![]() ![]() She claimed the party uncovered the grooming gangs in Rotherham, the parliamentary expenses scandal and stopped the bombing of Syria. Mrs Duffy who still sits as a parish councillor in the Leicestershire village of East Goscote, also presented three ‘facts’ about the BNP from her campaign literature during the interview. Besides, if there is a group more depleted than the BNP in Leicester, it’s quite possibly the NUJ.” “They have not been made me sign a contract forbidding me from writing about the BNP, or anyone else for that matter. Lee added: “I try to tell Maurice that there is no NUJ-led conspiracy. In Leicestershire, there is one BNP councillor. “There isn’t a maxim sent out by the editor preventing all reporting of BNP activities. We’ve covered elections where BNP candidates have won seats. “Promoting the policies of a party which deliberately wants to upset the balance of that city is not something we’re mad keen to do. People here seem to rub along pretty well. “Leicester might not be a perfect example of multiculturalism, but it’s not bad. In the article he wrote: “(The Mercury) haven’t, it has to be said, done much on the BNP. Lee, who won the Feature Writer prize at this month’s Regional Press Awards, is himself a member of the NUJ. In the piece it was reported Mr Duffy claimed to have “seen a letter” proving his claims, while Mrs Duffy also criticised the Mercury’s apparent lack of coverage of both hers, and the party’s, activities during her time in office. Maurice Duffy made the allegation during an interview with Leicester Mercury feature writer Lee Marlow, conducted after the former’s wife Cathy, pictured left, lost her seat on Charnwood Borough Council in the recent election. A British National Party councillor’s husband claimed a National Union of Journalists conspiracy forbids its members from reporting on the far-right party – despite his accusation then being printed in a regional daily. ![]()
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