BNP | We uncover the secrets of boss Nick Griffin's henchmen

The shower behind the BNP throne

We uncover the secrets of boss Nick Griffin's henchmen

FLAG: Slaven in pose
FLAG: Slaven in pose

THE henchmen behind vile BNP leader Nick Griffin have their thin veneer of acceptability stripped away today.

His minders and hangers-on wore smart suits and ties as they leaped to shield their party leader from a barrage of eggs and anti-fascist taunts this week.

But the News of the World can reveal their respectable image conceals a Nazi-saluting RACIST, a depraved SWINGER and a FAILED wannabe councillor who lives with his mum.

The rotten shower were among sidekicks who jumped in to protect Griffin, 49, from furious protesters in London.

Salute

Griffin and Andrew Brons, who together had just become MEPs in the Euro elections, had been trying to portray their party as a reasonable voice.

But we can reveal that their minders' views are every bit as warped as the BNP's policies.

Take JAY SLAVEN, who was seen on camera roughly pushing a bystander aside as he escorted Griffin and Brons away.

A truer picture of Slaven, 25, emerges from another photo of him giving a Nazi salute and posing with a St George's flag draped over his shoulders.

The snap features on a Facebook photo album entitled "Forever Brave, Forever True, Forever England! St George's Day!"

Slaven, from Doddinghurst, Essex, tried to make a name for himself by defending Jade Goody's racist remarks to Shilpa Shetty during Celebrity Big Brother in 2007.

At the time he claimed the huge row which erupted over comments made towards Indian actress Shilpa was "laughable".

In another rant Slaven, an assistant distribution manager, declared: "I see no possible wrong in wanting to preserve this island race of ours.

"Racial mixing is not leading to the BNP success, the vast damage done to our nation by successive governments is."

Pictured near Slaven at the egg demo was burly BNP minder MARTIN REYNOLDS, who is Griffin's head of security and a regular feature at his elbow.

But Reynolds - married with three kids - is also a regular on the swingers scene and lusts after "big girls". The 41-year- old from Leeds was pictured at the London bust-up in dark glasses. But he wore far less as he watched women indulge in sex acts at a squalid orgy.

Months earlier he had gone on dating website faceparty.com with fellow BNP organisers Mark Collett and Dan Hannam.

Reynolds told how he hated stuck-up people and women on diets - and listed his ideal female as "size 16 and above with a good sense of humour and a sex drive to match mine".

Also among Griffin's gang was TONY GLADWIN, who lives with his mum in a 1960s house with a St George's Cross flying from a 6ft flagpole outside. The 25-year-old landscape gardener recently stood as a district councillor but failed miserably to get elected.

Gladwin, from Billericay, Essex, has said: "Everyone that knows me knows I am in the BNP. I'm very proud of it.

"People have made out it's like a secret society, like we should be hiding it."

Another Griffin minder is former London mayoral candidate JULIAN LEPPERT, a postman who is happiest when he is delivering racist scare stories.

He said: "We don't want to be a minority in our city, let alone our country. That is what we are going to have by 2055 if current trends continue."

Meanwhile new MEP Andrew Brons, 61, seeks to be the respectable face of the party but 25 years ago he was convicted of behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace.

He and another National Front member were shouting slogans including "Death to Jews" and "White Power".

Your comments

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A depraved swinger and a failed councillor eh.

Now who would ever vote for a Party that had people like that in it???


Don't make us laugh.

By Tom W.. Posted October 26 2009 at 9:13 AM.

That guy in the photo with the st georges flag pose looks like me when im singing at a football match, just because he has his arm up doesnt mean hes doing a racist salute

By david L.. Posted August 24 2009 at 12:02 AM.

They may be English but they don't know how to read and write Engish. They are going to make England a more unsafe country than it is. I guess if you were to check their ancestry you would find German, Dutch, Italian, Polish and even American in there. There are very few real English, White people living in England. They have all left. The men and women who fought in the last war are wondering Why? How many of them would fight for their country. I am Anglo/Australian and a Gharnaian Chief I am white and proud of all three countries I have lived in, but my pride for England despite serving in HM. Forces is waining. Englishmen where are your backbones.

By Alan Rivers... Posted August 23 2009 at 8:41 AM.

when i am overseas and people ask me where i am from, i don't say british just in case o get murdered or beaten up. I make up a country and when they ask me where is that: i say not near UK. Now I am safe.

By big boludo.. Posted June 19 2009 at 11:56 PM.

What does it say about us as a nation when guys like this get a vote? Come on Britain, your country needs every citizen to have a say in what they want and need - so why elect dictators? Look what's happening right now....dictatorships don't work, nor does apathy. E mail your MPs and tell them how you feel. If you can read this you can make your feelings known to parliament, it's easier to do than an e bay or amazon deal.

By robert.. Posted June 15 2009 at 7:08 AM.

I'm fearful that whispers of hate turn into screams.......This country needs new leadership, fair leadership, a PEOPLE'S PARTY and considering the people of Britain are multi-racial, from different religious beliefs,and many faiths. This fair and great country needs a leader to represent that and that's not the BNP......

By jade.. Posted June 14 2009 at 11:44 PM.

I know that alot of BNP votes have come from O A P's like myself, a great many of my friends are now voting BNP. Please dont quote the war to us who lived through it. The BNP seem to be the only people speaking for us. We are sick of hearing from the bleeding heart liberal parasites who collect their fee's from the tax payer while defending the rights of criminals.

By Frank Johnson.. Posted June 14 2009 at 6:29 PM.

times they are a changing good luck bnp.....

By r chinery.. Posted June 14 2009 at 5:28 PM.

One thing i've noticed about where the bnp most votes come from. The areas where there is much poverty. Working class areas don'y have the problem as much, its the benefit seeking layabouts that want everything for nothing that vote for this dissoluisonal party. Whats funny is that the bnp harp on about everything british but St George wasnt british, sure they dont even know that

By Tony .. Posted June 14 2009 at 2:45 PM.

I cannot believe people actually vote for this repugnant party. Doing so is an insult to the memories of our countrymen who fought against people not dissimilar to Griffin and his stooges 70 years ago.

Hang your heads in shame.

By Leanne.. Posted June 14 2009 at 1:38 PM.

I wonder about the people that voted for these bunch of wallys, how sad for them that they harbor so much hate.

By Kate.. Posted June 14 2009 at 12:48 PM.

What a bunch of clowns - a laughing stock.

By Piles Driver.. Posted June 14 2009 at 12:09 PM.

Bunch of Loosers!!!!!!

By Josh.. Posted June 14 2009 at 9:22 AM.

What a Joke - he is obviously playing Super Man!

By Sam.. Posted June 14 2009 at 12:55 AM.

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