2001-05-31 Here are two letters received by e-mail from a British friend. It does seem a bit quiet on the metric martyr front. Too quiet if you ask me. Does anyone have any further details? Has Steven Thoburn officially appealed his conviction yet? Is there a time limit? Is the trading standards enforcing the law now that the 2001-04-09 decision gave them the go ahead to do so? Read on: It seems to have gone very quite on the Metric Martyr front. The Sunderland Echo reported that the Metric Martyrs had supposedly collected close on �1000,000 to fund an appeal case, mostly from well-wishers. If it is true, then it proves the old adage that some people have more money than sense (though I feel it is more propaganda than actual truth.) I think both Steve Thoburn and Neil Herron would be well advised to call it a day because if they lost a subsequent appeal, (which he almost certainly will) watch his so-called allies in the UKIP and the BWMA drop him like a hot potato and leave them on their own to pick up the very considerable pieces. Regards, S......... A report in today's Sunderland Echo says that the Metric Martyrs may have been given help and guidance by the British National Party. They claim they offered him 'moral support' and were apparently photographed posing with BNP activist Paul Thompson which appeared in their newsletter "Voice of Freedom". The Metric Martyrs themselves are dismissing this as a 'stunt' and claim they were 'set up and exploited' by the BNP accusing them of jumping on the bandwagon. Of course, the claims that they were set up could very well be true and if so, they should not suffer as a result, though I would say that they should have been more careful with the company they kept. However, if it is subsequently proved they knowingly accepted support from the odious BNP, then they deserve everything they get. Regards, S......... John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
