tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post5894561266324997730..comments2024-01-02T10:58:26.368+00:00Comments on Lancaster Unity: Another ThursdayAntifascisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753277570496713369noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-753191986908253342008-10-11T13:55:00.000+01:002008-10-11T13:55:00.000+01:00Iliacus:-What was the turn out for the last Euro e...Iliacus:-<BR/><BR/>What was the turn out for the last Euro elections?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-5239847110246058322008-10-08T08:14:00.000+01:002008-10-08T08:14:00.000+01:00The rebels or at least an independent nationalist ...The rebels or at least an independent nationalist by all accounts will stand in Kirklees, Autys old seat, against the BNP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-24581595438213827262008-10-08T01:20:00.000+01:002008-10-08T01:20:00.000+01:00I thought the rebels were dead and buried ten feet...I thought the rebels were dead and buried ten feet under??????????????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-22228023141573842552008-10-08T01:18:00.000+01:002008-10-08T01:18:00.000+01:00Nice to see nazi troll Simon Darby calling everyon...Nice to see nazi troll Simon Darby calling everyone but himself a twat, which is cheap coming from a lazy fascist twat who sits on his lardy arse all day long. <BR/><BR/>What is Simon Darby doing to do for a job when the BNP is declared banckrupt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-1076743850089578482008-10-07T19:50:00.000+01:002008-10-07T19:50:00.000+01:00It is not a coincidence, I dont think anyway, that...It is not a coincidence, I dont think anyway, that as the BNPs vote stalls so it starts to concentrate on "mass demos" and a return to street activities, like the one in Stoke and the onethat apparently is planned for Novemeber due to one of the Walker brothers, the teacher. <BR/><BR/>It's a way of boosting morale among what must be a dispirited membership but, however big the BNPs membership is, it only has 500-600 activists so repeating the travelling circus tactic that Tyndall once used where the same BNP bunch turned up almost every week in a different town to give the impression of a go ahead party will lead to burn out.<BR/><BR/>It will also mean they will have less people to campaign for the Euros.<BR/><BR/>There has also been talk that the rebels will stand candidates against the Griffin BNP especially in the north.<BR/><BR/>The BNP wont win a single Euro seat. The leadership know it and will divert attention by staging more and more street activities. They will be the diversion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-7368794397687172892008-10-07T18:56:00.000+01:002008-10-07T18:56:00.000+01:00'You bunch of twats.'Nice to see the intellectuals...'You bunch of twats.'<BR/><BR/>Nice to see the intellectuals have joined us.<BR/><BR/>Another fine article, Iliacus, thank you.Antifascisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753277570496713369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-53323258133088868162008-10-07T18:16:00.000+01:002008-10-07T18:16:00.000+01:00You bunch of twats.You bunch of twats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-77063297741913823052008-10-07T17:53:00.000+01:002008-10-07T17:53:00.000+01:00A good analysis thanks."But the BNP performance sa...A good analysis thanks.<BR/><BR/>"But the BNP performance saw them gain just 13% of the vote"<BR/><BR/>Considering the massive amount of work they put in, not a terribly good result. And people avoid fringe parties when it comes to bigger elections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-41493587031928476822008-10-07T17:34:00.000+01:002008-10-07T17:34:00.000+01:00Percentage of the electorate means very little bec...Percentage of the electorate means very little because there is never a 100% turnout. And there is no evidence that the "core" BNP vote behaves much differently than the core vote for any other party in terms of turnout. <BR/><BR/>Percentage votes in by-elections the BNP contests is not a good guide to the percentage the BNP will obtain in a whole region in the European elections. The BNP obviously chooses to fight by-elections where it has activists and can concentrate resources on a ward, bringing in activists from nearby areas and sometimes from very far away. The BNP will not be able to campaign anything like as hard over a whole region and will not be able to match, for example, the 13% in Bourne over the whole of the East Midlands.<BR/><BR/>That is not to minimise the risk of the BNP getting one or two MEPs elected in some regions, nor the need to mount an effective campaign to stop them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-74767077551038136132008-10-07T17:24:00.000+01:002008-10-07T17:24:00.000+01:00Sorry, it's the percentage of the total electorate...Sorry, it's the percentage of the total electorate who voted for them, arrived at by multiplying their share of the vote by the turnout.<BR/><BR/>You are right, of course, that the most important figure is their actual vote - actually, the most important figure is that somebody gets at least one more vote than they do !!!<BR/><BR/>I could (and should) have made it clear that Bourne was a low turnout (21%) compared to 32.3% at Ruislip and 36.8% in Redcar. The interesting (and quite important) point is that their 13% in Bourne looks much better than 5.8% in Redcar; but as a share of the total electorate there's not much of a difference.<BR/><BR/>The significance - if I'm right - is that turnout next June at the Euro elections, is going to be key to keeping out the fascists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-91143963791142240982008-10-07T13:54:00.000+01:002008-10-07T13:54:00.000+01:00I don't quite see how you've converted 13% at Bour...I don't quite see how you've converted 13% at Bourne into 2.73%. The BNP's percentage of the turnout is what matters to us and them. If they get 13%, then that's what they've got.<BR/><BR/>I know I'm probably just being dense but I just don't understand where this reduced percentage comes from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com