Kent News - How BNP is targeting Medway at next election

How to advertise
Contact us
Friday, September 3 2010, 6:36

Search local news and sport:

The latest news, sport, business, entertainment and local information where you live...

How BNP is targeting Medway at next election

<< Back to home

The far-right British National Party has unveiled plans to stand candidates in every ward in Medway in the next local elections after claiming “huge support” across the towns.

A spokesman for the fascist neo-Nazi group said they hoped to send BNP members out into every one of Medway’s 22 wards ahead of the 2011 vote to spread their message of hate.

Only three candidates were put forward in 2003 and 2007.

Chatham and Aylesford MP Jonathan Shaw said all the major parties in Medway were opposed to the BNP.

He said: “They’re a bunch of losers and the nasty lies they peddle received with a big thumbs down by the electorate in Medway in 2007.

“In Princes Park all the major parties were deeply opposed and were united with the community against the BNP, who subsequently did not make an impact in the election.

“I think the BNP have been known for inflating their predictions in the past and are being rather presumptuous if they think they will do well in Medway in 2011.”

BNP’s south east regional organiser Andrew McBride insisted his party was on the rise, saying: “We’ve got a huge support base in Medway and Kent. It’s immense at the moment.

“We’ve grown so rapidly that we’re having a problem keeping up with membership requests and are having to set up new branches to take the pressure off our party organisers.

“There’s always been support on the doorstep. Now party membership is increasing all across Kent.

“We hope we can stand candidates in every ward in the next local election in Medway although it may not be achievable in the next election.

“But we will do our best to get candidates standing.”

The Gillingham branch of the BNP met last week for its first meeting in three months.

White supremacist author Arthur Kemp hit out at non-white immigrants saying: “It is wrong for Africa to come to Britain and turn Britain into a mini-Africa.

“That is what is happening today – the Third World is colonising Britain and only the BNP opposes this process.”

According to its constitution, the BNP is “committed to stemming and reversing the tide on non-white immigration”.
BNP
The party also proposes “firm but voluntary incentives for immigrants and their descendants to return home.”

POSTED: 29/10/2008 06:00:00

See all the latest video clips from your village, town or city on our new Your Kent TV service. Simply log on to YourKentTV.co.uk.

ADD YOUR COMMENT

Comments:

Added: Sunday 02/05/2010 19:03:47 UK

lol@ the reporter staing the nazi thing, we're not nazis and will be voting for the BNP to.... as will our families... we've never voted before and we'rte in our 40's.

Obviously the reporter is a member of the fascist group UAF and probably a member of the NUJ....

I fully expect my details to 'fall' into the lap of these thugs.... but who cares..... proves all the BNP reports about the press are true..... we dont and never will by any KOS media products.....

Gary SImpson, Rochester, Kent

Added: Monday 12/04/2010 18:41:32 UK

hello
why do you print this crap about a truley good party, are you all multi racial lovers, please vote BNP lets get our country back in the right hands for god sake vote BNP

robert, hoo , kent

Added: Thursday 31/12/2009 18:21:43 UK

thanks for the bnp brown and his gang have stolen from us immagrants come here take everything we have paid nothing into the system every country in the world must think we are a joke why does brown hate us so much look at the dept we are in what has become of our great nation who in their right mind would vote for brown i forgot no one did but we did for nick griffin in the eu SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY DOES BROWN HATE US no jobs for our young old people selling their homes to get care troops

robert cox, cullomton, devon

Added: Wednesday 03/06/2009 19:55:26 UK

Reading the last post "if we could travel back in time"
You would find exactly the same scenario, foreign folk bailing us out, read the crew lists for Trafalar and so on.
I do agree that current immigration inflows should have been stopped ages ago.

Rememember also the Guy that received a VC for his heroic exploits in Iraq haveing twice gone back to rescue his British collegues.
BNP Policies, you gotta be Joking, or should I say"lets go back in time and bring back Hitler"
VOTE GREEN

Medway man, medway, kent

Added: Tuesday 26/05/2009 00:34:20 UK

To comments earlier about who served in world wars I have a simple question, if it were possible to travel back in time to before these wars and you could show the people who were about to die for this Island we call Great Britain how the government has let who and whatever nation wants to invade its shores and put their descendants out of work and slowly become a minority in some of Britain’s cities. Would they have gone to war, I myself would not and I don’t think many would.

Tony, Margate, Kent

Added: Thursday 07/05/2009 20:10:47 UK

I have never voted before, but in view of recent behavior by this so-called Government, I shall offer my full support to the BNP.
I am totally fed up with being treated second class in my country of birth. If you think that's not true, I am a former soldier and after serving seven years and taking part in two conflicts risking my life, was then told I would not get a council flat for at least three years and that I was below any immigrant and any single parent applicant.
I had to live on the streets, so good luck BNP.

b benn, maidstone, kent

Added: Tuesday 10/03/2009 21:14:39 UK

Five million black and Asian troops served in the World Wars-almost a quarter of the entire strength of the British forces. In the year 1911 100,000 Indian Army troops turned out in Delhi(INDIA)to mark the coronation of King Emperor George V. That's the same as the trained strength of the whole of the British Army in 2007. Also fought in Waterloo 1815 and Civil Wars 1642-51.Almost 1.5 million of the 2.5 million men of the British empire who fought in the First World War were Indian volunteers.

BOB, MEDWAY, KENT

Added: Saturday 21/02/2009 22:20:39 UK

Let's cut the crap just for a minute here, the BNP and all its members have the right to our own beliefs and opinions just the same as any other party, after all our ancestors died for the right to freedom of speech.
The only difference is those outside the BNP are seemingly too arrogant to listen to others.
Let's not forget its the current Government who are responsible for hundreds of our lads being killed fighting battle's that don't concern us and you call this the way forward?

Andy, margate, kent

Added: Tuesday 27/01/2009 19:24:42 UK

The BNP is not a 'neo nazi' party, there is no uniform to wear, no mass rallies to attend nor an agenda to imprison and murder minority groups within this country.
The BNP thrives only on its proud pariotism of this once great country which has, in recent times, been bought to its knees by mass immigration which has, in turn, led to the degeneration in its living standards. You need only to look at the Cliftonville area of Margate to witness this demise at first hand.

john smith, Margate, Kent

Added: Monday 03/11/2008 18:39:55 UK

A very unprofessional piece of gutter journalism.

James Watson, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

Added: Monday 03/11/2008 14:00:37 UK

The editors of this website, their friends in the wider media, and certainly the politicians, need to realise that these comments - overwhelmingly in defence of the BNP - are coming from ordinary people (like me) who are sick to death of the kind of 'journalism' seen above, and rapidly losing patience with the mainstream political parties. These comments are a rough indication of where the public stand on these issues. Get used to it.

matt, Exeter, Devon

Added: Monday 03/11/2008 09:10:57 UK

They are really running scared of the BNP now. No, in fact they are running scared of ordinary British people who are turning to the only party which will stand up to mass immigration, the islamification of the UK and to idiotic PC values.

Marcoscu, Mainstone, Kent

Added: Saturday 01/11/2008 18:11:50 UK

Jon Smythe, Dartford, London

"But I saw on the BBC..."

That really sums you up, pal. Bwahhaaahaaa

Dave Thomas, Swansea, UK

Added: Thursday 30/10/2008 23:17:57 UK

I can't think of anything more extreme than invading a foreign country killing and maiming innocent people whilst sacrificing our young soldiers in the process.Throw into the mix that Nu labour want to lock people up for 42 days ,snoop on our emails,phone calls etc and so much more. Ask yourself who are the neo nazis,facists and all the other names thrown in the direction of the Bnp.

mike bell, maidstone, kent

Added: Thursday 30/10/2008 19:02:16 UK

If wanting to stop your country from being overun by foreigners and turning it into a third world hell make's me a racist then i'm happy to be one.
How ironic. that 60 odd years ago brave people laid down there lives to stop our country from invasion from a foreign enemy hellbent on enforcing its way on us, now anyone who do's is labelled a nazi.How you journo's sleep at night is beyond me?

DavidJ, Torquay, Devon

Added: Thursday 30/10/2008 18:19:21 UK

The BNP are the fastest growing political party in the UK. Millions of indigenous British people will be voting for the party this year in the European elections and your news paper have insulted the intelligence of the electorate.

David Shapcott, Burnley, Lancashire

Added: Thursday 30/10/2008 10:19:11 UK

Well, well well, aren't there a lot of BNP supporters being active in response to this story. Have any of them actually read it to the end? Do they know the history of their so called political party? Are they aware that to the vast majority of people in this country their racist ideas are still totally abhorrent? These stories have to be covered and people have to be aware of the changes going on in their society. You may not like the BBC but Panorama's Under the Skin showed there's no change.

Jon Smythe, Dartford, London

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 22:45:16 UK

Neo-Nazi? If the party was anything like you describe in your article, then I would never have joined them.

The BNP are pro-democracy, if you want to write articles about fascist parties then I suggest you take a look at the Labour Party or even your masters at the NUJ who dictate on how to report things about the BNP.

Poor journalism.

Andy, Gillingham, Kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 22:24:30 UK

How dare you slander a non proscribed political party!!
I would like to see an apology from you paper, hopefully on page one. But I suspect one will be forthcoming.

John Mills, Chislehurst, Kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 21:49:56 UK

Its this type of article that makes me want to go and join the bnp!! people are fed up of labour and the old partys. I had a bnp leaflet put through my door once..by a skinhead??? no!! a 73 year old war vetran who fought against the nazis but has seen his country ruined!!

malcom, rochester, kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 21:48:42 UK

Well I must admit I sometimes want to give up.
So many lies and so much deceit.
Thank God I'm a member of the British Natinal party and I'm not one of the blindfolded sheep.

millie, nottingham, england

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 20:54:48 UK

With support for the BNP from Scotland to Cornwall growing daily do you really think that this type of gutter journalism is acceptable? Please take the time to research the BNP as it is today and not rely on lies from 15 years ago, this is a political party whose time has come!

Gary Raikes, Aberdeen, Scotland

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 20:12:28 UK

Who wrote this are they in the same generation, The BNP are the only one to speak what everyone thinks its a race against time before labour realy kills us of.

chris, bexley, kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 19:12:29 UK

I rarely feel compelled to reply to an article but I just felt I had to with this one. I have never voted BNP but I know people who have and some who are members and they certainly aren't the Nazis you are trying to portray them as. They are simply patriots worried about the state of the country and they see the BNP as a way out of the mess - BNP policies are perfectly reasonable. Bias, hate-filled articles like this really want to make me vote BNP.

Harry Smith, Gillingham, Kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 19:07:13 UK

To call the BNP "Far Right" is a tad old fashioned..they are the Only "Right" now that the Tories have surrendered the title under Cameron.
The BNP represents the only home for the silent majority who dont want five year olds learning the mechanics of gay sex and who wish to keep ancient traditions alive in an uncertain and hostile world.
I'd go further and say they perform a valuable service in allowing a voice to people crushed under the true jackboot of political correctness.
Thank You

Cat, Medway, UK

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 19:02:15 UK

The BNP has got nothing to do with hate.

The British National Party exists to secure a future for the indigenous peoples of these islands in the North Atlantic which have been our homeland for millennia. Is that such a crime ?

The powers to be are really scared of The BNP, we tell it as it is, and isn't The TRUTH a wonderful thing and also we are currently the fastest growing political party in Britain today why because common people like me have had a gustful. I want my Nation back.

AbertaweBNP, Swansea, West Glamorgan

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 18:48:28 UK

Gee what a sad, pathetic article. Do you really believe Joe Ordinary voter is that stupid? Actually, you do, you rally believe the avergae voter is that stupid to believe this pile of unoriginal oh-so-tired drivle.

You lot are an utter embarassment, mainly to yourselves, but certainly not to the BNP.

They are way ahead of the game and you lot are losing the plot because not even non-BNP supporters believe you any more.

bertie, london, london

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 17:19:40 UK

PAs an active BNP member I am definately NOT A NEO NAZI.But I AM A NATIONALIST AND PROUD OF IT. I suggest all your readers check out the BNP website and see if they find anything racist or neo nazi there.
Editor's note: Gentlemen (and ladies) of the BN we do of course welcome your comment, but please try to moderate your language, and if possible, a quick spell check would be useful. Midweek Group Editor Gary Wright

nigel, folkestone, kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 16:40:02 UK

Neo Nazi? Most of those who fought the Nazis in the Second World War had views almost identical to that of the BNP.

Further, in a Sky News Poll recently (available on their website) a majority of people in Britain agreed with BNP policies, if not the party itself.

To describe as Nazis or fascists those who merely want to live in their own country amongst their own people in their own way as they and their forebears have always done, is a vile slander on millons of ordinary, decent people

Colin Broughton, Romford, Essex

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 16:17:57 UK

I am shocked at the appalling bias of this article. I have visited the BNP's website, and they are essentially an anti-immigration party, who also support the restoration of capital punishment and voluntary repatriation! That is the extent of their extremism.
They are certainly not a fascist party, and I will now be voting for them when I can.

Gary, Originally from Welling, Originally Kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 16:09:55 UK

Given the BNP's founder was an open admire of Hitler, and the number of members of the BNP who have been imprisoned for racist crimes.
Neo-nazi is accurate.

george, Walsall, UK

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 14:39:19 UK

Good grief, what an appalling article. The press is supposed to be impartial and report the facts in an intelligent way.

I am not a BNP voter by the way.

colin smith, Maidstone, Kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 13:36:24 UK

Can only echo whats been said befor, get some new material, the tired boring old mud slinging aint washin no more, the myth has been dispelled, NOBODY believes the crap you peddle about the BNP any more- sensationalist journalism of the lowest calibre.

steve, dundee, angus

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 13:20:20 UK

"A spokesman for the fascist neo-Nazi group said they hoped to send BNP members out...to spread their message of hate."

Would your anonymous reporter care to report on the true fascists, who seem to reside in ZanuLabourPF and who have done more to erode the basic rights and freedoms of the indigenous British than any other government in our history? Or perhaps, the Tories, who were responsible for the largest influx of immigrants into the UK?

BTW The BNP's message is 1 of hope not hate.

Hugo Syn, Brighton, Sussex

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 12:46:34 UK

After reading the insults continuously hurled at the BNP - I - an American - went to their site and found them to be far more mainstream in their ideas and platform than the above article (and most articles in the British media) want the British people to believe. Since when is patriotism and love of British history & tradition a "bad" thing or xenophobic? NuLabour & EU multicultural policies have turned the UK into a glaring mess - seems like Love of Country is just what you all direly need.

Bill, Florida, USA

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 12:09:09 UK

A neo nazi party,you wish. The reality is that the BNP is a Nationalist party whose policies are now more mainstream, and more appealing to voters.

johnmorgan, Thanet, Kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 12:07:30 UK

This really does take the cake.

The usual b******s about the BNP, the usual lies and the usual smears, If the author of this piece [who I notice is too much of a coward to even display their name] is not a university red from a middle class family I will eat my hat.

Grow up Kent news, and hire some people who dont still believe that reading Marx is the best way to view the world.

James, Manchester, Guess

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 12:06:33 UK

Neo Nazi?..Have you seen what is happening to our country?...Now thats real Fascism. From fingerprinting for parents of nursery kids to secret DNA collecting from infants. Quite frankly your paper is so out of touch, and the old potato of name calling straight out of the Noo Labour/Communist handbook. If you want credibility then stop doing it, the people have long ago stopped falling for that. By the way, I visited the BNP website as you sparked my curiosity, and what a revelation. Thanks

Paul Coen, Broadstairs, Kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 11:46:21 UK

I notice that the author of this brainless bile hasn't the guts to put their name to it! Is he or she a Labour Party member or communist fellow traveller by any chance? It is rubbish like this that has reduced the British media to its current well deserved reputation for being the sewer of the Western World.

There's only one fascist Party in Britain and it's called Nu Labour - a fascist party supported by no few in the newspaper industry!

Billy, Dartford, Kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 11:44:51 UK

How dare you call the BNP a 'fascist neo-nazi' group??!! The BNP are NATIONALISTS and PATRIOTS, furthermore they are a legitimate political party with enough support to secure a place on the GLA. You are obviously not fans of democracy.

I want my country back!

Charlotte, Croydon, surrey

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 11:42:54 UK

Is this what constitutes 'journalism' these days? Sixth-form amateurish rubbish. Who was the nameless coward who wrote this junk?
Editor's note: I think those details are quite clear if you care to read the online edition of the newspaper.. This is an important story for the Medway towns and and as always we offer everyone the chance to reply and add their own comments. Gary Wright, Group Midweek Editor

James Sutherland, London, GB

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 10:57:56 UK

Am a trucker parked up on break at this moment. Just read your paper re the BNP so what I say will be ignored. How can you state that the BNP is a " neo-fascist nazi party"?
What utter nonsense. Thanks to your so-called story I logged into their website and was pleasantly surprised at the sense of their policies. Nowhere was the dark shadow of 'neo-nazism' present so I would suggest you leave the anti-BNP propaganda to the old parties who have brought this country to it's knees.

Jimmy, Glasgow, Lanarks

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 10:21:23 UK

The general public are by now used to the most foul and vile insults being hurled at the BNP by the media and their left wing friends. It’s not new any more. But they may also be noticing a lack of substance to the allegations of thuggery from the Party. Where are all the victims of BNP violence? Where are all the ethnic minority people beaten black and blue by marauding gangs of BNP members? They seem to be very thin on the ground - in fact even that’s an exaggeration - there aren’t any!

bert, som, UK

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 10:09:50 UK

That is a vicious article, i thought the press were supposed to be impartial. This article is based upon repressing democracy and stiffling any debate on subjects such as immigration etc. This sort of article is really what fascism is! Bet this isn't printed.

Steve, Petborough, Cambs

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 09:46:04 UK

Well that just says it all really. I can't believe there are intelligent British people out there who would waste their vote on this bunch of idiots. For those imbeciles who will, you'll never get anywhere in life blaming others for sponging from British tax payers in the same way you do. There are people who have a genuine requirement to be on benefits. But by the same token there are plenty of home bred lazy, idiots who are just like the scroungers they complain about. Hypocrites.

Intellectual, Rochester, Kent

Added: Wednesday 29/10/2008 07:29:56 UK

When you comment on the BNP being a "neo nazi group" i find this comment now becoming somewhat boring and a very old media stereotype contribution to fool the public.The BNP are a legal,recognised party the same as the labour party but you dont report on the labour being : neo marxist,fascist communists ?

alex, lichfield, staffordshire