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    'Nobody came': BNP's Nick Griffin escapes legal action over gay B&B tweet

    Politics.co.uk – Fri, Nov 30, 2012

    By Ian Dunt

    BNP leader Nick Griffin has escape criminal charges for encouraging supporters to demonstrate outside the home of a gay couple barred from a B&B by its Christian owners.

    Michael Black and John Morgan were the victors of a court ruling against a Berkshire B&B owner who objected to them sleeping in the same bed. The ruling prompted Griffin to speak out about "the right to discriminate".

    "In the end we decided not to make a formal complaint," Black told the BBC.

    "The tweet was only up for a short time, it did not give a specific time and nobody came."

    Cambridgeshire Police said: "Following a police investigation and advice from the Crown Prosecution Service no criminal offences were identified."

    A BNP spokesperson said: "There was obviously no offence. I think he was just figuratively speaking."

    Black and Morgan won £1,800 after the case although it is being taken to appeal.