Lord Pearson of Rannoch is always welcome in the British National Party should the leftist clique around former Anti-Nazi League member “Nikki” Sinclair and Searchlight-linked UKIP Press Officer Mark Croucher prevent him becoming UKIP leader and purge all “right wingers” from that party, said Nick Griffin MEP.

Commenting on the release of a video which shows Lord Pearson saying that “the Muslims are breeding ten times faster than us” and that as a result, Britain is set to be overrun within the next “10 or 20 years,” Mr Griffin said these views were identical to that of the BNP.

He went on to note that it is good to see Lord Pearson catching up with the British National Party which released the widely distributed cassette tape, “Islam a threat to us all” produced in co-operation with Sikh and Hindu realists some eight years ago. Better late than never!

“Obviously Lord Pearson does not know that former UKIP member Anthony Scholefield revealed that Mr Croucher, UKIP’s former communications director, regularly shows UKIP members’ details to Communists and Socialist Workers via Searchlight and Unite Against Fascism,” Mr Griffin said.

“Comments such as those made by Lord Pearson clearly place him in the BNP-camp of thinking on Islam as well as the EU which are the two most important issues of our time,” he continued.

“We understand that several of Lord Pearson’s rivals and their backers already have the knives for Lord Pearson over his Islamo-realist remarks.

“Lord Pearson should always remember that if the synthetic patriots who dominate UKIP succeed in derailing his leadership election campaign, the British National Party stands open as his natural home,” Mr Griffin said.

“Lord Pearson remarked in that video of how well the BNP had done in the recent elections. While we know that he must mouth the stereotypical anti-BNP mumblings, he is aware that the BNP is a growing force directly as a result of the immigration invasion.”

Mr Griffin added that Lord Pearson could expect a very senior role in the BNP if he did decide to join.

Asked what the BNP’s approach to UKIP would be if Lord Pearson succeeded in becoming leader of that party, Mr Griffin said that if his “views held true and were not some passing hot air, then the BNP would have to give serious consideration to co-operation with UKIP.

“While we would still have considerable differences over some social and economic policies, it would not make any sense for two political parties saying exactly the same thing on these two crucial issues to compete head-to-head,” Mr Griffin said.

“If Lord Pearson becomes leader of UKIP, the political landscape may change and the BNP is always ready for change in the interests of the survival of Great Britain.”