Newcastle's Local Meeting Goers Agree That 'Griffin Has Got To Go!'

The general consensus at Newcastle Central's monthly meeting was that although Nick Griffin has done a wonderful job taking the party where it is today, a ceiling has been reached, and the only way is down with Nick Griffin at the helm.

Members and supporters were told how former regional organiser Ken Booth had been sacked from his position, which also means he would no longer have a position on the Advisory Council.

This occurred the day before an AC meeting was about to take place which Ken had requested in order to scrutinise the party's accounts with a chartered accountant willing to work for free.

Everyone agreed that Ken had volunteered and put in countless hours for the party, working to an exceptional standard, and to be dismissed was a shocking decision.

At the meeting, Ken responded by saying, "The BNP belongs to us - the members, not just any one person and I hope that anybody thinking of throwing in the towel reconsiders as there is no alternative at present to the BNP."

The members should know that the party is in a dire financial state, a state many people understandably cannot comprehend due to the millions of pounds raised by central party - and the tiny proportion they actually spent on campaigning regarding the general election.

The group agreed that a political party should spend the majority of its money on campaigning, instead of allocating resources elsewhere and relying on hard up candidates to put up there own deposits.

Central party's new initiative, re-branding the corporate image of the BNP was discussed at the end of the meeting, however it was concluded that any re-branding would be completely futile whilst Nick Griffin was leader - many people agreed that among others, Sharon Wilkinson from Burnley would be an excellent replacement.

It was also agreed that the 800ish signatures required to challenge the leader was unfair on challengers and highly undemocratic, especially when the incumbent leader has a monopoly over the dissemination of views of which members are able to hear.

Recent developments within the party include the expulsion of London Assembly member Richard Barnbrook, who is yet another excellent politician who has been given the boot.

Many think that Barnbrook's expulsion may be down to his leadership challenge or his resignation of the party whip within the Greater London Assembly.

With more and more people 'hanging up their ties', refusing to stand for election and getting increasingly angry, it can only be a matter of time before the British National Party implodes - It is believed that only when Nick Griffin steps down can this process be reversed - If he cares at all about this country, he will do the right thing and stand aside whilst concentrating on serving his constituents in the North West

It must be reiterated that the BNP is not a one man party and that leaving the party will solve no problems, but only leave them for somebody else to solve on there own.

All activists are urged to keep campaigning as normal and this issue will be resolved.

BNP Beat Tories In Bensham

The party in power was beaten into fourth place yesterday as the BNP just edged in front of them in the Lobley Hill & Bensham ward.

There was also a by-election in the Saltwell ward where the BNP were able to increase their share of the vote.

Kevin Scott reported from the count saying, "We knew that these would be very tough wards, so to beat the tories into third place is very encouraging and gives us something to build on."

The results were as follows:

LH & Bensham

Lab-1120
Lib-298
BNP-101 (6.3%)
Con-97

Saltwell

Lab-793
Lib-196
Con-86

BNP-77 (6.7%)

Two Gateshead Men Arrested For Watching 9/11 Koran Burning Video

In a disturbing development, Northumbria Police in Gateshead last week arrested two men after they watched and shared a video on Facebook of a man burning the Koran in the US during the recent 9/11 commemoration at Ground Zero in New York.
The men were drinking in the Bugle pub, Leam Lane, Gateshead, when they were arrested after watching and sharing the videos.

Around 30 people staged a protest outside Gateshead police station on Wednesday evening, the 15th of September, following the arrests.

The group stood outside the doors to the police station with an England flag for about three hours watched by a contingent of uniformed officers.The protesters had gathered at around 8pm after the two men were arrested earlier in the day on 'suspicion of inciting racial hatred'.

The protest continued until around 11pm when the two arrested men were bailed pending further enquiries.

In a further development, the man who actually burned the Koran in the video on 9/11 in New York has been sacked from his job.

Derek Fenton, 39, of Bloomingdale, New Jersey, had worked for NJ Transit for 11 years as a conductor and train co-ordinator. One of his neighbours, Jacqui Marquez, said: "Good for him for burning the Koran. Everybody's entitled to their opinion. By firing him, they're sending a message that there's no freedom of speech. They're completely wrong for doing this."

Youtube have now removed all footage of Derek Fenton burning the Koran. Of course, if he had burnt the Stars and Stripes (or any other flag or religious book) the video would still be available. Double standards by Youtube, perhaps?

However, Civil Liberty has tracked down a blog which has embedded the video of Fenton's Koran-burning exploits and providing you are prepared to risk arrest from the British police, you can watch it here.

Warning from those practitioners of a peaceful religion

This article is courtesy of Civil Liberty and has been reproduced with the permission of Kevin Scott, the organisation's director - the original article can be found here.

'Bring Our Troops Home' Campaign Launched On Tyneside

Both Newcastle and Gateshead BNP launched the 'Bring Our Troops Home' campaign on Saturday.

Newcastle BNP held a stall in Elswick before travelling across the Tyne to assist Gateshead BNP in their election campaign in the ward of Lobley Hill & Bensham.

A stall was erected on a busy main road, complemented by local bus routes, so commuters from all over Gateshead knew that the BNP were in town.

Dedicated activist Ken Booth, who was manning the stall said, "The surrounding areas were leafleted by teams of dedicated activists and the amount of support from passing motorists, bus passengers and bus drivers was phenomenal."

Voters in Bensham will be going to the polls on the 23rd of September and the BNP will also be contesting an election in the Saltwell ward which will be held on the same day.

£450,000 Set Aside For Northumberland Street Anti Terror Bollards

Nearly half a million pounds of taxpayers money is to be used to restrict access to Newcastle's busiest shopping street as it has been identified as a potential target for home-grown Islamic terrorists and extremists who have been invited into the country.

Plans include erecting around 100 heavy duty bollards, which are durable enough to halt a 7.5 tonne vehicle travelling at 50mph and will restrict access to maintenance and delivery traffic 24 hours a day unless prior arrangements have been made.

The general consensus seems to be that at least the council and government have realised that the ridiculous immigration policy which they endorsed may potentially have catastrophic effects, however prevention would have been better than treating symptoms.

Twinings Management Say To Sacked Staff: "Train Your Foreign Replacements!"

Twinings, which manufactures tea on Tyneside are about to sack 263 people before moving their plant to Poland to cut costs and increase profits.

Company bosses have also had the audacity to ask their soon to be unemployed staff if they would like to help train their Polish replacements when they come to Tyneside to begin training.

One employee, who did not want to be named, told the Evening Chronicle: “It’s rubbing salt in the wound because they are taking our jobs yet we have to train them."

A representative of Twinings explained how there would be two waves of employees from Poland visiting North Shields for three weeks at a time.

She also said: “Next week Twinings will be welcoming a handful of new employees from Poland to the North Shields site. They will be visiting to familiarise themselves with the tea-making process and receive training."