A BNP councillor has been accused of attempting to incite racial hatred in a song he wrote for his Irish band.
Dewsbury East councillor Colin Auty wrote the song Savile Town, Where’s It Gone? in reference to a mainly-Asian community in the town he serves.
Now Labour MP for Dewsbury Shahid Malik has said Coun Auty is guilty of deplorable behaviour and he has made a complaint to the local authority watchdog, the Standards Board for England.
Coun Auty plays in an Irish band called Red Claire with Bradford BNP councillor Paul Cromie and other BNP members.
The song snipes at the perceived loss of British ideals. It also berates the community as a place rife with “smack” and even hints at paedophilia within the town.
Mr Malik, who claimed the councillor’s choice of song was akin to that of a preacher of hate, said: “The straightforward message behind the lyrics is that Savile Town is populated by foreigners who do not speak English.http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=55&articleid=2183956