December 20, 2010

BNP's Griffin Adams Corbett Adams to stand in Oldham East by-election (possibly)

There are times when I worry about Nick Griffin and his happy band of idiots. On the one hand, they claim to be able to run an entire country, while on the other they are clearly unable to organise a piss-up in a pub.

Take the coming Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, called following the eviction of former Labour MP Phil Woolas for telling porkies about one of his opponents. Seeing an opportunity to get his ghastly face before the public again (and seemingly unconcerned at the bewilderment of his Euro-constituents, to whom he is expected to have some commitment) Nick Griffin promptly announced that he was intending to stand at the invitation, he claimed, of the local BNP branch. Though not according to the people in the BNP who communicate with us, who claim that he had parachuted himself in, in the same way that he did in Barking at the General Election, where he won a derisory 4,916 votes despite a full-on campaign in the constituency.

Presumably Griffin has realised that standing and losing in every seat in the country is not likely to enhance whatever credibility he thinks he has, because just a couple of days after the party announced his candidacy, rumour suggested that he had changed his mind and that Derek Adams, a favourite of the idiotic Clive Jefferson and a stooge candidate in the most recent (and most farcical) BNP leadership election, was to stand instead, to the fury of the local group.

Just a day later, long-time activist and liaison to BNP-friendly far-right groups in Germany, Chris Beverley, wrote on his Morley Patriot blog;
'I was in Oldham this afternoon with Andrew Brons and two Leeds activists to help with an activity in the town connected with the upcoming by-election in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency...Our candidate in the election is long-term local activist Anita Corbett who has stood for election in Oldham on a number of occasions.'
Now, a mere two days after this announcement, former BNP elections officer Eddy Butler has further news for us. He writes;
'Clive Jefferson would seem to have got his way and has ran roughshod over the local branch and imposed Derek Adams as the BNP candidate in the forthcoming Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. I expect Derek Adams to be announced as the candidate at the press conference due to be held later today (Monday).

It appears that Clive believes that UKIP will out poll the BNP which is why he persuaded Nick Griffin not to stand. It is also apparent that neither Clive Jefferson nor Nick Griffin trust the local officers and activists in Oldham which is why they are imposing Derek Adams.

Clive Jefferson is busy upsetting everyone who he sees as getting in his way. There are a number of senior officers who he is busy denigrating. That is how he operates.'
Generally speaking, when it comes to having a pop at Griffin or Jefferson, Butler tends to be on target. And if true, how embarrassing for Griffin's fellow BNP Euro MEP Andrew Brons, who was out campaigning on Saturday with Chris Beverley and Anita Corbett in the latter's bid to take the seat.

Personally, I don't think Griffin has backed off from the seat because of any threat by UKIP or anyone else. Rather, it's that the BNP's disastrous financial situation has got in the way and the party can't afford to get a decent campaign up and running. This is more or less confirmed by Butler, who pointed out in a post on his blog yesterday;
'Most printers used to dealing with such orders have not been paid following the last election. Several of our most reliable printers are taking the BNP to court over unpaid invoices involving in total six figure sums...In short there will be a major problem in getting the leaflets printed in time.'
So who is actually going to stand for the BNP in this entirely unwinnable seat? A local candidate with no leaflets or a leafletless stooge parachuted in by a moron? Either way, it should be a laugh for us.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are the candidates listed yet?

Anonymous said...

There's an article in today's Telegraph which really talks up the BNP's chances of doing well in this seat, with Griffin as the candidate:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/willheaven/100068949/david-cameron-would-prefer-to-lose-the-oldham-by-election-but-could-the-bnp-ruin-his-plans/

Expect the Torygraph and other Conservative newspapers to talk up the BNP in order to hit the Labour vote.

DT said...

"So who is actually going to stand for the BNP in this entirely unwinnable seat? A local candidate with no leaflets or a leafletless stooge parachuted in by a moron?"

Maybe it'll be the porker himself after all. What does he have to lose?

Anonymous said...

It looks like its Anita Corbett now.

Wolfie said...

Who cares who the BNP runs? certainly not the voters.

iliacus said...

I think we can assume that they're expecting to do badly, hence Griffin keeping well clear.

Anyway, he can concentrate on getting the accounts in instead!

Sam said...

According to Wikipedia, the declared candidate is now Derek Adams. You can see why Nick Griffin pulled out though - he's be up against Chris Jackson (National Front) and the English Democrats and UKIP.

Anonymous said...

Its odd how the main BNP page has nothing about this by-election except an "Emergency Appeal" to "help us win this vital by election" on its front page....

Anonymous said...

"Piss-ups" and Breweries!

Anonymous said...

UK Polling Report has Derek Adams listed
http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/oldhameastandsaddleworth

So much for what the locals want.

Anonymous said...

Word from the High Court - Decemberists have won their case against Griffin. Griffin and Darby forced to pay full costs as well. Estimated to be about £60,000 for their counsel and £30,000 for Griffin's own legal team.

That's gotta hurt the BNP in the pocket.

Ron Jeremy said...

Have you seen this?

"The Decembrists utterly smashed Griffin in court today!
At the High Court in London, Griffin has been ordered to pay the ENTIRE cost of a needless and senseless case he brought himself against the advice of many BNP members and various legal council. He has 28 days to pay the first payment £45,000 with the rest to follow shortly. The total cost is bloody huge. Merry Christmas Gri££in you incompetent buffoon, suck on that over your Christmas dinner!
Off down the pub now for a drink :)"

Anonymous said...

I don't get all the anti-Griffin senitment on this blog?

Surely he's on your side, there's no way he can be working for nationalism.

Anonymous said...

BNP site hacked and member list leaked:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/12/471094.html?c=on

Anonymous said...

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2010/3414.html

Andy said...

The BNP list is not the membership list. At best it is people who have commented on the BNPTV site. Read the comments at the end of the indymedia article by "IP Shielding" and myself.