BNP sued after using Marmite brand without permission.

[Catzsy]

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Marmite is taking legal action against the BNP after the far-right party used a Marmite
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jar in its general election broadcast without its permission.
The Marmite jar appeared in the top left hand corner of the screen - but was not mentioned - when party leader Nick Griffin was addressing viewers in the video on the BNP's website.
An unrepentant Mr Griffin today appeared to blame Unilever, which makes Marmite, for stealing the BNP's image for use in its most recent advertising campaign.

Nick Griffin addresses the camera during the BNP's election broadcast which featured a Marmite jar hovering in the corner of the screen
Today Unilever released a statement saying: 'It has been brought to our attention that the British National Party has included a Marmite jar in a political broadcast shown currently online.
'We want to make it absolutely clear that Marmite did not give the BNP permission to use a pack shot of our product in their broadcast. Neither Marmite nor any other Unilever brand are aligned to any political party.
'We are currently initiating injunction proceedings against the BNP to remove the Marmite jar from the online broadcast and prevent them from using it in future.'

Current advertising for Marmite is based around the general election and faux-campaign broadcasts from the 'Love Marmite Party' and 'Hate Marmite Party'.
In a series of Twitter messages posted on the BNP website, Mr Griffin appears to claim that Marmite based its Hate Party on the BNP.

He says: 'Unilever PR men and lawyers all over us like a rash. Very upset at our using Marmite in our TV broadcast.

'They should have thought of that before modelling the one for their Hate Party on us.

'They'll be even more upset if they push us further and I start eating a jar of Marmite on my next live TV appearance.'
Marmite is owned by multinational company Unilever, whose other brands include PG Tips, Knorr and Vaseline.
Anti-BNP campaigners Hope not Hate said the reaction of BNP supporters calling for the jar's logo to be removed from the broadcast was virtually unprecedented, adding that contributions to the website are normally tightly controlled.
Spokesman Dan Hodges said: 'In politics there is only one thing worse than being hated, and that's being mocked.
'Nick Griffin's Marmite broadcast has turned his party into a laughing stock, and it is quite clear his own members are not happy about it.'
The Marmite jar is also featured at the end of the video, next to the party's logo and the slogan 'Love Britain, Vote BNP'.
The broadcast, which is almost five minutes long and is still available on YouTube, begins with an air-raid siren followed by Mr Griffin telling viewers he will not 'flatter and deceive, to promise everything to everyone' but will 'tell the truth about the terrible state of our country'.
A photo of Winston Churchill and series of war medals are visible behind the BNP leader as he speaks.

A voice-over warns that British people have become 'second-class citizens', while footage of a woman in a burqua walking towards a mosque is shown.
It then makes a number of claims about asylum seekers, MPs' expenses and the EU, before calling for troops to be brought home from Afghanistan immediately.
Several BNP supporters give their reasons for choosing the party, before Mr Griffin again addresses the camera.
He says: 'I will put British people first all the time, every time, and I don't care what the politicians and media liars say because of it.
'I tell the truth. So don't waste your vote - do the one thing that will really upset politicians: get your own back.
'Get up, get out and vote British National Party - then they will listen.'


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I am amazed they didn't get clearance - this could cost them big time. I thought Nick Griffin was a lawyer?

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I am amazed they didn't get clearance - this could cost them big time. I thought Nick Griffin was a lawyer?

Oh BNP, what a party they think they are. I hate them and they make me laugh, I hope the get sued!

[Fez]

This will cost them a whole damn lot.

[Misawa]

This will cost them a lot. I guess they didn't bother getting clearance because Marmite's black.

[Shar]

This proves that they're a rubbish political party, they can't do anything right.

[Inseriousity.]

hehe I actually thought of the BNP when I saw the hate party advert (although unlike the BNP, I'd actually vote for the marmite hate party, ewwwww at marmite) :p

Why the hell the BNP would need to/want to use a marmite jar in their advert is probably beyond human understanding!

[Shar]

Why the hell the BNP would need to/want to use a marmite jar in their advert is probably beyond human understanding!

They're inhuman that's why, pathetic weirdos.

[Adamm]

It wasn't the BNP who added the Marmite logo.

Research please.

[FlyingJesus]

'They'll be even more upset if they push us further and I start eating a jar of Marmite on my next live TV appearance.'

I definitely want to see this