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Published Date: 19 February 2009
DAME Vera Lynn is taking on the British National Party after it used her wartime classic White Cliffs of Dover on an album promoting the far-right party.
The forces sweetheart is said to be "furious" after the BNP used the song, and another of her classics, All Alone in Vienna, on the CD. She has told her solicitor the BNP did not approach her for approval for using two of her most famous songs on the album – proceeds from which will help boost the party's coffers.

The 91-year-old, who lives in East Sussex, is in talks with her legal team about the album, which sells for £4.95 and features a Spitfire on the front.

Its sleeve states: "Vera Lynn, Glenn Miller and others produced the music by which the English-speaking world went to war from 1939 to 1945."

Nigel Angel, Dame Vera's solicitor, said that because she did not write the songs there may be little to be done to have the tracks taken off, but he would investigate steps to end the association with her, and the issues surrounding copyright law.

A BNP spokesman said: "This is not a copyright issue, it's about people's attitudes to the BNP."



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  • Last Updated: 18 February 2009 9:43 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Far Right in the UK
 
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Gussie Fink-Nottle,

19/02/2009 00:10:10
A BNP spokesman said: "This is not a copyright issue, it's about people's attitudes to the BNP."

My attitude is that they are a bunch of cahunts.
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19/02/2009 00:28:50
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voteBNP,

London 19/02/2009 00:33:47
This article is complete nonsense. The BNP did not produce this CD and the BNP did not use "..her wartime classic White Cliffs of Dover on an album..". The CD was made by someone else and is being sold on Amazon. The BNP have simply included a link to this product.
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19/02/2009 00:40:36
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TheScotsman,

Calcutta 19/02/2009 02:59:34
Bigoted
Numpties
Party

Backward
Nazi
Party
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19/02/2009 03:40:39
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Queen D,

Glasgow 19/02/2009 08:48:07
No 5, you have our sympathy ! Here in Scotland we are used to reading drivel, bias and total distortion in the press and we are almost immune now to the BBC bias, most sane people have given up believing anything they hear on BBC news and politics programmes.
I know nothing ,first hand, of the BNP only what the media feeds the masses.
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19/02/2009 14:29:14
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Iain Mac,

19/02/2009 17:06:18
The BNP only like Dame Vera because she's a gay icon. The toffs and boneheads of the BNP should have the guts to come out of the closet.
10

Iain Mac,

19/02/2009 17:12:16
Here's a photo of BNP founder John Tyndall. Far be it from me to say that he looks like a gay nazi...
http://www.quicktopic.com/forum_images/41/Xbtn2ba7FPSj/image_53.jpg
11

Pocket Dictionary,

19/02/2009 17:23:55
the irony is, the CD features a Black singer, songs by Jewish composers and bands conducted by Jewish conductors!
12

Brian Hill,

20/02/2009 16:08:06
I'm afraid all the good Dame has done is publicise the BNP and it's current money raising venture.

 

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