak rocks Britain”
The leak of details on the 12,801 secret members and contacts of the far-right British National Party continues to rock British politics, with over 1,315 English press articles appearing since Tuesday:
news.google.ca/news?ie=UTF-8&tab=bn&ncl=1271913659&hl=en
In the 24 hour period between covering Tuesday and Wednesday between upto six million people attempted to download the list from Wikileaks.
The story has spread to Australia:
What the UK political landscape looks like in a week is anyone’s guess; but surely satire has so far said it best:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUNUuqlG1a0
Wikileaks has now released several additional BNP related files which can be currently seen on the front page:
These include two BNP internal emails and a number of visualizations of the membership data, one of which has its own site as:
See below:
For Immediate Release.
Tue Nov 18 08:38:31 2008 GMT
wikileaks.org/wiki/British_National_Party_membership_and_contacts_list%2C_2007-2008
British National Party (BNP, a far-right nationalist party) membership and contacts list. 12,801 individuals are represented. Contains contact details and notes on selected party members and (possibly) other individuals. The list has been independently verified by Wikileaks staff as predominantly containing current or ex-BNP members, however other individuals who have donated to the BNP or who have had other contact
(not necessarily supportive) with the BNP or one of its fronts may also be represented.
According to AFP, BNP spokesman Simon Darby stated (18 Nov 2008):
“Someone out of malevolence or treachery has published it,” — “It’s a very sinister thing for someone to have done. It’s because we are regarded as a particularly strong threat in the forthcoming European elections in June.”
The New Dark Age 
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