The hatred sickness

The BNP leader Nick Griffin has tweeted how he hopes a visitor to the House of Commons tonight blows himself up in what would presumably be, some sort of suicide bombing.

A controversial Muslim cleric is due to address a meeting at the House of Commons this evening. Griffin wrote: "..they've invited a banned Islamist to speak in House of Commons this evening. Hope he blows himself up there! "

Griffin, who has failed in a number of attempts to get elected to the house himself, shows his bitter and vile disregard not just to the democratic institution itself, but to the loss of innocent lives that would follow such an outrage.

Time and time again we warn people about the vulgar, true nature of the BNP and having as good as smashed his tiny Nazi party to pieces by his own vulgar egotism, the truth about Griffin, his policies and his hatreds is becoming more and more obvious to everyone.

Who on earth would want to benefit for instance, from a suicide bombing at the House of Commons or indeed anywhere in a country that they purport to love so much?

After the dreadful 7th July suicide bombings in central London back in 2005, the BNP took images of the carnage and distress and turned them into a vile leaflet which the BNP delivered three days later in Barking and Dagenham during a council by election there. The candidate standing against the BNP was a Muslim, something that the BNP tried to make a great deal of. The BNP were hammered by the electorate, who were rightly disgusted.

This disgusting party will be trying to get itself elected back on to the Greater London Assembly (GLA) again next year. The people of London have long memories. We will make sure they do not forget the BNP leader’s vulgar cynicism and hatred.

Thanks to Nick Lowles at HOPE not Hate.

Lancaster Unity "live" election coverage

Lancaster Unity is updating live from 10.00, with virtually instant comment moderation. Keep refreshing this post for the latest updates and comments.

Anybody attending a count can send us results by email from mobile or regular email to elections@unitywebring.com. Even if you aren't attending a count, but know somebody you can trust who is and who can transmit results to you, that's fine.

Television and radio

Local television and radio coverage will continue for much of the night in most regions and will give more detailed coverage of BNP results than the national programmes. We'd like you to keep an eye on what the media are saying in your locality and get the news - no matter how trivial - to us.

Internet

Some local council websites and forums devoted to politics will be updating throughout the night. As we at Lancaster Unity are going to be very busy, we need supporters to keep an eye on them - including BNP websites and Stormfront.

Websites to watch

We can't watch them all, so we're calling on you to help us keep an eye on these:

http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2008/05/local-elections.html

http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk

http://www.birminghamelections.org.uk/

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/election/results

http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/formbytimes

http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/crosbyherald

http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/bootletimes/

http://www.vote-2007.co.uk/index.php?board=41.0

http://www.vote-2007.co.uk/index.php?board=40.0

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-elections/local-election-blog/

http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/

http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/election/news/

http://www.northumberlandcouncil.gov.uk/new/elections.asp#results (Friday -
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http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/

http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/

http://www.thisisthurrock.co.uk/election/

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/05/local_election_results_live.html

There will be more - please check your local council and/or newspaper website, and send all news and results to elections@unitywebring.com

Let's all pull together to make this a successful collective effort for the Lancaster Unity community!

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Latest:

YouGov's latest poll puts the BNP's Barnbrook on 2%, equal with the Greens' Sian Berry in the Mayoral race. We're also hearing that in the GLA race early exit polls are showing the BNP on 3% (unconfirmed - bear in mind also that the polls are open for several hours to come, and that not all BNP voters will admit to voting for the party. Good news is that turnout appears to be high).

Birmingham Sheldon:
Liberal Democrats 3224 60.51%
British National Party 789 14.81%
The Conservative Party 586 11.00%

BBC's political correspondent reports "huge" London turnout
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Redhill Ward, Sunderland
Tory 279
Lib Dem 185
Lab 1315
Ind Leadbitter (former bnp organiser)359 13.5%
John Martin bnp (Searchlight mole and last year a NS9 candidate)517 19.4%

31% turnout (2655 votes)
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Worcester Gorse Hill (unconfirmed)
Lab 515 47.33%
Con 243 22.33%
BNP 232 21.32%
Green 98 9.01%
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B'ham King's Norton
Con 2345 47.34%
Lab 1492 30.12%
BNP 534 10.78%
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B'ham Longbridge
Con 1997 39.36%%
Lab 1720 33.90%
BNP 716 14.11%

(BNP expectations better than this here)
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B'ham Northfield
Con 2804 47.13%%
Lab 1496 25.14%
BNP 1003 16.86%
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Nuneaton and Bedworth Abbey
Lab 1016 45.79%
Con 608 27.40%
BNP 391 17.62%
Green 204 9.19%

How the mighty are fallen! As LU predicted :-)

And the rough with the smooth - Nick Lowles reports: "The BNP has gained Camp Hill ward with 675 votes. Labour came second with 562."
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Sunderland Barnes Ward
Con 1712 51.60%
Lab 809 24.38%
LibDem 489 14.74%
BNP 308 9.28%
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Sunderland Castle Ward
Lab 1376 54.71%
BNP 350 13.92%
Con 343 13.64%
Ind 264 10.50%
LibDem 182 7.24%
Left 90 3.58%
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Sunderland Fulwell
Con 2092 53.16%
Lab 1032 26.23%
LibDem 459 11.66%
BNP 352 8.95%
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Sefton Crosby Ford ward
Owen Francis Brady - Labour - 1,330
Michael McDermott - British National Party - 301
Jessamine Hounslea - Conservative - 287
Philip James Wordley - UK Independence Party - 265
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Merseyside Whitefield
BNP 72
Lab 629
14K(?) 613
Lib Dem 150
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Sour grapes from BNP Thurrock loser:

LABOUR regained the Tilbury St Chads ward in the evening's first declared result.

The ward had been previously held by Val Liddiard, who left the Labour group to stand as an Independent Socialist.

BNP candidate Angela Daly came second, 61 votes behind the winner, Lynne Worrall.

Lynne said: "I want to say a big, big thank you to all the people who have helped me with my campaign. I would also like to thank my family. we are going to keep Tilbury Labour."

Beaten Conservative Kay Mangion said: "I'm pleased for Lynn, she has worked extremely hard and I always say the best people win."

Angela Daly said: "I will stand again. This year we are going to see what Labour have done to us and I'll be prepared for next time. The postal vote should be banned because I think they are all rigged."
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Hastings Tressel
Peter Chowney - Labour, 372
Evelyn Modlinger - Liberal Democrat, 208
Nick Prince - BNP, 147
Kate Walsgrove - Conservative, 279
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2 BNP gains in Rotherham, 1 in Thurrock
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Thurrock Belhus
Sue Gray (Lab) 786
Georgette Polly (Con) 549
Lauren Kay (BNP) 387
John Biddell (Lib Dem) 115
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Dudley failure. Nick Lowles says: "The BNP failed to pick up any seats in Dudley, with its vote down on last year. This appears to mirror the decline in the BNP across the Black Country, particularly in Sandwell."
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Stourbridge Brockmoor and Pensnett
Conservatives 846
Labour 777
British National Party 508
Independent 313
Liberal Democrats 204

Stourbridge Norton
Conservatives 2,445
Labour 603
Liberal Democrats 530
British National Party 285
UK Independence Party 210

Stourbridge Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood
Labour 1,376
Conservatives 1,119
British National Party 437
UK Independence Party 192
Liberal Democrats 136
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Carlisle results. Much crowed about gains failed to materialise.
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Full Thurrock results. Beacon last in his ward.
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Basildon full results:

Billericay East
Con 1932 66%
LibDem 428 15%
BNP 220 7%
Lab 206 7%
UKIP 152 5%

Billericay West
Con 2145 71%
LibDem 332 11%
Lab 239 8%
BNP 200 7%
UKIP 99 3%

Burstead
Con 1967 65%
BNP 407 13%
LibDem 384 13%
Lab 275 9%

Crouch
Con 1311 68%
BNP 251 13%
Lab 218 11%
LibDem135 7%

Fryerns
Lab 1013 40%
Con 636 25%
BNP 628 25%
LibDem 250 10%

Laindon Park
Con 1020 45%
Lab 661 29%
BNP 387 17%
LibDem 193 9%

Langdon Hills
Con 1176 58%
Lab 283 14%
BNP 197 10%
UKIP 152 7%
LibDem 130 6%
Green 104 5%

Lee Chapel North
Lab 972 44%
Con 604 27%
BNP 358 16%
LibDem 160 7%
Green 126 6%

Nethermayne
LibDem 1247 43%
Con 697 24%
Lab 495 17%
BNP 459 16%

Pitsea North West
Con 945 41%
Lab 739 32%
BNP 370 16%
UKIP 266 11%

Pitsea South East
Con 1255 52%
Lab 604 25%
BNP 383 16%
LibDem 171 7%

St. Martin's
Lab 539 38%
Con 408 29%
BNP 305 22%
LibDem 163 12%

Vange
Con 590 36%
Lab 508 31%
BNP 289 18%
LibDem 104 6%
Ind 72 4%
Ind 47 3%
Green 36 2%
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Coventry Westwood
LibDem 277
Lab 1389
Con 1713
BNP 425
Green 165
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BNP now have 2 seats in Amber Valley, miss a third by one vote.
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Southport Norwood
Con 744
LibDem 1709
BNP 184
Lab 290
UKIP 243
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Full Coventry results
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That wraps it up for tonight - thanks for your support.

Before signing off, let's just reflect that 8 BNP gains isn't the end of the world and hardly represents a great leap forward for them. So far as we have been able to make out, the average BNP vote has fallen when a comparison with 2004 can be made, but - as last year - the results are pretty mixed.

As our friend Irish Tony puts it: "3588 councillors elected so far. The BNP have 8."

The "quiet revolution"?

They don't come much quieter.

We've still got the Friday counts to go, and the GLA and London Mayoral results to come - see you later!