Is arson a crime?

Not according to BNP legal officer Lee Barnes, who says on his blog of an arson attack on a refugee camp in Calais:



"This is not a crime, this is an act of national liberation". Really? I don't think this does very well in the BNP's campaign to develop a veneer of respectability; in fact, you start to wonder what other crimes BNP officials would regard as being 'not crimes' if they were to further the cause of 'national liberation'. Would this arson attack on a mosque and Islamic centre be considered a crime, for example? What about this attack on an Asian woman on a train in Lancashire, for example - is that a crime, or is it 'not a crime' it when it's in the cause of 'national liberation'?

Incidentally, I did notice this nugget from Barnes's blogger profile, under music interests:



I imagine those NWA albums go down a treat at the BNP disco.