BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY IN FALKIRK  

The British National Party is advertising an event in the Falkirk area scheduled for tomorrow   It seems to be both a big social occasion and the launch of their Scottish campaign. Nick Griffin is, apparently, the keynote speaker. They’re a tiny bit secretive about the venue (!) but it’s widely rumoured to be The Inchyra Grange Hotel, which is part of the MacDonald Hotel  chain.   I’ve  spoken to the general manager there  to check whether this is true and while he very politely explained that he client confidentiality forbade him to answer, when I asked him (twice) if he would accept a booking from the BNP he did make it clear that ‘MacDonald Hotels would ‘accept a booking from any political party’.  The fact that MacDonald Hotels would allow a booking frm the BNP (whether or not booked initally under a pseudonymn)  to go ahead  is, to understate...