British National Party maintained that the BNP's hostility toward cultural and ethnic diversity in the country was at odds with mainstream Christianity's emphasis on inclusiveness, tolerance, and interfaith dialogue. Winston Churchill's family has criticised the BNP's use of his image and quotations, labelling it "offensive and disgusting". The singer Vera Lynn condemned the party for selling her CD on its website. In 2009, the Royal British Legion asked Griffin—at first privately and then publicly—to not wear their poppy symbol. The British police, Fire Brigades Union, and Church of England, prohibited its members from joining the BNP. In 2002, Martin Narey, banned BNP membership
History of the British National Party "decent" BNP voters, And in the same year UKIP leader Nigel Farage expressed his pride in allegedly gaining one third of BNP voter support. In January 2016, the Electoral Commission deregistered the British National Party as a legal political party, after it had failed to complete its annual registration, meaning that its candidates could not have been identified on ballot papers as being endorsed by the BNP. A month later, the party was re-registered. History of the British National Party The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right political party in the United Kingdom formed as a splinter group from