| 词条 | Simon Darby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Simon Darby |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|11|8|df=y}} |birth_place = West Bromwich, West Midlands, England |residence = |death_date = |death_place = |office = Deputy chairman of the British National Party |leader = Nick Griffin |term_start = 2007 |term_end = 1 July 2010 |predecessor = Scott McLean |successor = Adam Walker | office2 = Councillor Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Castle & Priory Ward | term_start2 = 1 May 2003 | term_end2 = 10 June 2004 | majority2 = 173 (7%) | predecessor2= Hall, Peter Robert | successor2 = Finch, Joseph Alan |party = British National Party |nationality = British |constituency = |majority = |spouse = |children = |footnotes = }}Simon Darby (born 8 November 1964) is a British politician and former Deputy Chairman of the British National Party.[1] BackgroundBy occupation a communications consultant, Darby began his political career in the National Democrats,[2] most of whose activity was centred on his West Midlands base. Darby joined the BNP when his local National Democrat group defected to the party en bloc; he soon became associated with the modernising wing of the party led by Nick Griffin. He was appointed local organiser following Griffin's election as leader, and was courted for membership by the Freedom Party on its foundation, although he refused to leave the BNP.[3] Darby's involvement in local politics led to him being elected to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in 2003.[4] He lost the seat in a round of elections the following year. Despite this loss, Darby remained one of the leading figures in the BNP, to the extent that Griffin, who in 2005-06 faced jail before being cleared of inciting racial hatred, designated Darby as party leader should he have been imprisoned.[5] Darby stood in the 2007 Welsh National Assembly Elections in the North Wales region but was not elected.[6] Later party careerNewspaper reports identify Darby as the BNP's deputy leader in 2007.[7] He became a personal assistant to Richard Barnbrook following the latter's election as the BNP's representative on the Greater London Authority in May 2008.[8] In this capacity, in November 2008 Darby faced criticism after admitting carrying out BNP party political work from his office as Barnbrook's assistant at City Hall; Darby denied that he used GLA resources and said that he always made up any office hours spent on party activities.[9] Darby is now the national press officer for the BNP. In 2009, Darby was criticised after pictures showed a member of an Italian political rally giving a Fascist style salute while Darby spoke on stage.[10] When asked about the incident, Darby responded, "I can't do anything about that. There were 500 people and three of them were caught doing that stupid behaviour."[11] In May the same year, he clashed with Archbishop Dr John Sentamu: Sentamu had condemned the BNP for labelling British citizens of African and Asian descent as "racial foreigners"; defending his comments, Darby insisted that "If I went there and preached down to those indigenous people in the same way that Sentamu does to us then I'd be attacked. If I was derogatory, condescending and arrogant - because that's what John Sentamu is - I would be attacked. And rightly so." [12][13]On 1 July 2010, Darby resigned his role as deputy chairman citing impartiality regarding the then forthcoming 2010 BNP leadership election challenge, stating on his blog, "I didn't really want to be drawn into the leadership question, however, it seems the inevitable has happened, with adversaries of Nick Griffin raising the issue of the position of Deputy Leader in general, and referring to me in particular. As you know, the position carries absolutely no constitutional weight, and I feel it totally unfair and underhand, in a potential contest that involves solely the leader of the party, that some are seeking to confuse matters by bringing up the position of Deputy".[14] He continues to play a leading role as the party spokesman.[15] Personal lifeA keen angler and ornithologist, Darby has a Bsc (Hons) in biology and chemistry.[16] Elections contestedUK Parliament elections
Welsh Assembly elections (Additional members region; party list)
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://bnp.org.uk/?ibegin_share_action=get_content&id=15347|title=Simon Darby Biography|publisher=BNP|accessdate=10 May 2009}} 2. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/nov/25/thefarright.politics |work=The Guardian |date=25 November 2006 |title=BNP tries to polish image at Blackpool |first=Matthew |last=Taylor }} 3. ^N. Copsey, Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 121 4. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/sep/16/uk.immigration2 |work=The Guardian |first=Hugh |last=Muir |title=Where their influence is spreading |date=16 September 2003}} 5. ^{{Cite news |url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/localelections2006/story/0,,1759411,00.html |first=Ned |last=Temko |title=BNP targets the heart of England |date=23 April 2006 |work=The Guardian }} 6. ^{{Cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/09/28/a-burning-question-of-tory-faults-91466-21914996/ |work=Wales on Sunday |first=Matt |last=Withers |title=A burning question of Tory faults |date=28 September 2008 }} 7. ^{{Cite news |url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=16958544&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=the-man-behind-a-bnp-bid-for-power-name_page.html |title=The man behind a BNP bid for power |date=18 April 2007 |work=Birmingham Post }} 8. ^{{Cite news |date=3 May 2008 |first=Fiona |last=Hamilton |title=BNP celebrate after winning London Assembly seat |work=The Times |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3864098.ece }} 9. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3488087/BNP-Deputy-Leader-works-from-London-City-Hall-office.html |work=Daily Telegraph |title=BNP deputy leader works from London City Hall office |date=20 November 2008 |first=Jon |last=Swaine }} 10. ^{{Cite news |date=15 May 2009 |title=BNP could be at heart of far right EU group |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/5329638/BNP-could-be-at-heart-of-far-right-EU-group.html |first=Bruno |last=Waterfield |work=Daily Telegraph}} 11. ^"BNP City Hall official meets neo-fascists at Euro summit" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616110215/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23675532-details/BNP+City+Hall+official+meets+neo-fascists+at+Euro+summit/article.do |date=16 June 2009 }}, Evening Standard 12. ^{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6226053.ece |title=BNP deputy slur on Sentamu |date=5 May 2009 |first=Ruth |last=Gledhill|work=Times Online }} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://torytroll.blogspot.com/2009/06/bnp-deputy-simon-darby-suspended-from.html|title=BNP Deputy Simon Darby suspended from City Hall - Adam Bienkov|first=|last=Adamb|date=12 June 2009|publisher=}} 14. ^{{Cite news |url=http://simondarby.blogspot.com/2010/07/no-more-brother-wars-please.html |title=No more brothers wars please |date=1 July 2010 |first=Simon |last=Darby |publisher=Simon Darby Blogspot |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109180200/http://simondarby.blogspot.com/2010/07/no-more-brother-wars-please.html |archivedate=9 January 2011 |df=dmy-all }} 15. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30246872 "Simon Darby: BNP immigration message and rise of UKIP"], BBC News, 28 November 2014. Accessed 2 December 2014 16. ^{{Cite news |url= http://www.andrewbrons.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71&Itemid=120 |title=Office and Staffing |date=24 March 2011 |first= |last=|publisher=www.andrewbrons.eu}} External links
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