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2007 split
In December 2007, an internal dispute led to the resignation or expulsion of more than 60 of the party's local and national officials.

Several of its leading officials including Councillor Sadie Graham and Kenny Smith (Head of Administration) had pressed for some months for the expulsion of three other senior officials, John Walker (National Treasurer), Dave Hannam (Deputy Treasurer) and Mark Collett (Director of Publicity), who they accused of having brought the BNP into disrepute. In December, frustrated by the failure of disciplinary proceedings, Graham and Smith launched a blog called 'enoughisenoughnick' detailing their complaints against the trio. [64] In response, Graham and Smith were swiftly sacked from their positions by Nick Griffin. During the dispute which followed, members of BNP 'Security' seized a computer from Graham's home; Griffin claimed that they were recovering party property, while Graham claimed that it was her own.

A large number of BNP officials then resigned in support of Smith and Graham or were expelled for disagreement with the Party Leader. These included the head of the Young BNP [65], the head of BNP 'Security' Training, the National Fundraiser Bev Scott, the head of the party's merchandising operation Excalibur, the editor of the party's website and 5 out of the 13 regional committees of the BNP. The leadership of the BNP asserted that the significance of the dispute was exaggerated and that it would quickly blow over.[66][67] In late December 2007, the rebels began to refer to themselves as the 'Real BNP'. They claimed that they would stay within the BNP and campaign for a change of leaders. However, in January 2008, in an apparent change of tactics, they launched a new website called 'Voice of Change' announcing that "Voice of Change is an umbrella group to assist candidates who wish to stand as independent nationalists in the local elections in May 2008 and in any local by-elections throughout the year."

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This is a bit old. What are you going to post next, the 2005 general election result?
They have now said they will work for the BNP and hope to force a leadership election.
They have publicly stated they will not start a new party
As for the so called sixty officials, in fact it was only about thirty(and none them resigned from the BNP), many of them back after just a few days.
And many of them are already back, they also flagged certain people's names to say they were supporting them when many of these people had never offered any support.
It took a threat of legal action to get those names removed from their site.

The so called ''rebellion'' has flopped and is slowly dying.
Some who did initially have some sympathy are now convinced there is a state plant amongst the 6 or 7 main people involved, the same as I do.

The NW had a BNP day of action at the Weekend with over forty activists out in Burnley, and more out in Liverpool and Cumbria, with many thousands of leaflets delivered.
The Burnley team was led by Griffin himself.
He also led a team of leafleters in London a few weeks back.
Griffin often canvasses and leaflets up and down the country with different BNP groups, I have been there on numerous times when he has been out.

Tell me, how often does NF leaflet?