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The EFP’s Strange Racial Make-up

This unflattering review of EFP founder Mark Cotterill’s racial ancestry came from none other than John Tyndall himself. Tyndall expressed the following highly unflattering opinion of Cotterill’s alleged racial antecedents in an email dating from April 2003. This email has been in the public domain for a while, and is presented here without further comment:

From: "john tyndall" <johntyndall@52westbourne.fsnet.co.uk>

To: "Tim Vaux" <whiteenglishman@hotmail.com>

Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 03:05:02 +0100

Subject: Mark Cotterill

Dear Tim,

My attention has been drawn to your statement of testimony concerning the above person which has appeared in the latest of Martin Webster's 'Loose Cannons'. In this you say (6) that I might be able to assist with information about the expulsion of Cotterill from the BNP. I am glad to do so. It does not bother me that in helping in this way I might also be assisting Martin Webster's own agenda. I have no interest in the latter, but I do have an interest in seeing Cotterill thoroughly exposed and his political credibility destroyed, so I will tell you what I know.

I first encountered Mark Cotterill at a National Front meeting in Kidderminster , Worcestershire, in, I think, 1978 or 1979. He had apparently got the unit going and was its obvious live-wire…

My instant impression of Cotterill was unfavourable. All the 'vibes' he gave off were negative, and in addition to this I thought I perceived distinct Asiatic traits in his physical features, possibly Chinese.

At the time, however, Cotterill seemed to have established for himself some good local standing. It seemed clear that without him the Kidderminster unit would not have existed. I decided that I could not act immediately on my gut instinct and 'chop' him from the NF -- I did not anyway have the constitutional power to do so without the support of the Directorate. I resolved to watch him very carefully and move against him when he provided me with a pretext to do so -- and hopefully in a way which would not damage the Kidderminster unit.

After the NF had split and the BNP was formed, I found -- rather to my consternation -- that Cotterill had followed me into the BNP. That was when I should have vetoed his membership at the outset, but I neglected to do so. Perhaps expediency was at the back of my mind at the time. I had a number of other pressing problems. It seemed that he (Cotterill) might bring in a bit of support in his area. I therefore opted to postpone a showdown with him. At that time a number of short-term expedients were necessary to see us through a very difficult crisis period.

The real reckoning came in, I think, 1982 -- or at least thereabouts. I received a report of the trouble and arrests at Dixmuide that you mention. I heard also that Cotterill was among those arrested. The information I received was that the allegedly sympathetic Belgian cop had tipped off one of our people that among the personal effects in the possession of Cotterill that had been impounded during the time of his arrest was a membership card for the Socialist Workers' Party.

I did wonder at the time whether this was a deliberate piece of misinformation supplied by the police to cause division or whether it was subsequently concocted by someone else present at the fest, without the police having any hand in it. However, it fitted in with my own personal gut feeling about Cotterill, and I sent him a curt letter of notification that he had been thrown out of the BNP.

Everything that I have subsequently heard about Cotterill has convinced me that he is an agent for the authorities, possibly Special Branch, possibly MI5, possibly both. I believe that he has been recruited in the same way as certain other people have been recruited by the same bodies and who are now to be found in the hierarchy of the current BNP: evidence of some kind of criminality that would enable the powers that be to put him away for a stretch, and a consequent 'deal' that he would be spared if he helped them.

I hope, anyway, that this information is of some use to you.

If I can help further, don't hesitate to let me know.

JOHN TYNDALL

Cotterill, far left, sings at a WNP meeting.

Cotterill is, however, not the only person to be questioned about his racial antecedents. The EFP’s other ever-elected elected councillor, Michael Johnson, was revealed, in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, to be a quadroon – one quarter Black, with his grandfather coming from the Cameroon !

The article in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph also contained some other hilarious comments by Cotterill, including a real whopper that he had “never read the EFP manifesto!” ! (as if anyone could believe that!)

Another hilarious – and utterly pathetic – lie concocted by Johnson and Cotterill in this article was the astonishing claim that the parts of the EFP manifesto calling for a ban on mixed marriages “had been added to the web site by mystery party members”!

One has to wonder how stupid Cotterill and Johnson must think the public to be, to even say such a thing, never mind to a newspaper!

The complete text of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph article is as follows:

African grandad of ‘racist’ party councillor

By Ben Turner

Caption: MIXED RACE: Pub landlord and councillor Michael Johnson with his election leaflet

A NEWLY-elected councillor whose right-wing party called for a ban on mixed-race marriages before the local elections is of African descent.

Pub landlord Michael Johnson, 45, took the Fernhurst ward on behalf of the England First Party (EFP) whose leader Mark Cotterill also claimed the Meadowhead seat in last week's local elections.

The EFP's manifesto has called for a ban on mixed-race marriages, black footballers playing for England , aid to Africa and virtually all immigration to England .

But confirming her son's grandfather was from Cameroon , his mum, Brenda Coughlin, 68, today insisted: "My son is not a racist."

Coun Johnson, landlord of Uncle Jack's pub in Lower Darwen , refused to discuss his ancestry saying: "My family background has nothing to do with this," and denied his party was racist.

He also said the policies relating to football players and mixed-race marriages had now been withdrawn from the manifesto, which is published on-line, and were added by mystery party members.

Coun Cotterill said: "I have not even looked at the manifesto."

Asked whether he stands by the policies which remain on the site he said: "If that's what Michael has worked on with the webmaster then yes."

He added: "We are not a racist party. A racist is someone who hates another person simply because they are of different race or colour.

"That's certainly not what me, Michael or anyone I know in this party are about."

Mrs Coughlin, of Darwen, said: "I know he's not a racist. Whether he's got far-right views you'd have to speak to him.

"He stood for issues in this area and people voted for him because of that."

Asked about her son's background she confirmed: "His grandfather was from Cameroon , born in Cameroon ."

Coun Johnson, married to his wife of six months Jacqui, said: "I have got nothing to hide, the party has got nothing to hide.

"We are an English nationalist party not a racist party."

He said opposition claims his party were "racist" was "pathetic" and "sour grapes".

Paul Browne, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the borough has branded the party "disgusting racists", Blackburn MP and Leader of the Commons Jack Straw claimed they were simply "the BNP in disguise" and leading Labour councillor Andy Kay, who successfully defended his seat, has also labelled the party racist.

But Coun Johnson denied the accusations.

"People play the colour card all the time. If you were born in England and you live in England it doesn't matter what colour you are, you're English and for us that's where we stand.

He added: "My own neighbours are Asian and close friends of ours, we went to their wedding. To say we are racist is pathetic."

His party pledged on its manifesto, which still appeared on the party's website on the day of the elections, that "marriage between a subject of non-European decent and an ethnic white will not be allowed".

But Coun Johnson insisted the statement had been put on the website without his consent by a mystery person.

"Somebody got access to the website, we don't know who. How they got access to it we don't know.

"That was something put in four years ago. I don't agree with it, Mark (party leader Mark Cotterill) doesn't agree with it. It's a stupid comment."

On the manifesto pledge that "only white players" should play for the national football team Mr Johnson again blamed a mystery member for including it on the site.

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* Johnson subsequently quit the EFP . . . .

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