And fielding 650 hopefuls in May 3 elections
News article filed by British National Party news team
All the nominations have been submitted to the elections offices and as we go to post we are just awaiting confirmation from two of the ten UK regions where local council elections are taking place on Thursday May 3rd. Over 650 candidates have already been confirmed at district, borough, parish and town council level.
We are pleased to report that we have already added six new councillors to our growing tally without a single ballot paper being marked. Four are from Leicestershire where each candidate was appointed to their respective parish council unopposed. Two additional were appointed unopposed one each in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. One of the Leicestershire Four is Carol Collett, mother of Free Speech Defender and Publicity Director Mark. This is a just reward for having to go through the ordeal of having her son dragged through the courts, not once but twice, well aware that the punishment if found guilty on the trumped up charges of incitement to racial hatred could be several years in prison.Real role
While it is easy to dismiss parish councils as insignificant they do play a very real role in the lives of local communities with responsibilities and the ability to make decisions on house building, road planning, local transport, maintenance of cemeteries, allotments and open spaces. In addition they serve as training grounds for those who may later wish to serve on district or county councils.
What this news means is that if these BNP candidates had not put themselves forward the residents of those communities would find themselves without representation at parish level. The BNP encourages the devolution of power and decision making to the lowest possible level and parish councils will have far greater roles to play when a future BNP government withdraws the UK from the EU and takes back control of decision making away from the unelected Commissioners in Brussels. Vacancies on parish councils across the country should be sought and contested and when elected or appointed the representatives should aspire to do the very best they can for local residents.
Appointments
Congratulations to the six duly appointed to serve their local communities to the very best of their abilities.
Denby Parish Council (Derbys.)- Alan Warner
Leicester Forest East Parish Council (Leics.) – Paul Preston
Newbold Verdon Parish Council (Leics.)- John Ryde
Ravenstone with Snibston Parish Council (Leics) – Ian Meller
Rothley Parish (Leics.)- Carol Collett
Selston & Underwood Parish (Notts.) – Darren Burke
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