You just can't get the staff

More internal turmoil for the BNP as news breaks that the neo-fascist party has dumped its publicity chief for attempting to engineer a leadership coup. According to Press Association reports, Mark Collett, 29, has been sacked for conspiring to get rid of party head Nick Griffin.

Collett, (inset) who appeared in a documentary called Young, Nazi and Proud while a student in Leeds, was responsible for producing the far right group's publicity material and edited its newspaper. A leaked copy of the BNP organisers bulletin stated the party had run "an extensive and long-running" investigation in to financial irregularities.

Update: The story moves on with news that Collet was apparently arrested for issuing threats to kill Griffin (seems to be a lot of that going on in the BNP). A passage in the leaked bulletin mentioned states, "Earlier this week, the police were made aware of very serious allegations potentially affecting the personal safety of party chairman Nick Griffin MEP and senior management/fundraising consultant James Dowson. Formal statements have now been made to the police, including by Mr Griffin."

Humberside police confirmed that a 29-year-old man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of making threats to kill. He was interviewed by detectives and released on bail pending further inquiries.