"British jobs for British workers?" Not, it seems, in the case of the models used by the BNP in the pamphlets they're currently pushing through 29 million letter boxes in the run-up to next month's European and council polls. The leaflet pictures five respectable members of society, `typical Britons' says the leaflet, giving their reasons for voting BNP. Except they're not. Not `typical Britons' that is.
Not, it seems, in the case of the models used by the BNP in the pamphlets they're currently pushing through 29 million letter boxes in the run-up to next month's European and council polls.
The leaflet pictures five respectable members of society, `typical Britons' says the leaflet, giving their reasons for voting BNP.
Except they're not. Not `typical Britons' that is.
The pictures alleged to be of BNP voters are from istockphoto.
And, if it could possibly get any more embarrassing, a Scots Guardsman - possibly the only Brit to figure in the leaflet - has come out to publicly condemn them as "scumbags" saying "I'd never vote for them in a million years."
This is the problem when you use stock photos. They may not be exactly what you want them to be. Just like the recent beach scene photo from the Alberta tourist board. Alberta has no beaches and the photo was of Bamburgh in northern England.
Apparently the Spitfire pictured in the leaflet was one from a Free Polish squadron. Someone I know had the exact same photograph in a book.
I foggot to add this for the record a week ago: the Polish Spitfire identifiation was mentioned in the 5 March Salon. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Can't remember where I saw that though, and hence provide a link. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
'British pensioners' on BNP election leaflet are actually Italian models - Telegraph
On the leaflet, the elderly couple are quoted complaining that hard-working Britons are being "pushed to the back of the queue by bogus asylum seekers". But last night Italian photographer Luca Di Filippo confirmed that the people in the photo were actually his parents, who had only ever visited this country as tourists and do not share the views of the BNP. The disclosure sits uncomfortably with the party's campaign slogan "British jobs for British workers". Mr Di Filippo, who is now based in London, said he was astonished to see images of his mother and father being used to promote an extreme right wing party. "I did not think they would be allowed to use a royalty-free image for political purposes. I'm really, really upset," he told The Daily Telegraph. "If the BNP had been open about what they were doing and asked me directly I would have said 'no thank you'."
On the leaflet, the elderly couple are quoted complaining that hard-working Britons are being "pushed to the back of the queue by bogus asylum seekers".
But last night Italian photographer Luca Di Filippo confirmed that the people in the photo were actually his parents, who had only ever visited this country as tourists and do not share the views of the BNP.
The disclosure sits uncomfortably with the party's campaign slogan "British jobs for British workers".
Mr Di Filippo, who is now based in London, said he was astonished to see images of his mother and father being used to promote an extreme right wing party.
"I did not think they would be allowed to use a royalty-free image for political purposes. I'm really, really upset," he told The Daily Telegraph.
"If the BNP had been open about what they were doing and asked me directly I would have said 'no thank you'."
