An MP was investigated by police for inciting racial hatred over controversial comments about the burkha following complaints from a human rights association.
........Now it has emerged police received a complaint about the Kettering MP a few days after his comments from the Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council (NREC).
So does anyone know who the NREC are? They appear to be registered as a company rather than a charity and were formerly the Northamptonshire Racial Equality Council, as I cannot find any reference to them on the Charity Commission website. However they have a bunch of local councillors on their committee and a name that implies Quangodom or Fake-Charityness.
Basically I want to know whether they are receiving public money, because their behaviour is not something I wish to subsidise. So if anyone knows how to go about finding out then please leave a comment.
* As I have said before I don't approve of banning items of clothing like the burqa.
Update: Mark Wadsworth points to their accounts which do indeed reveal that NREC is in receipt of lots of money from various local authorities in Northamptonshire. As Julia says it should make it easy for them to work out where they can find cuts.
Basically I want to know whether they are receiving public money, because their behaviour is not something I wish to subsidise. So if anyone knows how to go about finding out then please leave a comment.
* As I have said before I don't approve of banning items of clothing like the burqa.
Update: Mark Wadsworth points to their accounts which do indeed reveal that NREC is in receipt of lots of money from various local authorities in Northamptonshire. As Julia says it should make it easy for them to work out where they can find cuts.
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Because I am such a nice chap I have posted the answer at mine.
.. here.
The voters and council ratepayers of Ketting, Northants and Northampton must be utterly delighted...
Thanks Mark. I'll add a link to your post.
Julia- I'm thrilled.
Since they were trying to nobble him for comments made during a commons debate, this is surely contempt of parliament?
Chuckles- Probably but if they didn't punish Carter Ruck for trying to prevent parliamentary debates being reported then I doubt they'll do anything to NREC.
I wrote Philip a letter on my blog yesterday, expressing my support for him and my utter exasperation at the idiots who reported him.
Yes I read it, and agree with everything you wrote.
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