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Lawrence Rustem is a political activist in Britain. Born Timucin Rustem,〔( ''Evening Standard'' 15 April 2008 )〕 he later adopted the name Lawrence. Rustem is of half Turkish Cypriot and half English ancestry. In 1991 he joined the far-left Anti-Fascist Action,〔Birchall, Sean, ''Beating The Fascists: The Untold Story of Anti-Fascist Action'' Freedom Press (2010) p329〕 but then subsequently joined the far-right British National Party (BNP). ==BNP activist== Rustem was made Chairman of the "Ethnic Liaison Committee" of the BNP,〔( BBC website )〕 a group set up in 2001 to co-ordinate work between the party and "non-British people with similar aims". He studied politics as a mature student at Greenwich University, where his presence caused controversy. The NATFHE, the university lecturers' union, called for his expulsion from the University, on the grounds that his presence could encourage racist campaigning there.〔Phil Baty, ("Union calls for ban on BNP man" ), ''Times Higher Education'', 1 November 2002, accessed 20 March 2009〕 He unsuccessfully stood for election as a local councillor in the Colyers Lane ward of Bexley.〔(Bexley Council Election Results 2002 )〕 He then stood for Parliament in the Dagenham constituency in the 2005 UK General Election where he received 9.3% of the votes. In the 2006 local elections he was elected as a councillor for the Valence ward of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council. In the 2010 General election, he contested the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency for the BNP〔(BBC Election 2010 )〕 and lost his seat on Barking and Dagenham Council in the 2010 local elections. Rustem supported Eddy Butler in the BNP leadership challenge in 2010, complaining of the negative impact of Nick Griffin on voters.〔( Interview on YouTube )〕 In 2011 he was suspended from the party〔(BNP Reform website )〕 and left the BNP in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lawrence Rustem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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