May 19, 2011

Councillors upset as BNP takes seat

The parish of Seascale is in turmoil now that a member of the British National Party is one of its representatives.

Malcolm Southward has formally taken a seat on the parish council, against the wishes of the 11 other members. They claim the Sellafield process worker fell foul of electoral protocol by saying on his nomination form that he works in the parish of Seascale. But the BNP member is staying put with the apparent blessing of both Copeland Council and the Electoral Commission. The rest of the members are considering whether to contest the issue in the High Court or to dissolve the council and ask the borough council to take it over.

“The right thing to do would be for us to go to law but the cost could not be funded by the parish, it would have to be individuals so we will have to wait and see whether a benefactor comes along,” said Coun David Moore.

“The other option is for us to stand down and invite Copeland Council to run the parish and see what that brings. We feel the borough council should have stood shoulder to shoulder with us on this. It’s an unbelievable fiasco. We are in the right because clearly the BNP member does not meet the criteria. We were prepared to make a stand and go to law if necessary because we are convinced Mr Southward’s nomination was invalid, then shortly before the meeting our clerk got a call from the borough council instructing us to accept. Mr Southward may work at Sellafield but it’s in the parish of Ponsonby and Beckermet, not Seascale, so he doesn’t tick the electoral box.”

There was no election at Seascale because there were 12 nominations for 12 seats. Copeland council chief executive Paul Walker said: “We have fully complied with the nomination process for the local and parish council elections in Copeland as advised by the Electoral Commission.”

Whitehaven News

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Andrew Brons interview, 1 hour long

https://www.yousendit.com/download/dkJwckhVdkdCSnBFQlE9PQ

NewsHound said...

ER FASCIST FOOTBALLPAULO DI CANIO TAKES SWINDON JOB:

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/863877-paolo-di-canio-set-for-swindon-town-job-after-west-ham-snub

EXPECT SWINDON TO BECOME A MAGNET FOR THE NAZI SALUTING EDL!

Anonymous said...

BREAKING NEWS

PAOLO DI CANIO, OFTEN PICTURED AT FOOTBALL MATCHES GIVING NAZI SALUTES AND WHO HAS SPOKEN ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR FASCISM HITLER AND MUSSOLINI HAS BEEN TODAY APPOINTED MANAGER OF SWINDON TOWN FC

WE DO NOT WANT RACISM AND FASCISM IN OUR ENGLISH GAME AT MANAGERIAL LEVEL. EMAIL STFC AND KICK IT OUT NOW!!!!!

irishtony said...

Damm I just cant cope with this level of success for the BNP.
A parish council seat??

The enormity of this magnificent achievment can barely be underestimated by BNP members. They must be breathless with anticipation in the knowledge that their new ground breaking councillor may get involved in a heated debate about the viability of a new park bench under the old oak tree in the park. Or perhaps he will expose the corruption in the parish when he finds out that the Vicar is flirting with ols Mrs Thompson from Ings Lane.

He could save this country

Yes he may be only one parish councillor out of a possible 110,000 parish councillors but we should not forget that the BNP represent the silent majority, they are still in the throes of the quiet revolution and in their own words they are still "Onwards and Upwards"

Good God If they weren't so nasty you could almost feel sorry for them

irishtony

Anonymous said...

Re the di Canio appointment. Feel free to email STFC (the more the merrier) but don't expect them to listen. I'm one of several long-time Swindon Town fans and season ticket holders who were appalled he was even being contemplated and emailed the club to say so. A lot of us are ashamed he's been appointed as manager, a few may boycott games while he's in charge as a result, but most will argue politics is irrelevant to football.

One thing though - any anti-fascist demonstration against him would be counter-productive. It would be seen as "outsiders" and if anything would only cause a closing of the ranks and unite fans behind di Canio, possibly welcoming support from EDL etc. There's not a strong right-wing presence at Town and the politics is irrelevant to most. Making a cause celebre out of di Canio would ironically serve only to forge alliances that don't currently exist.

A thoroughly ashamed Swindon Town fan