Clean sweep of lost deposits for Liverpool BNP
The voters have spoken – and they’ve told Liverpool BNP where to get off in no uncertain terms. The BNP averaged a humiliating 1.82% in the three Liverpool seats they constested, losing their deposits in every one. As usual, the BNP in Liverpool performed WORSE than the party nationally. In Wavertree they were 7th out … Read more
Building the movement, fighting the fascists
Today, members of Liverpool Antifascists took to the streets to deliver the message of working class unity against fascism to those areas targeted by the BNP. As with previous times we have went out, the reception we got from local residents was positive. The only time we faced anger was when people mistakenly thought we … Read more
Dissecting the BNP manifesto
The British National Party has launched its manifesto for the 2010 elections. Titled Democracy, Freedom, Culture and Identity (PDF), it is 94 pages long and – according to its own introduction – “one of the most comprehensive and detailed manifestos in [the BNP's] history.” As such, I thought that it deserved scrutinising. The first thing … Read more
Postal workers: don’t deliver fascist garbage!
The BNP in Liverpool and Merseyside are only a small outfit, and will only have the resources to concentrate on a few key areas out of all the places where they are standing. But General Election rules mean that the fascists can co-opt taxpayer money and working class man power to spread their hate. With … Read more
BNP Lies No1. BNP Steals Normandy Veteran’s Words
Yesterday, WW2 veteran Kenneth Riley appealed for people to sign up to the Hope Not Hate campaign to fight the BNP. Amazingly, within hours some of his own words were lifted verbatim and put into the mouth of the BNP’s own claimed war veteran Bob Head. Compare and contrast their two letters. It’s both galling … Read more
BNP candidates in Liverpool down by a third
The BNP today revealed it would be standing only eight candidates in the local elections in Liverpool on May 6th. This is eight too many, but it is one third less than the twelve it put up in 2008 and represents the effects of a determined anti-fascist campaign against them and of the internal divisions … Read more
Splitting The BNP Vote?
The BNP is facing a financially tough general election and now the NF & UKIP could split their vote. 2009 may have been a good year electorally for the BNP but on a financial and personnel level it was moving close to crisis. The MEP and council election success was counter-balanced by the continuing accounting … Read more
Nick Griffin to stand in General Election
Following the news that Nick Griffin will be standing against culture minister Margaret Hodge to be MP for Barking, the BNP have kicked off their General Election campaign. The typically grandiose and self-important annocement that “BNP raises the battle standard” invites several observations. First, and most glaring, is the fact that the party (and Griffin) … Read more
