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2007-08
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BNP CANDIDATE NICK ERIKSEN'S VIEWS ON RAPE
Clive Efford
2008-04-02
That this House congratulates the Evening Standard newspaper on its work with Searchlight, the anti-Nazi campaign organisation, in exposing the author of the far-right web blog `Sir John Bull' as BNP member Nick Eriksen; believes that every decent person will be alarmed that Nick Eriksen is the BNP's second-highest candidate on its list for the Greater London Assembly elections on 1st May and their London organiser; condemns Mr Eriksen's comments made on 24th August 2007: `I've never understood why so many men have allowed themselves to be brainwashed by the feminazi myth machine into believing that rape is such a serious crime ... Rape is simply sex. Women enjoy sex, so rape cannot be such a terrible physical ordeal.' and `To suggest that rape, when conducted without violence, is a serious crime is like suggesting that forcefeeding a woman chocolate cake is a heinous offence. A woman would be more inconvenienced by having her handbag snatched'; further condemns his comment on 5th November 2005, in an item entitled Give her a slap!, where he stated: `Some women are like gongs - they need to be struck regularly,' and on 8th November, when he claimed that `the vast majority of domestic [assaults] are initiated by the woman,'; is appalled by Mr Eriksen's attempts to defend his views by stating `I was trying to make the point that there are two kinds of rape'; and congratulates the Evening Standard for exposing Mr Eriksen's repugnant views to the people of London.
Equality
Political parties
Sexual offences
Clive Efford
2008-04-02
Proposed
Eltham
Labour
Karen Buck
2008-04-02
Seconded
Regent's Park and Kensington North
Labour
Jon Cruddas
2008-04-02
Seconded
Dagenham
Labour
Frank Dobson
2008-04-02
Seconded
Holborn and St Pancras
Labour
Andrew Dismore
2008-04-02
Seconded
Hendon
Labour
Virendra Sharma
2008-04-02
Seconded
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Jim Dowd
2008-04-02
Signed
Lewisham West
Labour
Lyn Brown
2008-04-02
Signed
West Ham
Labour
Rudi Vis
2008-04-02
Signed
Finchley and Golders Green
Labour
Diane Abbott
2008-04-02
Signed
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Labour
Barry Gardiner
2008-04-02
Signed
Brent North
Labour
Michael Connarty
2008-04-02
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Labour
Colin Burgon
2008-04-02
Signed
Elmet
Labour
John McDonnell
2008-04-02
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Martin Linton
2008-04-02
Signed
Battersea
Labour
Alan Keen
2008-04-02
Signed
Feltham and Heston
Labour
Stephen Pound
2008-04-02
Signed
Ealing North
Labour
Evan Harris
2008-04-03
Signed
Oxford West and Abingdon
Liberal Democrat
Stephen Williams
2008-04-03
Signed
Bristol West
Liberal Democrat
Katy Clark
2008-04-03
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour
Betty Williams
2008-04-03
Signed
Conwy
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2008-04-03
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Ian Gibson
2008-04-03
Signed
Norwich North
Labour
David Drew
2008-04-03
Signed
Stroud
Labour
Edward Davey
2008-04-03
Signed
Kingston and Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
Martin Caton
2008-04-03
Signed
Gower
Labour
Edward O'Hara
2008-04-03
Signed
Knowsley South
Labour
Lynne Jones
2008-04-03
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Simon Hughes
2008-04-03
Signed
North Southwark and Bermondsey
Liberal Democrat
Paul Holmes
2008-04-03
Signed
Chesterfield
Liberal Democrat
John Pugh
2008-04-03
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Vincent Cable
2008-04-21
Signed
Twickenham
Liberal Democrat
Jim Devine
2008-04-21
Signed
Livingston
Labour
Mark Hunter
2008-04-21
Signed
Cheadle
Liberal Democrat
Robert Wareing
2008-04-21
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Independent
Mike Hancock
2008-04-21
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Michael Jabez Foster
2008-04-21
Signed
Hastings and Rye
Labour
Ann Cryer
2008-04-21
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Mark Durkan
2008-04-21
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kelvin Hopkins
2008-04-21
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Brian Iddon
2008-04-21
Signed
Bolton South East
Labour
Chris McCafferty
2008-04-21
Signed
Calder Valley
Labour
Gregory Campbell
2008-04-21
Signed
East Londonderry
DUP
David Simpson
2008-04-22
Signed
Upper Bann
DUP
Marsha Singh
2008-04-22
Signed
Bradford West
Labour
Eric Illsley
2008-04-22
Signed
Barnsley Central
Labour
Sandra Osborne
2008-04-22
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Labour
Harry Cohen
2008-04-22
Signed
Leyton and Wanstead
Labour
Angus MacNeil
2008-04-22
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
William McCrea
2008-04-23
Signed
South Antrim
DUP
John Leech
2008-04-23
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Jo Swinson
2008-04-23
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat
Jennifer Willott
2008-04-24
Signed
Cardiff Central
Liberal Democrat
Bill Etherington
2008-04-24
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
David Hamilton
2008-04-24
Signed
Midlothian
Labour
Janet Dean
2008-04-24
Signed
Burton
Labour
Hywel Francis
2008-04-28
Signed
Aberavon
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2008-04-28
Signed
Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath
Labour
Graham Stringer
2008-04-28
Signed
Manchester, Blackley
Labour
Mark Williams
2008-04-28
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Iris Robinson
2008-04-29
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Brian Jenkins
2008-04-30
Signed
Tamworth
Labour
David Crausby
2008-05-14
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
David Heyes
2008-05-15
Signed
Ashton-under-Lyne
Labour
Mohammad Sarwar
2008-05-19
Signed
Glasgow Central
Labour
Sammy Wilson
2008-06-02
Signed
East Antrim
DUP
Jim Dobbin
2008-06-24
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Chris Bryant
Withdrawn
Jon Trickett
Withdrawn