May 5
London Tories hint at trouble for BNP
Richard Barnes, the Conservative Leader in London, has told the BNP that they will have problems finding secretaries and support staff in the London Assembly and that they won’t be forcing admin staff to do their jobs.
Andrew says: This would be incredibly stupid of the Tories in the assembly to do. Are they trying to give the BNP more publicity? Petty moves like this are just foolish and counterproductive. This also feeds into the BNP mindset that they and their voters are being shut out by the establishment.
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These sorts of ideas are why the BNP got more than 5%.
He will press for the Union Jack to be flown permanently over City Hall, for burkas to be banned from public buildings and for official celebrations to mark St George’s Day. He will resist the planned construction of a huge new mosque, the biggest place of worship in Britain, in Newham, East London.
One thing about neo-Nazis is they know how to be populist and talk out of both sides of their mouths. I bet that if you said the above to many people without mentioning the BNP they would agree.
If you want to quell the BNP vote then politicians need to address the issues of the most disenfranchised grouping in Ken’s London…the white working class. They need to be address and made to feel as though people in city hall are actually listening to them. Under Ken any criticisms of his policies were met with charges of one or more isms. The bullying and intimidation of working class whites was palpable.
A city hall sponsored St George’s Day parade would be a very good start.
Boris needs to be a mayor for all Londoners not just the ones who bitch the loudest or have the pushiest representatives.
Pushing the BNP vote under the carpet is not the answer.
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