A Birmingham parish council is celebrating after stopping three BNP candidates from getting into power. All 12 seats were won by independents in the Frankley election, which saw thousands of voters turn out to the polls. In the run-up to the election, former EastEnders actor Ross Kemp was enlisted to encourage voters not to back the far right nationalist party.
It was the first time since the parish council was launched eight years ago that a political party has stood for election. Residents feared the BNP weighing in could mean the end for the city's only parish council.
Coun Sid Grey, who has served on the council since its inception, said it was a victory over politics more than the BNP: "Political parties always agree not to put candidates up. We don't need political parties here and we don't want them. There is very little democracy in politics. It's about party politics, which is not always the best thing for people."
Coun Stephen Trefor-Jones said: "I'm very glad the BNP haven't got in. I really want to thank everyone for help ensuring we were able to keep democracy on the go."
In a letter to residents, Ross Kemp said: "I hope you'll be voting for the 12 local Frankley candidates. I think there is nothing more dangerous in areas like yours than racism and the environment of fear and hatred the BNP create."
Birmingham Mail
May 05, 2008
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Ross Kemp should stick to acting....Mind you he's even crap at that.
Had to laugh at Amy_bnp on Shitefront. She looks at the BNP votes from Loughton 2004 compares them to now and sees they've gone up.
So the UAF have failed.
'Cept the BNP % went down, but that passed her by.
Won't be long before some scandal about Bumbrook and as yet secret illegalities come to light, if the rebels lose against griffin, we reckon.
Good to see the BNP are finished in Birmingham.
Sharon must be rubbing her hands with the utmost glee.
Just back to Sid Williamson -
Was this the alcoholic weak bladder fiend who pissed on a chair given to the BPP by Tyndall?
I noticed a BNP misinformation troll had got angry that this blog was making fun of Bumbrook for his drinking habits. The dim-witted arsehole (seemingly Lee Barnes) also claimed that Robert Cottage didn't want to murder Tony Blair, and "only wanted to murder Greg Dyke".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/feb/14/ukcrime.thefarright
In the warped (and equally demented) words of Robert Cottage, read out in court "Thought for the day - the easiest way to save the country is to assassinate Tony Blair and when Prescott takes over shoot that fucker as well."
Just why Lee Barnes would troll Lancaster Unity denying Robert Cottage had ambitions to murder Tony Blair, when this was common knowledge, is beyond me. It shows the mentality of the twat!
Just read this story on the Australian newspaper (part of News International):
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23645512-2703,00.html
Bumbrook's BNP thugs racially abused a black man as the count was taking place for the London elections, and the police stood by and did nothing.
I just has the misfortune to take a peek at Sharon Ebanks shitty chatsite, and the anti-semtism is vile and sickening, and includes Adolf Hitler adoration posted by a Hitlerite called JohnInBasel, who is apparently a sick and twisted Adolf Hitler fetishist who gives instructions of how to download an e-copy of Mein Kamph.
Sometimes Sharon darkens this website, and she is everybit as extreme as Nick Griffin himself, but thankfully she is a "lone wolf in the far right wilderness, thanks to the good people of Birmingham rejecting her poison.
Extract from Conservatives avoid far-right alliance article (The Australian, 5 May 2008) about BNP members racially abusing a black man at the London elections vote count:
On the walkway beside the river, across the water from the Tower of London, a member of the British National Party was sneering at a black campaigner for the Green Party who was walking into City Hall's entrance.
"Hey mate, you're in the wrong election - you should be back home in Zimbabwe with Mugabe," said the thug, to laughs from the neo-Nazis standing with him.
About 20 BNP backers had gathered to await the election result and even here, with police and journalists standing within earshot on a night when the BNP were pretending to be a legitimate political force, they could not be bothered to hide the racism that drives them.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23645512-2703,00.html
includes Adolf Hitler adoration posted by a Hitlerite called JohnInBasel, who is apparently a sick and twisted Adolf Hitler fetishist who gives instructions of how to download an e-copy of Mein Kamph.
‘JohnInBasel’ is a fascist retard called John Holloway. He lives in Basel, Switzerland. He posts on neo-nazi forums such as Stormfront and VNN forum under the nickname ‘Seaforth’.
John Holloway has been in nearly every fascist and racist group going – BNP, BPP, Spearhead Group, NA, WNP and the NNP.
His last online fascist refuge is Sharon Ebanks’ crappy website, as he has been attacked quite heavily by his fellow nutzis on especially Stormfront and VNN forum.
Sid Williamson, of BNP and BPP fame (also famous for his statement that the Irish are the niggers of Europe), nicknames John Holloway ‘Seaperv’ based on Williamson’s claims that John Holloway is a sex pervert. Here’s a Sid Williamson quote from December 2007:
"And fetch your children, John Holloway wants to expose himself to them".
(http://www.vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=64105)
Sid Williamson has also threatened John Holloway with violence if he returns to the UK.
It’s quite fun reading the fascists persistently attack one another.
'Sid Williamson, of BNP and BPP fame (also famous for his statement that the Irish are the niggers of Europe)'
I think you'll find it was one of Roddy Doyle's characters in The Barrytown Trilogy who said that. Williamson was booted out of the BNP for coming out with this little gem:
'Especialy those pig thick fuckin Oirish bastards, talk about stupid, they starved coz there was no spuds! Closest thing in the white world to a nigger is a spud munching thick fucking Paddy.'
the oul fecker
bejaysus begorrah and begosh.
Top of da mornin to ya
dem fellas speak a lot of shite about us Irish.
Sorry for the cliches but I have to agree its so nice to see the demise of the BNP in Birmingham
Holloway? Collett? How many kiddie fiddlers are there in the far right?
@ sid loves eddie
Be advised that the sofa is the stuff of legend.
John Griff Wood bought it, Oswald Mosley sat on it, Sid Williamson pissed on it.
Every great fascist down through the years has his own little piece of history to tell his grandchildren about.
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