The British National Party’s election campaign in Stoke-on-Trent could be damaged as a result of possibility of legal action by Unilever over the use of their product Marmite.
The BNP featured the well known Marmite jar without permission in it’s Election Broadcast, which was available to watch on the Party’s website.
The video has since been removed but is still available on YouTube.
Unilever has said that the BNP had not been given permission to use the Marmite brand in the broadcast. They are now seeking an injunction against the far right party which will force the removal of the Marmite brand from the broadcast and the prevention of it’s use in the future.
A jar of Marmite is visible in the top left of the picture for the vast majority of the broadcast. Although there is no verbal reference to the brand it is understood that the BNP are attempting to cash into the ‘you either love it, or hate it’ tag.
The British National Party are fielding candidates in the three Stoke-on-Trent Constituencies, North, Central and South. They are also fielding just six candidates in the local elections.
The party leadership maintains that they have excellent chances of achieving Parliamentary success in Stoke-on-Trent which they often describe as the BNP’s ‘Jewel In The Crown’.
This will give the BNP more campaign airtime than they would otherwise have got. “Love ‘em or hate ‘em” I think a shrewd move !
Long live Marmite!
:P:P:P:P Down with BNP!!
Just a shame that the BNP DIDN’T use the Marmite jar in their broadcast, but rather the Marmite imagery was doctored onto the video without their permission.
Still, you have to attempt to twist anything about the BNP round into something to attack the BNP about, don’t you?
If Stoke’s the BNP’s “Jewel In The Crown” they must be in a bad way..
wasn’t Jewel In The Crown a novel and TV series about interracial sex in the final days of the Raj? Not the kind of thing you’d think the BNP would be into..?
Maybe Nick Griffin should’ve smeared some Marmite on his face..
I don’t suppose those medals in the background behind him in the video were won by him for bravery in battle.
Come to think of it, didn’t Winston Churchill’s family object to the BNP using his image..?
I don’t have to try very hard AT ALL to find a reason to “attack the BNP” with or without the marmite ad, Would you like a list? how long have you got?
…mmm marmite… tasty…
http://www.marmiteshop.co.uk/
Out of the BNP and bloody Marmite, I’d rather have bloody Marmite, just the thought of it makes me reanch, but there you go. Marmites not going to bring back the death penelty, enforced armd sirvice, deniy millions of people the vote, pay people who have a right to be in this country to leave, let people own guns without a permit and deniy the murder of millions of people in the most disgusting of ways. Its just makes me feel sick, where as the BNP would do all these things, and more, plus make me feel sick.
I see that the BNP have now downgraded their ‘success’ story for stoke Central and have had to swallow the facts and truth that Alby has killed Simon Darby’s progress, stone dead.
So the flag flies in Stoke North (Alby’s sister in-law)and the biggest open secret in the world is that Melanie is bailing out on 7th May and would have done so before now but for the act she now plays.
I doubt the BNP will score any higher in Stoke South than ever before, due to Terry Follows cutting a clear path to Rob Flello’s door on the back of Trentham HS.
Stoke-on-Trent falling to the BNP is a figment of Labour’s (yes, Labour’s) election strategy and is wishful thinking without the desire.
Yep! The Jewel in the BNP Crown is becomeing the pain in nasty Nick’s ass, rid this city of the BNP yet we will.
If the BNP are, so they claim, like Marmite; then I hate them both.
I hope Unileaver take them to court and for every penny they’ve got.
Griffin might have to porn them medels that are behind him in the boardcast, they would not be missed, cos they sure as hell an’t his. Mind you, he could heve brought them and charged them to the EU. Some of the prats saying they are voteing BNP are funnie though, artocue at the ready.
‘ I’m votein’ BNP cos that are the only ones to look afta’ us elderly.’ Says a bloke about 35. Another bloke stands there, saying hes voteing BNP ‘ta’ protect me job’ as three workers, or are the extras behind him try to kill each other with bits of scafold. All this among other utter shit and the standard photos of Churchill and smileing famley members, the US model again I would think.
Warren, I know you have trouble with spelling and ordinarily I wouldn’t dream of commenting on it, but to use the words “Griffin” and “porn” in the same sentence has really turned my stomach. Please be more careful in future.
Don’t you people read the posts before posting?
This was posted yesterday.
Just a shame that the BNP DIDN’T use the Marmite jar in their broadcast, but rather the Marmite imagery was doctored onto the video without their permission.
Still, you have to attempt to twist anything about the BNP round into something to attack the BNP about, don’t you?
Marmite can do the same to mine George..lol.
Terry, don’t worry about it dude, we are just spreading it around…lol. BTW…. you wern’t the one dressed as St. George this lunch time were you.
No I was not,good on him.
Were you there, you should have come up and said allo.
Looking foward to debateing these policies with those on this site.
How is the Article an attack on anyone? It is just stating that there’s a row about it. Calm down.
The Jar did appear on the video which was on the BNP website, and has now been changed.
No, it was covered on the Parlament Channel, how much is the BNP offering for me to buss off back to North Whales.
OK, we have to “twist things to find a reason to attack the BNP”?
no twisting, no making things up, here’s the horse and I will let it’s mouth do all the work,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QolIvfQEw
Terry clearly you don’t keep up with your own party’s website. Mr Griffin admitted it was a spoof live on ITV today. The link will appear in the full article on PnP but here it is for now.
http://www.itv.com/news/bnp-election-manifesto46574/
To be Perfectly honest, I was having a chat with the BNP camera man today who was a nice bloke, lent me his gaffer tape etc.
We got to talking about the Marmite thing. Many [peole are taking it as a simple you either Love them or hate them thing….
I said I thought it was more subtle, or blatant than that…depending on which way you look at it.
Marmite have been running some ads recently that sort of Parody the BNP, they have the HATE party…to me its a clear swipe at the BNP. The Marmite thing is just the BNP swiping back.
The camera man agreed with me.
Jees, I have defended the BNP twice in a day..I’d better go and lie down, lol.
I just found this online. 0.28am
http://www.itv.com/news/bnp-election-manifesto46574/
Tideswellman, you are not as bad as you make out, but you missed the horns in our heads LOL.
Warren I will give you a lift LOL.
Hey could start a shuttle service LOL.
Marmite and the BNP do have a tenuous connection – they’re both waste products some people will buy!
What about unilever and Conserative connections? makes you wonder who doctored the video.
I hate Marmite………..
See I love Marmite, spread it on thick, best on white bread toasted with loads of butter..YUM
Tideswellman, you are never right LOL
It must be the after effects of the Marmite LOL
I was brought up on it, don’t have it as much now.
marmite taste like oil, its the most discusting taste, and whats more its made by a company that thinks it can meddle in british politics for there own globle agenda, but then I better be careful as the brain washed morons will atack me who have there brains controled by the murdoc media.
Yes go on vote for labour or the libs, lets get on and finish destoying this once great country, so the rich get even richer while we all bloody suffer in one third world slum.
Please hurry up and finish the job, dont let the BNP stop you. for crise sake, and please can you print some more of those “The Horrible English” books my children are sent home with from school, lets make sure we completely destroy are history as well.