UKIP MEP accused of "glorifying terror"
Environmental campaigners are accusing a UKIP MEP of "glorifying terrorism" after he praised the French sinking of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in 1985.
Godfrey Bloom's comments were made at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and recently added to his You Tube channel "Goddersvision".
Mr Bloom, a self-styled climate change sceptic, is seen alongside the current Greenpeace flagship - Rainbow Warrior II - commenting: "I don't often say anything good about the French, but well done for sinking one of these ships. Vive La France".
The New Zealand bombing of the ship by the French Secret Service claimed the life of Portuguese-born photographer Fernando Pereira.
A group called the East Riding Alliance for Climate Action says it's taking legal advice on whether Mr Bloom's comments are in breach of the Terrorism Act 2006.
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