Saturday, 30th May, was an outstandingly good day, both in terms of the weather and of the reception the British National Party’s South Wales team received at its stall in Neath, reports local super activist Clive Bennett.

“This is, or was, a Labour heartland that has now changed its stance irrevocably due to the latest revelations of greed displayed by so many parliamentarians belonging to the old parties,” said Mr Bennett.

“We’d had a stall here last in January and though the reception was good then, the difference in the local people’s attitude is remarkable. In January there was a lot of interest shown in the BNP which may have been out of curiosity.

“Now the question is ‘what will the BNP do for me’ with far more questions about BNP policies,” he said. “There was also a feeling of despondency amongst some locals who said they had finished with politics and were not going to vote. We pointed out to them that it would be a mistake to do that as the election result will affect them personally.”

Despite that, the stall was exceptionally busy. Thousands of leaflets and Voice of Freedom newspapers were handed out by the more than 20 activists who turned up for the day.

“A leafleting team was also out working the area around the Gnoll where a further two thousand leaflets were distributed,” Mr Bennett continued.

“While we were in Neath, a BBC camera crew appeared and did several interviews and quite a lot of filming. Later in the day an S4C camera crew also turned up, and for a time we had both the BBC and S4C crews filming the day’s activity together.”

* The local Member of Parliament is Labour’s Peter Hain, most famous for his forgetfulness concerning the small matter of £103,000 of donations mislaid in his deputy leadership attempt a little while back. Now, as reported in the media this week, it has become known that he tried to claim for two homes simultaneously.

Mr Hain also has a very large heating bill. He claimed £6,000 for heating oil in two years, leading one local to ask if Mr Hain was working for OPEC.