THE British National Party has sparked contempt after delivering leaflets in the borough yesterday.

The pamphlets show a picture of a group of white girls playing in the street above another image of a group of black boys wearing hoodies with the words ?from this... to this...?.

The back of the leaflets contains information on drug crime in Barnet, including suggestions police turn a blind eye and claims frequent use of cannabis can lead to murder.

They were posted around the borough and even to the Labour Party's Harrow West office, in Blenheim Road.

Councillor Bill Stephenson, leader of the Labour Group on Harrow Council, said: "I'm afraid not only are they racist but they're stupid as well, not knowing the difference between Harrow and Barnet.

"People do get agitated when they get BNP leaflets but it's not new in Harrow."

The BNP canvassed the borough during the GLA elections last year and at recent by-election in Marlborough and Canons wards, but do not represent Harrow in any elected public office.

The party's move comes as the borough seeks to sure up unity in its diverse religious communities following campaigning by an anti-Islam group seen as divisive by many.

Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) held a demonstration outside Harrow Central Mosque on September 11 and plan another for December.

Councillor David Ashton, leader of the council, said: "This is a depressingly familiar attempt by the BNP to use fear and smear to create dissent.

"As the reaction to the events of September 11 in Harrow showed, our community is united and has no truck with those who live on the twilight fringes of politics.

"I am confident the BNP's views will have no traction in a borough with a proud record on co-existence."

Councillor Jean Lammiman, responsible for community, said: "All the evidence that I have from the community is that they have that strength right across the community to say no and resist this attempt to undermine the community."

Simon Darby, spokesman for the BNP, said the leaflets represent a true picture of what is happening on London's streets.

He said: "It is easy to jump on the politically correct bandwagon and see things from the black perspective.

“But there's another side to the coin. We are trying to give the indigenous person's point of view and show we are not getting such a good deal.

“Large parts of London are pretty much the same when it comes to crime – it is a crime ridden city.

“With knife crime in London, a disproportionate number of people involved come from the afro-Caribbean community, and it does not do them any good to not point that out.”

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