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Keep the BNP share down - register, and vote

Tuesday, 15th January 2008

There's an important post about the London Mayoral election at Harry's Place, by Jonathan Hoffman. He points out that:

the BNP needs to win just 5% of the 'London-wide' votes (in the 2004 election it won 4.71% and issues such as immigration and militant Islamism are obviously higher on the agenda than they were then).
You may have heard about the BNP’s bitter internal feud which began just over a month ago. But the BNP heartland in East London has been little affected...If the BNP were to win a seat, it would represent another rung on the ladder of ‘respectability’ that they crave. First the Oxford Union, then the London Assembly….

As he goes on argue, the way to defeat the BNP is through the ballot box. Turnout in 2004 was only 37%. It's critical therefore to boost the turnout and thus reduce the share of votes which go to the BNP.

More to the point, given that there's a while to go before voting:

Many people do not realise that EU and Commonwealth citizens can vote and it is in these categories that the potential for registration may be greatest. So please tell anyone in this category.
Here is a site which contains a form to register to vote.

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Ray

January 15th, 2008 10:21am

The best way to wipe the BNP off the political map is for this government to get a grip on the chaos that is British immigration and asylum policy. Besides, do we really want to hand Nick Griffin a propaganda coup that will enable him to claim that it was only 'a block vote of foreigners' that denied his party any seats in the London Assembly?

Beedeekay

January 15th, 2008 11:54am

What a dilemma. I am 100% sure I do not want the BNP to get any seats. Equally I am 100% sure I do not want Livingstone to get any seats. I guess that proves that there is no difference between a right wing fascist and a left wing fascist!! They are all evil b******s.

Brian

January 15th, 2008 6:06pm

If your objective is to reduce the BNP's share of the vote in the London election, I think publicising the fact the EU citizens are allowed to vote was possibly unwise.

Lee Jakeman

January 15th, 2008 8:49pm

I hope the BNP get more than 5% of the vote. Firstly, because it would be an honest result, not a fudge resulting from EU and Commonwealth citizens being bussed in to artificially alter the figures. Secondly, because I know that the only time our corrupt politicians are going to take the immigration issue seriously is when their seats are threatened by the likes of the BNP. Frankly, I hope they win more than 10% of the vote, if that's what it takes to wipe the self-satisfied smiles from all of those smug, liberal faces.