Yahoo! pulls the plug on "bathtub society" racists

A racist website calling for the repatriation of ethnic minorities and praising the opinions of rightwing Tory MPs has been closed down by Yahoo!.

By Ben King, 1 May 2001 16:10

NEWS The site branded multiracial Britain a "bathtub society, where the scum floats to the top," according to a report on the Guardian Unlimited website, calling for an end to "non white immigration" and "a public apology from the government for the mass immigration of recent decades." As well as being hosted by Yahoo! the site claimed to have been sponsored by them, but the US-based internet company has denied this. In the report, a Yahoo spokesperson said: "Yahoo! itself did not sponsor the site but the person constructed the site using materials from Yahoo! which are available to business." The site also praised maverick Tory rightwing MP Gerald Howarth, who has challenged multiracialism in the House of Commons. The site was run by an Ian Hefferman, said Guardian Unlimited, who belongs to a rightwing group called New Democracy.

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