The British National Party’s Alan Hewitt will be contesting the parliamentary seat of Burton at the next election, it was announced at a packed meeting held this week in the town.

“I intend to mount a full scale challenge to the Labour Party at the next election,” Mr Hewitt said. “It is about time that the voters of Burton had an alternative and we are going to give it to them.”

The meeting was chaired by West Midlands regional organiser Alwyn Deacon, who explained that the gathering as to “kick start the general election” for that part of the country.

The first speaker was Burton BNP secretary Andy Vernon who updated the meeting with details of the BNP’s growth in the constituency.

Next speaker was BNP deputy leader Simon Darby who provided a number of amusing anecdotes about Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time and how this had greatly benefitted the party in terms of publicity and appeal.

Mr Darby also announced that he had taken up a leftist challenge to himself to get a DNA test and he was proud to announce that he had no ancestors outside of Europe.

The last speaker was BNP foreign affairs spokesman Arthur Kemp who discussed the foreign aid scandal and how taxpayers’ money was given away while there was real need inside Britain.

A collection was held which raised £213 for the election campaign.