[England Rocks]

Below is the history of some BNP councillors and candidates, amongst many others. Makes for some interesting reading, and proves the BNP are nothing but incompetent, violent, racist and fraudulent.

Simon Goodricke, 45, of Darton, A Barnsley BNP candidate was thrown out of the police force in disgrace and conned an 80-year-old woman out of £1,000 as he awaited trial for perverting the course of justice. This week he was arrested on suspicion of possessing a fire arm after our photographer saw him brandishing a handgun from his front door. The former Solihull Detective Constable, who is standing in the Hoyland Milton Ward at Thursday's council elections, was sentenced to 18 months at Birmingham Crown Court in January 1998. He was found guilty of perverting the course of justice after he tipped off fraudsters attempting to swindle £100m from Columbian drug barons.

Luke Smith (Burnley). Was forced to resign after he smashed a bottle into the face of a Leeds BNP organiser. Despite claiming to be the party of law and order, the BNP failed to call in the police and press charges. Smith had only recently been convicted of football violence when he was elected as a BNP candidate. He has had several more recent convictions and was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment after being caught fighting in Manchester.

Stan Leese, the BNP's candidate in Stoke-on-Trent's Northwood and Birches Head ward, was given the red card by Staffordshire Football Association which stated that his political views were at odds with the FA's equal rights and anti-racism policies. Quite right, too

Brian Turner (Burnley). Was convicted of attacking his wife and a police officer whilst a councillor yet the BNP refused to disown him. In fact they even defended him by issuing a statement saying: “we are not in the business of persecuting our members because the state considers someone guilty.”

Dan Kelley (Barking & Dagenham). Resigned from the council only eight months after being elected after admitting that he was completely out of his depth. “There’s meetings that go right over my head and there’s little point in me being there,” he told the local paper even before he resigned.

Richard Mulhall (Calderdale). Is currently facing charges on housing benefit fraud. Despite this the BNP has refused to disown him or demand his resignation if he is found guilty.

Robert Bailey, leader of the BNP on Barking and Dagenham Council - who, in the run-up to the London Assembly elections launched a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse at Recorder staff - had a face-off with Barking College principal Ted Parker on Monday, just hours before the college held a Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) event at its Dagenham Road, Dagenham campus. According to Mr Parker, the Alibon ward councillor ordered him to stop hosting such events, or there would be "problems" from BNP members at the college.

Maureen Stowe (Burnley). Left the BNP after admitting that they deliberately told lies to get elected. On leaving the BNP she said: “This is the best thing I could have done. I’ve got a chance to do a lot of good. Now I think we can pull all the people of Burnley together to improve things for everybody. I keep asking myself how could I have been so stupid as to have anything to do with them.”

Robin Evans (Blackburn). Left the BNP after complaining about the drug dealers and football hooligans who dominated his local BNP branch. He also criticised the Burnley BNP councillors as useless.

David Watkins (Sandwell). Dubbed ‘possibly the worst councillor in Sandwell,’ Watkins attended just 10 out of 63 meetings. Gave up after just one year.

Steve Batkin (Stoke-on-Trent). Steve Batkin attended none of a possible thirty committee meetings in the nine months to March 2005. Batkin has only spoken twice in his first two years as a councillor and one of those was to ask what “abstain” meant. Was once told to stop talking to the media after he questioned key facts relating to the Holocaust, including saying that Jewish people refused to debate the subject because they would be exposed as liars.

Angela Clarke (Bradford). Resigned from the council less than half-way through her term after her performance was criticised by fellow BNP members.

Terry Farr (Epping). Was suspended by the Standards Board after writing abusive letters. The hearing also said that it was fair political comment for a rival candidate to call the BNP Nazi.

Ramon Johns (Broxbourne). Was elected on the promise to campaign for free bus passes for all the elderly but then immediately voted against such a plan once elected.

James Lloyd (Sandwell). Campaigned on a ticket to make parents responsible for the crimes of their children. What he failed to tell voters was that his own son was one of the areas worst offenders. Also recently put out BNP leaflets claiming a local library building was going to become a mosque. When it was proved that this was a lie he did not apologise but simply claimed that somebody had obviously made up quotes from him.

Adrian Marsden (Calderdale). The absent councillor. In the six months to March 2006, Marsden has attended just three council meetings and his work record for his ward constituents has been even worse. However, he managed to find the time and strength to act as a bodyguard to BNP leader Nick Griffin during the recent court case in Leeds. But then again, what can you expect from a man with several convictions and a long history with the violent neo-nazi group Combat 18.

Geoffrey Wallace (Calderdale). Wallace jumped ship from the Tories when he thought he could not win a council seat under the blue flag but refused to call a by-election. He too stood on a ticket to help local people but his record proves he has done nothing of the kind. His recent performance in dealing with casework from local residents is truly shocking and clearly demonstrates his inability to work for local people. In the four months to February 2006 he did only 14.5 hours casework, and all but three were in the last few weeks.

For the sake of Britain, DO NOT vote these scum in on June 4th.

[jim_uk]

and the sad thing is this lot will probably pick up votes because the main parties are seen to be full of crooks.

The list is nothing compared to the crooks in power

[England Rocks]

Originally Posted by fxm89

The list is nothing compared to the crooks in power

Those are MPs. These are councillors.

The fact many BNP councillors are fraudulent at this level shows their promises of "morality" are nothing but lies.

[skunkboy69]

I don't even worry about the BNP getting into power.Theres not enough racist half wits that'll vote for them to put them in office.

England Rocks, this is the second post this morning which you've copied and pasted from elsewhere on the net without giving credit to the original source. Tut tut.

[Billy Nomates]

They don't stand round these parts at local or national level, not sure about the European elections.

[trevgo]

There's dozens of unsavoury candidates of all parties standing for council election.

A Tory councillor on my local authority has just been done for fraud.

I'll be it wouldn't take long to compile a list of Labour councillors/candidates of similar ilk.

[lemoncurd]

Originally Posted by skunkboy69

I don't even worry about the BNP getting into power.Theres not enough racist half wits that'll vote for them to put them in office.

Unfortunately, there are.

[jim_uk]

Originally Posted by Billy Nomates

They don't stand round these parts at local or national level, not sure about the European elections.

One stood in our ward a few months back after the Lib Dem councillor had to resign for getting caught drink driving twice, the BNP candidate came 5th out of 5 behind the Greens. They seem to be most popular in Labour areas, not surprising as they're Labour with some racism thrown in.

[Billy Nomates]

Originally Posted by jim_uk

One stood in our ward a few months back after the Lib Dem councillor had to resign for getting caught drink driving twice, the BNP candidate came 5th out of 5 behind the the Greens. They seem to be most popular in Labour areas, not surprising as they're Labour with some racism thrown in.

We have one of each in Reading, Rob Wilson Reading East (Con) and Martin Salter Reading West, (Lab) Salter is standing down and the seat is expected to fall to the Tories.

The BNP got run out of town back in the 80s I believe.

[Craigywageybaby]

Originally Posted by England Rocks

Below is the history of some BNP councillors and candidates, amongst many others. Makes for some interesting reading, and proves the BNP are nothing but incompetent, violent, racist and fraudulent.

Simon Goodricke, 45, of Darton, A Barnsley BNP candidate was thrown out of the police force in disgrace and conned an 80-year-old woman out of £1,000 as he awaited trial for perverting the course of justice. This week he was arrested on suspicion of possessing a fire arm after our photographer saw him brandishing a handgun from his front door. The former Solihull Detective Constable, who is standing in the Hoyland Milton Ward at Thursday's council elections, was sentenced to 18 months at Birmingham Crown Court in January 1998. He was found guilty of perverting the course of justice after he tipped off fraudsters attempting to swindle £100m from Columbian drug barons.

Luke Smith (Burnley). Was forced to resign after he smashed a bottle into the face of a Leeds BNP organiser. Despite claiming to be the party of law and order, the BNP failed to call in the police and press charges. Smith had only recently been convicted of football violence when he was elected as a BNP candidate. He has had several more recent convictions and was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment after being caught fighting in Manchester.

Stan Leese, the BNP's candidate in Stoke-on-Trent's Northwood and Birches Head ward, was given the red card by Staffordshire Football Association which stated that his political views were at odds with the FA's equal rights and anti-racism policies. Quite right, too

Brian Turner (Burnley). Was convicted of attacking his wife and a police officer whilst a councillor yet the BNP refused to disown him. In fact they even defended him by issuing a statement saying: “we are not in the business of persecuting our members because the state considers someone guilty.”

Dan Kelley (Barking & Dagenham). Resigned from the council only eight months after being elected after admitting that he was completely out of his depth. “There’s meetings that go right over my head and there’s little point in me being there,” he told the local paper even before he resigned.

Richard Mulhall (Calderdale). Is currently facing charges on housing benefit fraud. Despite this the BNP has refused to disown him or demand his resignation if he is found guilty.

Robert Bailey, leader of the BNP on Barking and Dagenham Council - who, in the run-up to the London Assembly elections launched a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse at Recorder staff - had a face-off with Barking College principal Ted Parker on Monday, just hours before the college held a Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) event at its Dagenham Road, Dagenham campus. According to Mr Parker, the Alibon ward councillor ordered him to stop hosting such events, or there would be "problems" from BNP members at the college.

Maureen Stowe (Burnley). Left the BNP after admitting that they deliberately told lies to get elected. On leaving the BNP she said: “This is the best thing I could have done. I’ve got a chance to do a lot of good. Now I think we can pull all the people of Burnley together to improve things for everybody. I keep asking myself how could I have been so stupid as to have anything to do with them.”

Robin Evans (Blackburn). Left the BNP after complaining about the drug dealers and football hooligans who dominated his local BNP branch. He also criticised the Burnley BNP councillors as useless.

David Watkins (Sandwell). Dubbed ‘possibly the worst councillor in Sandwell,’ Watkins attended just 10 out of 63 meetings. Gave up after just one year.

Steve Batkin (Stoke-on-Trent). Steve Batkin attended none of a possible thirty committee meetings in the nine months to March 2005. Batkin has only spoken twice in his first two years as a councillor and one of those was to ask what “abstain” meant. Was once told to stop talking to the media after he questioned key facts relating to the Holocaust, including saying that Jewish people refused to debate the subject because they would be exposed as liars.

Angela Clarke (Bradford). Resigned from the council less than half-way through her term after her performance was criticised by fellow BNP members.

Terry Farr (Epping). Was suspended by the Standards Board after writing abusive letters. The hearing also said that it was fair political comment for a rival candidate to call the BNP Nazi.

Ramon Johns (Broxbourne). Was elected on the promise to campaign for free bus passes for all the elderly but then immediately voted against such a plan once elected.

James Lloyd (Sandwell). Campaigned on a ticket to make parents responsible for the crimes of their children. What he failed to tell voters was that his own son was one of the areas worst offenders. Also recently put out BNP leaflets claiming a local library building was going to become a mosque. When it was proved that this was a lie he did not apologise but simply claimed that somebody had obviously made up quotes from him.

Adrian Marsden (Calderdale). The absent councillor. In the six months to March 2006, Marsden has attended just three council meetings and his work record for his ward constituents has been even worse. However, he managed to find the time and strength to act as a bodyguard to BNP leader Nick Griffin during the recent court case in Leeds. But then again, what can you expect from a man with several convictions and a long history with the violent neo-nazi group Combat 18.

Geoffrey Wallace (Calderdale). Wallace jumped ship from the Tories when he thought he could not win a council seat under the blue flag but refused to call a by-election. He too stood on a ticket to help local people but his record proves he has done nothing of the kind. His recent performance in dealing with casework from local residents is truly shocking and clearly demonstrates his inability to work for local people. In the four months to February 2006 he did only 14.5 hours casework, and all but three were in the last few weeks.

For the sake of Britain, DO NOT vote these scum in on June 4th.

So what your doing is generalising about the BNP........... pretty much why everyone hates the BNP in the first place.

Pot... Kettle..... Black

[CXC3000]

The thing is, those who vote for the racists like the BNP, couldn't care less what these candidates have done.

Their voters are the ignorant, poor, 'thick' individuals who can't think for themselves (fortunately there's not that many to be found in the UK).

[Craigywageybaby]

Originally Posted by CXC3000

The thing is, those who vote for the racists like the BNP, couldn't care less what these candidates have done.

Their voters are the ignorant, poor, 'thick' individuals who can't think for themselves (fortunately there's not that many to be found in the UK).

Again, generalisations but this time against the the BNP voters...............

Now replace the word 'voters' to 'black residents' or 'asian residents' in your last sentence. You wouldn't find that an acceptable statement, yet your OK using this statement against a set of people who you don't agree with or accept. Much like the BNP.

I'm not for the BNP, just consistancy. But I am against hypocrisy.

[jim_uk]

Originally Posted by CXC3000

The thing is, those who vote for the racists like the BNP, couldn't care less what these candidates have done.

Their voters are the ignorant, poor, 'thick' individuals who can't think for themselves (fortunately there's not that many to be found in the UK).

You won't ever change how people think by insulting them, more work needs to be done in these areas to make people see what a bunch of scumbags the BNP are. Trying to tackle racism by first silencing discussion and then when that fails hurling insults at people isn't going to work.

[trevgo]

Originally Posted by CXC3000

The thing is, those who vote for the racists like the BNP, couldn't care less what these candidates have done.

Their voters are the ignorant, poor, 'thick' individuals who can't think for themselves (fortunately there's not that many to be found in the UK).

Another arrogant so-and-so who is unwittingly canvassing for the BNP.

It's a real shame, but it's only when the BNP make a real breakthrough that these types will remove their heads from their orifices.

[edEx]

Originally Posted by Craigywageybaby

Again, generalisations but this time against the the BNP voters...............

Now replace the word 'voters' to 'black residents' or 'asian residents' in your last sentence. You wouldn't find that an acceptable statement, yet your OK using this statement against a set of people who you don't agree with or accept. Much like the BNP.

I'm not for the BNP, just consistancy. But I am against hypocrisy.

What utter nonsense. People cannot choose to be black or Asian, but they can choose to vote BNP, normally either out of ignorance or because they are incapable of realising what the consequences will be.

When people choose to do something that's wrong we're all entitled to berate them for it. What isn't acceptable is berating someone for something they were born as.

[Craigywageybaby]

Originally Posted by edEx

What utter nonsense. People cannot choose to be black or Asian, but they can choose to vote BNP, normally either out of ignorance or because they are incapable of realising what the consequences will be.

When people choose to do something that's wrong we're all entitled to berate them for it. What isn't acceptable is berating someone for something they were born as.

A generalistion is a generalistion who ever it's aimed at. It's irrelevant whether there is a choice that it is involved, what we are talking about acceptable or unacceptable behaviour against a group of people regardless of their disposition.

Basically, what you are saying is that it's OK to be rude about someone if they've chosen something you don't agree with?

All BNP voters fall into 2 catagories do they???? Hmmmmmm thats a slight generalision

Originally Posted by CXC3000

The thing is, those who vote for the racists like the BNP, couldn't care less what these candidates have done.

Their voters are the ignorant, poor, 'thick' individuals who can't think for themselves (fortunately there's not that many to be found in the UK).

You sound like you vote for the BNP

[uber_boi]

Did anyone see their party political broadcast on tv last night? It was hardly the best put together one I've seen and one of the only things they kept mentioning was installing 2 CCTV cameras on some eatate to try and cut down crime and anti-social behaviour. If that's the best they can come up with on a national broadcast I don't think the other parties have got anything to worry about.

[trevgo]

Originally Posted by edEx

When people choose to do something that's wrong we're all entitled to berate them for it. What isn't acceptable is berating someone for something they were born as.

Many people happen to think the government did something wrong when it allowed a massive surge in immigration.

How do you suggest they berate them?

[ak001]

Haha all these comments saying "You dont have to worry about the BNP getting into power" will eat their words in years to come.

[trevgo]

Originally Posted by ak001

Haha all these comments saying "You dont have to worry about the BNP getting into power" will eat their words in years to come.

That is precisely what I am worried about.

Sleepwalking to disaster whilst insulting everyone who doesn't collude in their uberliberalism.

I think there has been too much immigration. I do not like enforced multiculturalism.

I do not want the BNP.

These things are not exclusive.

[ak001]

If anyone is to blame for the BNP being such a force at the moment its Labour & the way they have treated white British people since 1997.

[DeadJoe]

Can someone explain why it is wrong to insult the BNP and their half-witted supporters? I don't see the problem.