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Martin Webster joins in attack on BNP's far from democratic Nick Griffin

We received an email from Martin Webster yesterday, referring to the proposed leadership challenge in the BNP. Webster, not being a noted fan on the BNP leader (despite having something of a history with him), has launched a fierce verbal attack on the ludicrous and undemocratic tweaks to the internal election rules that Griffin has made to ensure his victory.

Griffin's further tweaks to the leadership election 'rules'

In recent weeks there has been much internet traffic about a possible challenge to Nick Griffin's Chairmanship of the British National Party. One name mentioned in this respect was that of Chris Jackson, the party's competent NW of England Regional Organiser.

I have issued to a small circle of friends and acquaintances within the BNP and elsewhere a number of commentaries about the situation, both in terms of the corrupt nature of the BNP's 'constitution' and the appropriate time for such a challenge. To any who receive this but who have not received my earlier commentaries, please feel free to contact me for copies of the same.

Meanwhile, somebody has just forwarded me a page from the BNP web site concerning the party's rather opaque 'rules' [reprinted below this item] for staging an election for the post of party leader/"chairman". The contents of this page rather confirms my earlier observations.

I have not had time to give this document a forensic examination, but already I can see that it contains a number of splendid jokes, not least when it talks of the BNP's system for organising leadership elections as:

'...an unusually democratic system for choosing - and replacing - the leader'

Griffin makes it clear in the last ten words of paragraph 6 how he will 'load' the dice against any opponent should a challenge be launched against him:

'All candidates receive equal space in the internal members’ bulletin, British Nationalist for a 'manifesto' statement. No party publications or web facilities may be used to recommend or promote any candidate, although they will continue to report normally on party activities.'

In other words, during the campaign period the party's publications and web site will contain a high degree of personal publicity for Griffin while his opponents will only be allowed to publish a brief 'manifesto' in the party's tatty, small format bulletin.

Paragraph 6 also makes it clear that challenger candidates will not be able to balance Griffin's monopoly domination of the party's print and electronic media by issuing their own print or electronic propaganda to the membership.

Any criticism of Griffin and his policies will be even more rigorously censored than they are at present in BNP web site 'discussion' forums, though contributors will have full freedom to express how very wonderful, wise, brave and competent 'The Dear Leader' is.

It should be noted that while paragraph 7 states...

'Candidates and party members supporting them are of course perfectly entitled to speak on the issue at party meetings.'

...it forgets to mention that Griffin will be able as usual to travel around the country with his retinue of bodyguards at the expense of the membership, while any candidate standing against him or spokespersons for the same will have to find their own travel expenses, over-night accommodation and other out-of-pocket expenses.

Perhaps the most outrageous announcement is made in paragraph 8:

'Precise final details of how a leadership contest is to be run are decided and publicised immediately after the 30th June in any year in which valid nominations are received from a challenger or challengers.'

But as the period for nomination of candidates in the election (see paragraph 4)...

'...opens on 1st June and closes on 30th June each year...'

...then it means that persons seeking to challenge Griffin for the leadership of the party in an election will only know the 'precise final details of how the leadership contest is to be run' after Griffin has seen what kind of challenge confronts him and what kind of arrangements and rules he has tweaked to give himself the best possible advantage!

What person with more than half a brain would enter any kind of contest - even a tiddlywinks game - without knowing in advance precisely what rules apply?

Who but a moron, a crank exhibitionist or an agent provocateur would enter an electoral contest where the rules are set by one's principal opponent - and after the closing date for involvement in the competition?

This is why I say that the assertion that the party's (correction: Nick Griffin's) arrangements are '...an unusually democratic system for choosing - and replacing - the leader...' is a tremendous joke.

From all this, it will be seen that BNP candidates standing in Parliamentary and local council elections get a far fairer deal from the Establishment's political system that Griffin grants to his fellow party members.

Those BNP members put up with Griffin's Robert Mugabe-style travesty of an election system are either as corrupt as Griffin himself (the minority, mainly in Griffin's coterie) or they are as politically ignorant, stupid and brain-dead as the vast majority of the rest of the native British population.

However, the decent and aware members of the BNP, however large or small a proportion or the membership they may be, must not give up in despair. They must 'hang on in there', argue the principles of the issues involved, keep their powder dry and await their moment of opportunity.

Unfortunately, that moment is not now or on the immediate horizon. But that moment WILL come. Griffin is a deeply corrupt man and he is soaping the stairs for himself. Let us hope that the cause of British nationalism does not take a catastrophic tumble along with him.

Martin Webster

The rules for the leadership election as set out on the BNP web site [paragraphs numbered by M.W. for ease of reference]

1. The constitution of the British National Party was designed so that the party leader has more power than in many other parties. This system was adopted when the BNP was founded as a result of more than a decade of prior experience, of the way in which rule by a directorate or committee was a recipe for disastrous factional in-fighting and division in a nationalist party.

2. It was, however, acknowledged right from the start that such a concentration of power needs to be balanced by a high degree of accountability by the leader to the membership, and by an unusually democratic system for choosing - and replacing - the leader.

3. The constitution therefore states that the current leader may be challenged in any year by any member with more than five years’ unbroken membership who is also either an office holder within the party or who secures the backing of 100 members in good standing paid up for the current year. The signing of such a paper is taken simply as an indication that the assenter recognises the right of the challenger to stand, and does not necessarily indicate support for any or all of the candidate's proposals.

4. While there does not have to be any such contest (there has only been one in the party's history -- in 1999, when Mr. Griffin was elected by a substantial majority), the period during which nominations must be submitted via registered post to the BNP's registered headquarters, PO Box 14, Welshpool, SY21 0WE, opens on 1st June and closes on 30th June each year.

Secret ballot

5. In the event of no valid nominations being submitted, the current party leader is deemed to have been elected unopposed for a further year. If a contest does take place a secret postal ballot of all members paid up since January of the current year is held before the end of September.

6. All candidates receive equal space in the internal members’ bulletin, British Nationalist for a 'manifesto' statement. No party publications or web facilities may be used to recommend or promote any candidate, although they will continue to report normally on party activities.

7. In order to avoid either benefiting the incumbent leader or encouraging the illegitimate collection and use of membership details, no candidate may issue or have issued on his or her behalf any separate promotional material by post or email. Candidates and party members supporting them are of course perfectly entitled to speak on the issue at party meetings.

8. Precise final details of how a leadership contest is to be run are decided and publicised immediately after the 30th June in any year in which valid nominations are received from a challenger or challengers.

9. The current party leader, Nick Griffin, has indicated that he intends at present to continue in that position for several years longer at least, but that he would welcome a properly conducted challenge as a way of confirming his popular mandate to continue running the party along present lines, and of displaying the BNP's unusually democratic leadership selection system to the British people as a whole.

Election: The people versus the racists

Row erupts over BNP 'race discrimination' claims

A council chief is demanding to see evidence of racial discrimination in a row over a British National Party election leaflet.

Burnley Borough Council chief executive Mr Steve Rumbelow has branded the leaflets, which claims that the council discriminates against white job candidates in favour of black and ethnic minority candidates, "wildly inaccurate". He has issued an edict that the leaflets be revoked and corrected. But BNP leader Coun. Sharon Wilkinson is holding firm with the message: "We stand by our literature."

Mr Rumbelow is now demanding to see evidence and said: "If the BNP believe that these claims are right, then I would be very interested to see the evidence so that I can investigate it."

In a statement, Mr Rumbelow refutes the claims of positive discrimination. He says: "It has come to our attention that a leaflet containing wildly inaccurate information regarding council employment policy is being circulated by the BNP. The leaflet makes misleading claims about how the council treats job candidates from different ethnic backgrounds. The council does not discriminate in the way that it recruits its workers. By law, we employ the best person for the job, irrespective of their ethnic background. There can be no excuse for this material being published in an election leaflet and the BNP should withdraw the leaflet and correct it."

But Coun. Wilkinson cites one of the council's strategic objectives, which aims to "increase the percentage of council employees from minority ethnic communities to 8.5% by March 2008" as the basis for the party's claims.

She said: "Fact: The council's stated intention is to employ more people from ethnic minorities. To employ by reason of ethnicity cannot be anything less than racial discrimination. People should be employed on ability and competence and for no other reason."

But Mr Rumbelow has been swift to point out that this policy is aimed to ensure that the council's workforce better represents the borough's population, but is not an active target.

Mr Rumbelow, in his role as returning officer, held a briefing at the beginning of the election process to warn political agents about the content of election leaflets and addresses. He stressed that any material that "implies that the council is acting unlawfully in its decisions or in the way that it operates or contains information that is inaccurate about the council" will be "robustly challenged".

Mr Rumbelow added: "Each case will be considered individually, including what action is appropriate."

Burnley Express

Party suspends BNP row councillor

A Liberal Democrat councillor has been suspended after nominating a BNP candidate for May's local elections. The party's leadership has withdrawn all support for Darlington councillor Stephen Jones, who has quit as leader of the three-strong Lib Dem group.

Daniel Brown, the candidate whose nomination he signed, is one of his rivals in the North Road ward.

The local party said Mr Jones made a mistake but the Tories have called on Sir Menzies Campbell to sack him. Edward Davey, chief of staff to leader Sir Menzies, said: "The Liberal Democrat Party in no way endorses and indeed repudiates the policy platform of the British National Party, whose views we find repugnant in every aspect. At all levels of the party our aim is to defeat the invidious philosophy of the BNP and to campaign actively against them. We will investigate the circumstances of this case immediately and thoroughly."

Mr Jones' local party said the councillor had assured them he had no sympathies with the far-right BNP. He quit as the leader of the group following an emergency meeting last night to discuss the issue.

In a statement, the local party said: "Councillor Jones made an error of judgment in signing the nomination papers of an opposition candidate.

'No excuse'

"In view of his unfortunate mistake, Councillor Jones has resigned as Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group but will continue to seek re-election as a Liberal Democrat based on his record of service to North Road Ward."

The Tories said there was no need for any investigation and demanded Sir Menzies sack Mr Jones immediately. Party chairman Francis Maude said there could be no excuse for a mainstream political party promoting extremism and racism.

He said: "The evidence is there for all to see; Menzies Campbell must get off the fence and sack Steve Jones. He must send a clear message to the rest of his Party that racism will not be tolerated by expelling this councillor from the Liberal Democrats."

BBC

BNP announce record number of candidates

The BNP is standing a record 880 candidates in the May local elections. This figure is made up of:

- 746 in district and borough council elections
- 7 in Scottish council elections
- 32 in the Scottish Assembly elections (regional lists)
- 20 in the Welsh Assembly elections (regional lists)
- 75 in town and parish council elections.

This is a massive increase over the 363 candidates in 2006 and the 221 who stood in 2004. In 1997, when Labour came into power, the BNP could only muster 53 candidates.

The district and borough council candidates can be found by clicking the relevant local authority area on our map.

Searchlight has produced a glossy hardhitting leaflet to counter the BNP. Click here to view the leaflet or to place an order.

Most of the BNP candidates will be paper candidates and will do little or no campaigning. However we will see a concerted effort in their target areas. To help us determine the threat posed by the BNP in each ward we need your help. It will be evident from the quality and quantity of BNP literature being distributed which wards they believe they could win, so please notify us of any BNP activity, send us copies of leaflets and let us know of any particular local issues that might make a previous safe ward vulnerable to the BNP.

Send us a message here about particular wards you think are under threat and we will see how we can help.

Over the next week Searchlight will announce a number of initiatives to help turn out the anti-BNP vote on election day. Whatever your circumstances, wherever you live, there will be something you can do to help.

TOGETHER WE CAN BEAT THE BNP

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BBC info on the 2007 elections

Just in case you hadn't noticed, there are local government elections on May 3rd. The BBC have conveniently provided a guide to what's happening and where.

What elections are there this year?

Seats on the Scottish Parliament and local councils, the Welsh Assembly and most local authorities in England outside London are all up for grabs.

What's happening in Scotland?

This May sees the four-yearly elections for the Scottish Parliament, which runs the devolved Scottish government. Seats on all 32 unitary councils will be up for election as well.

Scottish elections in-depth

What powers does the Scottish Parliament have?

It can pass laws on education, criminal justice, the NHS, business, agriculture, local government, social housing, transport and tourism and some other areas. It also has the power to vary the basic rate of income tax, set by Westminster to cover the whole UK, by up to 3%. Westminster retains control of areas like foreign policy, immigration, defence, social security, employment and national security.

Who controls the Scottish Parliament?

It is controlled by a Labour/Liberal Democrat coalition. Labour has 50 seats, the Scottish Nationalist Party has 25, the Lib Dems and Conservatives both have 17, the Scottish Greens have seven, the Scottish Socialists have 4, Solidarity - the Socialist party set up by Tommy Sheridan - has two, the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party has one and there are five independents and one presiding officer. There are also 32 local unitary authorities, which run local government services. From May 2007 they will be elected using the Single Transferable Vote.

How are MSPs elected?

MSPs are elected for four-year terms, by the "top up" system - a type of proportional representation. There are 129 MSPs at Holyrood. 73 are constituency MSPs, 56 are regional "top-up" members. Voters have two votes - one for a candidate in a constituency, and the second for a party - from this vote the "top-up" members are picked.

What is happening in Wales?

This May sees the four-yearly elections for the Welsh Assembly. This runs the devolved government of Wales.

Welsh elections in-depth

What powers does the Welsh Assembly have?

It can pass secondary legislation in some areas - meaning it can modify Acts of Parliament using Assembly Orders - but not make new Acts itself. It can modify the details of Acts in areas including: agriculture, the environment, roads and transport, housing, social services, health, tourism and social services. It does not have tax-raising powers but has some powers over government charges for services - like NHS prescriptions, charges for nursing homes and university tuition.

Isn't it getting more powers after the elections?

Yes. Under the Government of Wales Act 2006 - it will be able to make Assembly Measures - effectively passing laws, but only over those areas where it already has responsibility. These will also be subject to a Westminster veto - the Houses of Commons and Lords will have to vote in favour of allowing the assembly to legislate in those areas. The idea is to bypass the legislative "log jam" at Westminster, where laws prepared by the Welsh Assembly have to compete for time with bills prepared in Whitehall. The Act also allows for the possibility of a referendum, to grant full law-making powers to the Welsh Assembly.

Who controls the Welsh Assembly?

Labour is the ruling party and the First Secretary is Rhodri Morgan. There are 60 members of the Assembly (AMs), based in Cardiff, each elected for four years. Labour has 29 seats, Plaid Cymru has 12, the Conservatives have 12, the Liberal Democrats have 6 seats and the last was won by an independent, John Marek. The assembly is quite unusual as the executive (the government) and the parliamentary (legislative) branches are not legally separate - but integrated as a corporate body. The Government of Wales Act aims to change this.

How are AMs elected?

There are 40 AMs representing individual constituencies through the "first past the post" system, and five more regions elect another 20 from regional lists - a type of proportional representation. Currently AMs delegate their executive powers to the First Minister, who is elected by the whole assembly. He gives responsibility for certain functions to the cabinet - made up of eight ministers.

What elections are there in England?

In England 32.8 million people will be able to vote - with seats being contested in 312 local authorities. In some councils one third of seats will be up for election, in others, the whole council will be elected. There are also mayoral elections in Bedford, Mansfield and Middlesbrough. It is the biggest election in the local cycle in England, with about 10,500 council seats are up for grabs. This is because councils which are electing all their members have coincided with those electing one-third of councillors. This year half of the seats are in just three regions - eastern, south and south-west.

What powers do local councils have?

They vary between the different types of authorities. But powers can include setting council tax and business rates, as well as charges for things like parking tickets, overseeing street-cleaning, maintaining roads and parks, running libraries and schools, refuse collection, housing and social services, trading standards and environmental health - from fly tipping to noise pollution - and they grant planning permission for buildings.

When are the elections?

The elections will be held on Thursday 3 May 2007. Polls open at 7am and close at 10pm.

When will the results be known?

At least half of English local authorities will not start counting the ballots until Friday. In Wales counts are expected to take place overnight. In Scotland the first results are expected at about 12.30am

Guide: England's local elections

What is happening in England?

On 3 May there will be about 10,500 council seats contested across 312 local authorities. Half of those seats are in just three regions - eastern, southern and the south-western.

Who is being elected?

Across all 36 Metropolitan boroughs, one-third of council seats will be contested. In 25 unitary authorities the whole council will go to the polls, while in another 20 only a third of seats are up for election. Of district councils, 153 will elect the entire council, another 78 will elect a third.

Metropolitan boroughs going to the polls

Barnsley, Birmingham, Bolton, Bradford, Bury, Calderdale, Coventry, Doncaster, Dudley, Gateshead, Kirklees, Knowsley, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Oldham, Rochdale, Rotherham, Salford, Sandwell, Sefton, Sheffield, Solihull, South Tyneside, St Helens, Stockport, Sunderland, Tameside, Trafford, Wakefield, Walsall, Wigan, Wirral and Wolverhampton.

Unitary authorities electing all council seats

Bath & N.E. Somerset, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Brighton & Hove, Darlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, Herefordshire, Leicester, Luton, Medway, Middlesbrough, North Lincolnshire, North Somerset, Nottingham, Poole, Redcar & Cleveland, Rutland, South Gloucestershire, Stockton-on-Tees, Telford & Wrekin, Torbay, West Berkshire, Windsor & Maidenhead and York.

Unitary authorities electing a third of seats

Blackburn with Darwen, Bristol, Derby, Halton, Hartlepool, Kingston-upon-Hull, Milton Keynes, North East Lincolnshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Stoke-on-Trent, Swindon, Thurrock, Warrington and Wokingham.

District councils electing all seats

Allerdale, Alnwick, Arun, Ashfield, Ashford, Aylesbury Vale, Babergh, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blaby, Blyth Valley, Bolsover, Boston, Braintree, Breckland, Bridgnorth, Broadland, Bromsgrove, Broxtowe, Canterbury, Caradon, Carrick, Castle Morpeth, Charnwood, Chelmsford, Chesterfield, Chester-le-Street, Chichester, Chiltern, Christchurch, Copeland, Corby, Cotswold, Dacorum, Dartford, Derbyshire Dales, Derwentside, Dover, Durham, Easington, Eastbourne, East Cambridgeshire, East Devon, East Dorset, East Hampshire, East Hertfordshire, East Lindsey, East Northamptonshire, East Staffordshire, Eden, Epsom & Ewell, Erewash, Fenland, Forest Heath, Forest of Dean, Fylde, Gedling, Gravesham, Guildford, Hambleton, Harborough, High Peak, Hinckley & Bosworth, Horsham, Kennet, Kerrier, Kettering, King's Lynn & West Norfolk, Lancaster, Lewes, Lichfield, Lincoln, Maldon, Malvern Hills, Mansfield, Melton, Mendip, Mid Bedfordshire, Mid Devon, Mid Suffolk, Mid Sussex, New Forest, Newark & Sherwood, North Cornwall, North Devon, North Dorset, North East Derbyshire, North Hertforshire, North Kesteven, North Norfolk, North Shropshire, North Warwickshire, North West Leicestershire, North Wiltshire, Northampton, Oadby & Wigston, Oswestry, Restormel, Ribble Valley, Richmondshire, Rother, Rushcliffe, Ryedale, Salisbury, Scarborough, Sedgefield, Sedgemoor, Selby, Sevenoaks, Shepway, South Bucks, South Derbyshire, South Hams, South Holland, South Kesteven, South Norfolk, South Northamptonshire, South Oxfordshire, South Ribble, South Shropshire, South Somerset, South Staffordshire, Spelthorne, St Edmundsbury, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, Suffolk Coastal, Surrey Heath, Taunton Deane, Teesdale, Teignbridge, Tendring, Test Valley, Tewkesbury, Thanet, Tonbridge & Malling, Torridge, Tynedale, Uttlesford, Vale of White Horse, Vale Royal, Wansbeck, Warwick, Waverley, Wealden, Wear Valley, Wellingborough, West Devon, West Dorset, West Somerset, West Wiltshire, Wychavon, Wycombe and Wyre.

District councils electing a third of seats

Amber Valley, Barrow-in-Furness, Basildon, Basingstoke & Deane, Bassetlaw, Bedford, Brentwood, Broxbourne, Burnley, Cambridge, Cannock Chase, Carlisle, Castle Point, Cherwell, Chester, Chorley, Colchester, Congleton, Craven, Crawley, Crewe & Nantwich, Daventry, Eastleigh, Ellesmere Port & Neston, Elmbridge, Epping Forest, Exeter, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Harlow, Harrogate, Hart, Havant, Hertsmere, Huntingdonshire, Hyndburn, Ipswich, Macclesfield, Maidstone, Mole Valley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Norwich, Pendle, Penwith, Preston, Purbeck, Redditch, Reigate & Banstead, Rochford, Rossendale, Rugby, Runnymede, Rushmoor, Shrewsbury & Atcham, South Bedfordshire, South Cambs, South Lakeland, St Albans, Stevenage, Stratford-on-Avon, Stroud, Swale, Tamworth, Tandridge, Three Rivers, Tunbridge Wells, Watford, Waveney, Welwyn Hatfield, West Lancashire, West Lindsey, West Oxfordshire, Weymouth & Portland, Winchester, Woking, Worcester, Worthing and Wyre Forest.

BBC

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Sharon Ebanks scraping the nazi barrel for NNP candidates

Sharon Ebanks' New Nationalist Party (NNP), desperate to find candidates to stand in the forthcoming local government elections in May, seems to be frantically approaching all and sundry - even the worst outcasts of the nazi world - to find enough people to stand in order to give her already-ailing party (dubbed the 'Dodgy Desperados' by her friends) some credibility on the far-right.

The NNP is already packed with BNP rejects including ex-treasurers, ex-organisers and ex-fake councillors but this, it seems, is not enough. Now Ebanks has had to resort to appealing to the real nazi lowlifes to support her. Yes, even lower than the BNP - hard to believe, we know.

According to a number of posts on the Stormfront forum, the Birmingham-based Ebanks has approached 57 year-old Eddy Morrison, so-called 'National Political Advisor' to the three-men and a very large dog group, the British People's Party, to try to sign him up. Why she'd want to when he's a renowned drunken incompetent is beyond us but apparently it's true.

Morrison, you may recall, stood in last years council elections in Bramley, duping a pensioner into signing his nomination form by telling her it was a petition against the closure of a local shopping centre. When his ruse was discovered a complaint was made to the police but the case was dropped when Morrison got such a pitifully low vote that it made absolutely no difference to the outcome. Chagrined by this disaster, Morrison promptly resigned in a huff and vowed never to stand again.

Unsteady Eddy has been around the hardcore nazi scene for years though his jumping from group to group in a dismal and doomed attempt to get some kind of power base has provoked comment even from those whom one would assume to be his colleagues. One nazi forum had this to say; 'Eddy Morrison has indeed had a remarkable career. He has been fighting for 'Nationalist Unity' in the National Front, [the notoriously violent] National Democratic Freedom Movement (his own), British National Party (his own) circa 1977, National Front again, British Movement, National Action Party (his own), National Front (again), New National Front, British National Party, National Front (again), Aryan Unity, White Nationalist party, Spearhead Support group, Spearhead Group, Nationalist Alliance and finally British Peoples Party...'

Even if he isn't a success at anything he tries, he may well hold the world record for being useless in more nazi groups than anyone else.

As foolish and impotent as Morrison is though, he is still a confirmed nazi. When approached by Ebanks, his alleged response was to ask her to prove her 'racial ancestry'. This is an allusion to the strong rumour (supported, incidentally, by her mother) that her father, Radwell Ebanks, was black. We don't care what her ancestry is but this response from Morrison serves to show where his concerns lie and indicates clearly the nature of the man. In any case, Ebanks refused to satisfy his curiousity.

Following her resignation/expulsion (the story depends on who tells it) from the BNP and the formation of the NNP, Ebanks promised that her party would field a full slate of candidates across Birmingham. Whether this was because she wanted to be the queen bee of Midlands right-wing political life or just to get the BNP back for its mistreatment of her over her wrongful election last year isn't clear. The BNP is said to be furious at her for the fuss she's made ever since - including starting her own party in a fit of pique - and will do everything it can to stop her. From our point of view of course, any split in the right-wing vote is excellent.

Ebanks' approach to Morrison shouldn't really surprise anyone. Black father or not, she's a racist through and through and obviously expected a better welcome - though Morrison, easily confused, could have been even more confused by her conflicting statements.

Ebanks on race: 'I'm not a racist'
Ebanks on Solihull: '...Solihull is a paki-infested dump.'

Holocaust-denier Morrison has now asked Ebanks to stop emailing him and to stop wasting his time. Rejected by the voters, the BNP and now by the idiotic Eddy Morrison. Things are not looking good for the ghastly Sharon Ebanks.