On course for European Election success
IF anyone still had any doubts over the motives of that little coterie of individuals who tried to ferment internal dispute within the British National Party last November in an effort to scupper our chances at the Greater London Assembly elections, the events of the last 48 hours will have removed them.
The membership list that appeared on the Internet on Monday morning was the same one that was stolen by the ‘Gang of Four’ and used to send out the bogus bulletin last January that they hoped would destroy the BNP. Enough will be said on this matter in the media so I won’t waste space on it here, apart from pointing out that if they think such action will hurt the BNP, they are very much mistaken. The survival of John Sergeant on Strictly Come Dancing by the public vote each week shows that the British people don’t like to see the victimisation of individuals and any attempt by our opponents working within the media to do this to our ordinary members will spectacularly backfire and drive even more supporters into our ranks.
The publication of the list at this time has only one purpose – to whip up dissention and demoralise our membership at a vital time when we are gearing up for the European Elections. It’s exactly the same strategy and timing that was used for the GLA elections last year. And no wonder the opposition is running scared. Yesterday I number-crunched the votes needed for Nick Griffin to take one of the eight seats on offer in the North West Euro constituency by breaking the figures down to the 43 local authorities. On the evidence of recent council elections in these areas, the Party looks very much on course to securing the 8th and final seat available.
Based on the 2004 Result in the North West Constituency and taking the turnout and vote share to be similar, the British National Party needs to receive another 33,842 votes (1.6%) to achieve its goal.
Let’s take a look at these in details
43 Authority Results from the North West Euro Constituency:
1. ALLERDALE
2004 Result: 1381 (5%)
In June we need 1823 votes (6.6%)
Average BNP vote in 6 Allerdale Council elections over the past 18 months: 20.2%.
2. BARROW
2004 Result: 869 (4.1%)
In June we need 1208 votes (5.7%)
Average BNP vote in 3 Barrow Council elections over the past 18 months: 11.5%
3. BLACKBURN & DARWEN
2004 Result: Blackburn & Darwen 4491 (9.1%)
In June we need 5280 votes (10.7%)
Average BNP vote in 6 Blackburn & Darwen Council elections over the past 18 months: 20.7%
4. BLACKPOOL
2004 Result: 2641 (6.8%)
In June we need 3262 votes (8.4%)
Average BNP vote in 7 Blackpool Council elections over the past 18 months: 15.7%.
5. BOLTON
2004 Result: 5427 votes (6.6%)
In June we need 6742 (8.2%)
Average BNP vote in 2 Bolton Council elections in last 18 months: 16.1%
6. BURNLEY
2004 Result: 5301 (16.5%)
In June we need 5815 votes (18.1%)
Average BNP vote in 21 Burnley Council elections over the past 18 months: 24.2%
7. BURY
2004 Result: 5509 (8.3%)
In June we need 6570 votes (9.9%)
Average BNP vote 16 in Bury Council elections over the past 18 months: 11.6%
8. CARLISLE
2004 Result: 1772 (5.2%)
In June we need 2317 votes (6.8%)
Average vote in 15 Carlisle Council elections over the past 18 months: 15.5%
Full list can be found on Martin Wingfield’s blog here . . .
