British National Party candidate used to supply execution equipment

What charming candidates the British National Party have.

David Lucas, a British National Party candidate for the East of England during the 2009 European elections and a Lakenheath Parish Council member, has been charged with various firearms offences.

Of even more interest is that Lucas used to make mobile execution chambers and said that he would: "sell them to whoever wants to buy them", until the European Union outlawed this trade in July 2006 when the European Commission Trade Regulation was brought in.

Lucas told the Newmarket Journal that he had not done business with Zimbabwe, but the People has alleged that a reporter posing as a representative of Robert Mugabe met Lucas in 2006 and was told: "They still use these [mobile execution chambers] in places like Libya and a few years ago I did some business with Zimbabwe so I know what your problems are."

We told him we wanted new gallows for provincial prisons in Zimbabwe and admired British craftsmanship. Lucas said proudly: "I have two systems - the traditional platform gallows or the mobile units which I have designed myself."

He pointed to an articulated lorry trailer and said: "I build trap doors into the bottom and you can have them with the sides open so people can see.

"Depending on the length of the trailer you could use five or six gallows at the same time.

"They are expensive but you can use them over and over again. Say you only have one execution team - that's all you would need.

Bringing back the death penalty is British National Party policy.

On their website, their webmaster Simon Bennett claims: "As most (if not all) of our readers will know, the British National Party have always supported the re-introduction of the Death Penalty in the United Kingdom."

However, I wonder how many British National Party members would support someone who has been alleged to have traded with Mugabe's Zimbabwe and Gaddaffi's Libya. I doubt the People story was part of his campaign literature.

It is rather disturbing that he sits on Lakenheath Parish Council.

I am glad the European Union has stopped the sale of mobile gallows, in particular when they are sold to despotic countries with little rule of law.

I would hope that anyone stupid enough to vote for the British National Party will at least consider David Lucas' former trade if he is a candidate again.