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BNP deputy Simon Darby admits: I use the City Hall to do party business

by Dave Keating | November 20, 2008 at 12:15 pm

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After the mebership list of the far-right British National Party was published online, many of the members were reveleaed to have high-level jobs. It was revealed that the secon-in-command of the group works for the Greater London Authority, and the man has admitted he conducts BNP business while at his GLA job.

The second-in-command of the British National Party is employed at public expense by the Greater London Authority, The Times has learnt.

Simon Darby admitted to The Times yesterday that he regularly used his City Hall office to work in his capacity as the BNP’s media spokesman, a job that is unrelated to his publicly funded position.

The disclosure will raise concerns over whether Mr Darby is receiving taxpayers’ money to support his prominent position in the far-right party.

Mr Darby became a salaried employee at City Hall after the breakthrough victory by Richard Barnbrook, the first BNP representative on the London Assembly, in May. He is employed as a personal assistant to Mr Barnbrook, who was also the party’s mayoral candidate.