Eddy Butler

He was dubbed the BNP's "elections guru" by its newspaper, Voice of Freedom,[2] until being suspended and expelled from the party in 2010 by Nick Griffin.

[citation needed] Since 2020, under the alias Edward Stow, he has run a YouTube channel called “The House of Lechmere”,[3] where he advocates for the theory that Charles Allen Lechmere was the 19th century serial killer best known as Jack the Ripper and was also likely responsible for the broader Whitechapel Murders and the Thames Torso Murders.

The campaign, which initially presented itself as independent before linking directly to the BNP, was instrumental in building up support for the party in the area, which culminated in the election of Derek Beackon as a councillor in Millwall in 1993.

On 18 June 2010, Butler announced that he would challenge the then leader, Nick Griffin, for the leadership (office of national chairman) of the BNP the following month.

[citation needed] On 13 October 2010, Butler was expelled from the BNP, allegedly for breaching the party's code of conduct.