[align=right]Friday 30th June 2005[/align]
High Court judge provoked an outcry last week after ruling that it was not against the law to use racist language - as long as no one from an ethnic minority was around to hear it. The case in question centres around racist nutcase Leslie Collins, who left a stream of offensive invective on the answer machine at the constituency office of his local MP, David Taylor. In protest against the government's social policy, Collins decried the influence of 'wogs', 'pakis' and 'black *******s' on modern society, and demanded that Taylor put an end to it.



David Taylor, MP

After an initial case against Collins was thrown out by a Leicester magistrates' court, the Director of Public Prosecutions brought the matter before Lord Justice Sedley. Sedley ruled that the messages weren't illegal as no one in the constituency office came from an ethnic minority. Although other workers in the office admitted to being upset by the Collins' language, the messages could only be classed as 'grossly offensive', and hence illegal, if they were heard by their intended victim.

So there you have it. According to Lord Justice Sedley, the BNP can use as much racist and inflammatory language as they like at their own meetings, as long as they don't let any of the darkies in to hear it.

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