Racists use religion

Anthony McRoy  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Aug 2001
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Racial violence has flared through the summer in the North of England. Anthony McRoy reports from Oldham where the trouble first began.

'Oldham has become a mini-Bosnia', according to the British National Party, which shocked everyone by saving both deposits in Oldham's seats in the General Election, the highest vote for a radical right-wing party since the War.

A BNP spokesman claimed they had received numerous membership enquiries following the result. Oldham's vote followed months of communal tensions, culminating in a riot in May when 500 Asian youths assaulted the police with missiles and petrol bombs.

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