Richard Barnbrook

Boxing Day stabbings: the knife-crime nightmare continues while the numbers jailed for carrying a weapon plummet

2012-01-03T05:35:00.000-08:00

The London knife-crime nightmare rages unabated with a double stabbing in Oxford Street in the midst of the Boxing Day sales. A fight in Foot Locker, in full view of shoppers, tragically resulted in a murder when an 18 year-old was stabbed in the heart. A further knifing occurred less than five hours later when a 21 year-old was stabbed in the thigh at Oxford Circus, but the victim fortunately survived.

Only three weeks earlier, on 2^nd December, figures released by the Ministry of Justice showed that the proportion of people jailed for carrying a knife in England and Wales had fallen to its lowest level for more than three years. Only just over a fifth- 21%- of offenders convicted of possession of a knife or offensive weapon between July and September 2011 were jailed.

The Metropolitan Police have been increasing the use of ‘stop and search’ in order to deter young people from carrying knives. However, this is clearly not enough to reverse the situation if the courts are not prepared to impose tough sentences on those who are caught, in order to force potential knife-carriers to make a double-take. If they think that they are going to get away with it, then would-be offenders, especially youngsters, will continue to arm themselves because they mistakenly see the carrying of a weapon as a form of protection. And the problem is an ever increasing one: the more people who are seen to get away with routinely carrying knives, the more others will be encouraged to adopt the practice.

In the Legal Aid and Sentencing Bill, the government proposes to introduce a mandatory minimum prison sentence of four months for teenagers aged 16 and 17 convicted of threatening people with knives and 6 months for those aged over 18 years. This may be a step in the right direction, but in my view it’s only a tiny one. For a start, the defendant (aged 16 or over) would need to be shown to have actually threatened someone, so simply carrying a knife would not qualify. Secondly, the likelihood is that the offender would only actually serve half the sentence, which means in practice just two/three months inside. We need to fight fire with fire and send out a much stronger message, with a minimum term to be actually served of at least a year for those under 18 and 3 years for adults convicted for possession of a weapon in a public place. Only when the fear of getting caught outweighs that of being stabbed will the battle even begin to appear winnable.

Meanwhile the tragic toll of those killed and maimed continues. What will it take for the politicians of all parties to get a grip?

Richard Barnbrook’s Christmas and New Year Message

2011-12-20T05:13:00.000-08:00

Dear Fellow Nationalists

The end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 is a good opportunity to take stock.

It is now more than 18 months since the General Election. And some 15 months since I was expelled from the British National Party. We need to ask ourselves, what has been achieved for the nationalist cause in this country in that time?

The last year has not just been a time of stagnation but regression. Yet the dire political situation that the nation finds itself in is worse than ever. And what’s more, as the recession bites, job prospects recede and the pressure on public resources becomes ever more greater, exacerbated by the influx of some 250 000 NET incomers in the last 12 months alone, the smouldering discontent and impatience for change rumbles ever louder. What is needed is a cogent political force to represent this discontent, and it’s needed more so now than ever before.

Looking round at the various nationalist blog sites, written by leading lights in the nationalist cause, it’s patently obvious that we are all singing from the same hymn sheet. What can’t be agreed upon is which church we should all be singing in! Broadly speaking, there is a general agreement on the problems which beset our country: a loud lament about our loss of national identity and cultural heritage, the surrender of sovereignty, deprivation of free speech, social injustice, appalling remoteness of the parasitic politicians, increasing islamification… we all know what we think. What we lack however, is a cohesive political mechanism that enables us to present these views to the electorate, packaged as a viable realistic, electable alternative to vote for at the ballot box. All in all, the public are sympathetic to the policies that we roundly subscribe to. What we need to present to them is ONE united and positive front that can demonstrate a plausible and responsible organisation to implement them.

At the beginning of the year, I personally wrote to Nigel Farage of UKIP, Nick Griffin of the BNP, and Robin Tilbrook of the English Democrats, as well as Tommy Robinson of the English Defence League, inviting them to a meeting to discuss a way forward in which the nationalist parties can co-operate in order to become this united political force, a force that the media can no longer ignore. Now a year has gone by and there’s been no movement in this respect. It’s been another year wasted, for what have we achieved?

How many more years are we going to let pass until we get our act together? 2012 will see the GLA elections in London. I don’t wish to sound like a prophet of doom, but I tell you here and now that on present showings there will be NO nationalist representation on the Greater London Assembly next summer. No nationalist from any of the parties! By each going it alone, instead of co-operating, we are allowing ourselves to be pushed out of the political picture- for good. And meanwhile, our historic. cultural and national heritage is slowly but steadily being annihilated.

Many of you have left one party and joined another; some have come together and started new ones, but this is not the answer. You can have as many new parties as there are stars in the sky and it won’t change the situation in this country one jot. The only answer open to us now is to co-operate and ultimately to unite, painful as this may be to some. There is bound to be resistance by those in the parties’ leadership. So it’s up to the grass roots to force through change.

The greatest victories have always been attained by great sacrifice and so it is today. We have to look at how we can make the best with what we have and struggle to build solutions instead of criticising those who have made mistakes. What’s been said and done has been said and done. We will never move forward with negativity. Now we have to look forward and see what can be rescued from the debris.

The Romans were able to subdue Britain because the Celtic tribes were unable to put their own petty interests before those of the country as a whole and present a united front. We simply cannot afford to make the same mistake again! Because if we do, there will be no future for our children. Britain will soon be changed irrevocably forever unless we work together now to resist it!

With grand hopes for the unity of all nationalist entities and right thinking Britons in the coming year, and wishing you each and all, a peaceful Christmas and a prosperous and successful 2012,

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook

Immigration- now it’s the elderly who are expected to pay the price!

2011-11-07T07:26:00.000-08:00

An shock report issued by the newly formed, left-wing pressure group, Intergenerational Foundation, is out to make war on one of society’s softest targets: the elderly.

In their unashamedly ageist attack on senior citizens, whom they consider to be fair game, the Foundation, launched by Labour’s Tessa Jowell, has issued a report that is blatantly draconian and hostile to the interests and well-being of the elderly- all in the name of ’fairness’, of course. The proposal is that because of the current housing shortage, older people should be taxed out of their family homes in order to make room for younger families.

On the surface this might seem to be a sensible suggestion, but when seen in the light of the fact of the net figure of over a quarter of a million immigrants entering the country last year, the implications become far more sinister.

As I have been saying for a long time, large numbers of newcomers need to be both serviced and accommodated somewhere- because it’s a fact of life that you can’t squeeze a quart into a pint pot. (And I make no apologies for using imperial measurement!) So, where shall we put them all? Where indeed! According to the Intergenerational Foundation, the answer’s quite simple- turf out all those lonely oldies living in three bedroom houses and push them into accommodation that is ‘more suited to their needs,’ to make way for younger families! So much for the age-old saying ‘an Englishman’s home is his castle’!

When, oh when will the British public wake up? How much longer will they be prepared to sit back and watch their birthright being stolen before their eyes? Our national sovereignty has been hijacked by Brussels so that we can’t even make our own laws any more. Our politicians ignore our wishes, even though we elected them to represent our interests. Our children are being sold short in the education system, health tourists from abroad exploit our already over-stretched NHS, and our own people can’t get jobs, which are being given to foreign nationals. And now, senior members of society, who deserve respect and the dignity of some space in their declining years, having worked all their lives to earn it, are blatantly being told to move over because they are in the way! Even to make such a pointed and offensive suggestion is indicative of how far some politicians are prepared to go in this full-scale attack on the interests of the people of this country.

The only comfort that I can draw from this disgusting and shameful attack on the elderly is the fact that Tessa Jowell herself is clearly no spring-chicken! In the not too distant future, she may live to rue the day that she affiliated herself with such a barbarous bunch of ageist bigots!

The forthcoming Panorama documentary- why I have refused to give an interview

2011-10-05T07:04:00.000-07:00

From what I hear, the BBC documentary about the BNP is going to be damning, with the emphasis being on the financial irregularities that have been going on at Head Office.

I understand that a number of high-ranking ex-personnel have given interviews. I myself have been approached by the BBC on several occasions, but I have declined to comment.

The reason for this is two-fold. Firstly, any issues arising specifically from the unpaid printing bills in Barking are ‘sub judice.’ I made my position wholly clear when I submitted my application to the High Court earlier this year. My statement fully outlining the circumstances has been well-documented on the web and I have nothing further to add.

Secondly, regardless of the rights and wrongs committed by the current leadership, (and make no mistake, the wrongs if they are as alleged, can never be justified), the end result of the programme can only be bad in the long term, in so far as the overall impression gained by the public will be a negative one. As far as the casual viewer is concerned, we will all be tarred with the same brush.

Given what would seem to have been a deliberate and indefensible and attempt to bankrupt me, I have no regard left for the current Chairman. On the other hand, I do not wish to actively cause anyone affiliated with the nationalist cause harm. If the Chairman is as culpable as they say, then it is only a question of time. Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword.

I hope that eventually, nationalists will each come to realise that all this negativity and feuding, however justified it may seem in the current circumstances, is only causing harm in the public’s perception and will make the come back, when it happens, that much harder. And I certainly don’t wish to be a part of anything that could hinder that.

But there is no knife-crime in Bexley!

2011-09-05T07:33:00.000-07:00

…..at least so says the politically correct mantra from the powers-that-be! Instead of pooling their efforts into stamping down on knife-crime, it would seem that some London politicians are more concerned with brow-beating those of us who make a stand against it.

Following reports made to me by three independent members of the public about a stabbing incident that was said to have taken place in Dansom Park, but which could not subsequently be verified, I have had to bow to the inevitable and make an apology, which has been posted on my blog. Or, face the possibility of a formal complaint and another Standards Board hearing, with the unwelcome inconvenience to myself and pointless expense to the taxpayer.

So please note that from henceforth, as a result of relentless pressure from the ‘P C’ brigade at City Hall, I will endeavour to be a good boy and reprogram myself politically correctly, as follows:

1) The problem of knife-crime does not exist- in Bexley, in Barking and Dagenham, in London, or indeed anywhere else.

2) All members of the public have a tendency to lie, or at least to gild the lily when it comes to knife-crime and should therefore be ignored.

3) Consequently I will not listen to, nor believe the concerns expressed to me by bona fide members of the public about alleged knife-crime incidents.

4) Unless an incident has been formally reported to the police, it never happened. Therefore I should dismiss any such information supplied to me by members of the public from my mind and should certainly not dare to repeat it, let alone bring it to the attention of the politicians in case it disturbs their karma.

5) If the problem of knife-crime does not exist, people cannot be concerned about it! Therefore their anxieties should also be ignored… after making the necessary polite noises of course.

6) Despite the fact that ten youngsters have been stabbed to death in London this year, the problem, such as it is, is under control, so don’t panic!

7) Reassurance is the name of the game. I must never say anything that might possibly cause upset or alarm. Besides, The Mayor has implemented schemes especially designed to address the (non-existent) ‘problem’ to keep youngsters busy. Therefore the ‘problem’, which of course never existed anyway, is solved. End of story.

8) What the politicians tell me is far, far more important than what you, the people tell me. So I should believe them and not you. Even though you elected me to represent you!

So, to all you good citizens of London out there, who come up to me in the street to express your concerns about knife-crime, please, take it from the new, re-programmed, politically correct me, (or rather from the authorities)-it’s all in capable hands. (Well, that’s their story). So, as everything in the garden’s absolutely blooming rosy, in future I’ll just carry on politically correctly like everyone else, by shaking hands, patting babies and turning a deaf ear- as I was elected to do! NOT!

It’s true- London is ‘no longer an English city’! So what’s wrong in saying so?

2011-09-05T07:29:00.000-07:00

Comedian John Cleese’s comment this week that London feels like a foreign city and that English culture is disappearing, attracted the usual outcry from the politically correct gestapo, determined to force us to believe that black is in fact white, literally!. But a trip to many parts of London on any day of the week will re-enforce the current facts of life, or rather the facts of daily life in London, and bring those who reside in the more remote and leafier parts of England back to earth with a jolt. Take a ride on any London bus through such areas as Lewisham, Newham, Walworth or Peckham, or move northwards to Holloway, Finsbury Park, Haringey or Hornsey and the disturbingly monochrome picture is exactly the same: there are considerably more people of foreign appearance than there are indigenous English people.

I myself happened to be on a bus in the Elephant and Castle only last week and I think that I must have been the only English person on the bus. Everyone else was black, with just a few east Europeans who were in the minority. The same was true when I travelled on the Docklands Light Railway. Looking out of the window at the balconies of the prolific tenement blocks and the children’s play areas between Lime House and Shadwell, the view was exactly the same. I didn’t see one white person, let alone anyone who could confidently be described as English.

Given that the situation is so plain for all to see, why all the fuss about John Cleese’s comments? After all, he has simply stated the obvious- that London has become so multicultural and multi-ethnic, it can’t be described as ‘English’ any longer. The left-wing traitors who have inflicted demographic change on us- without ever having had a mandate from the indigenous population to do so, have had their way. They’ve got what they wanted. So why do they get so excited when anyone dares to mention it?

London Mayor Boris Johnson has responded to Mr Cleese by saying that ‘we should celebrate’ London’s diversity. So what he is in fact saying is that he thinks it’s a good thing that there are so many foreigners in London. Well, what about the democratic rights of those of us who don’t? Because there are many, many people, not all of whom would describe themselves as ethnically English, who have serious concerns about the future.

Actually, the fact is that the establishment know this, and they are desperate to silence anyone from speaking out about immigration, and the unprecedentedly large number of incomers who are posing a demographic threat simply because of their numbers. So many foreigners have been allowed in, not to mention the multitudes who have come and continue to come here illegally, that the very nature and composition of our population has been changed. And this inevitably poses a threat to the status quo and to the future of the indigenous inhabitants.

The present and former governments have proved that they are wholly unfit to govern us and protect our borders from further mass incursions. But we need to do more than merely close the doors and stop any further immigration. The numbers here already are such that what with the lower birth rates among the indigenous population, we are ourselves set to be a minority ethnic group within our own country in just a few decades.

We therefore have to bite the bullet and actively reverse the trend, by encouraging a policy of VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION, for those who would prefer to return to their own countries of ethnic origin. Because the stupidity of the politicians, Labour, Conservative and Lib-Dem is such that they have, by the sheer numbers that they have let in, made such a policy inevitable. It’s not our fault- it’s they who have made the mess- but they don’t have the guts to clear it up.

No doubt the establishment howlers will scream and shout ‘racist’ simply to stifle debate. But this petty and wholly offensive tactic is losing its potency. To question the misguided policy of mass-immigration most certainly isn’t racist. Because it’s simply a question of fairness. Racism cuts both ways! We have to be fair also to the native English/British people whose ancestors fought and died for the rights of their children to live here too! And by the way, the fact that we just happen to be white is not something we should feel we have to apologise for!

Some people may think that mass immigration has been a good thing for this country. Others, who liked it as it was, do not. Unfortunately, we have never been consulted. Well, it’s about time that we, the silent majority, got together to make our voices heard.

On a lighter note, I’m happy to confirm that I’ve followed the antics of the Python Team since my youth. All praise to John Cleese for having the courage to stand up and state what so many of us think. I’m not sure though whether Mr Cleese will feel able to hum ‘Always look on the bright side of life,’ when he next visits London!

If only they'd listened...

2011-08-30T06:37:00.000-07:00

From what was once a total of over 100 councillors, the BNP now only has a meagre 9. And from having been in credit to the sum of some £2.3 million, the Party is said have debts of £700 000. Sad to say, back as far as the autumn of 2006, I saw that there were problems which eventually led to the difficulties that are now besetting the Party and that have resulted in its regression.

But be warned, this is not just a brief write-up but a good 30-minute read! I’m putting it up, because we need to look at what went wrong for the good of our country, so that we can hopefully put things right. But above all, we need to forge a new way forward involving all nationalist/patriotic groups. Because there are so many like-thinkers out there, from all colours of the political spectrum- disaffected Labour supporters, Conservatives and others- nationalists who need to find a voice.

In 1999 when I first joined the Party it was due to Nick Griffin winning the leadership challenge. At the time he had the charisma, the flair and the vision.

I had left the Labour Party in 1986 because under Kinnock, the values that I then adhered to were saying nothing to a new Britain, a Britain where education had become worthless, a Britain where the health system was overloaded and already showing signs of cracking and inability to cope with an increased population. At the same time, there was a decline in Britain’s economic and fiscal soundness. It was a nation that not even Enoch Powell could have predicted would have emerged with such velocity and speed. This was the mid 1980s when Margaret Thatcher had started to bring the incompetence of the unions, with their lack of vision, under control which I give her credit for. But she widened the doors to the immigration crisis and sealed our fate with the cheap gimmick of clawing back pennies from Europe, rather than expelling the Brussells bureaucrats from our shores. She should have kicked the EEC out of Britain when she had the chance. Because the majority of the problems we face today, together with the inability to do anything to counteract them, stem from our accursed membership of the EU.

Having left the Labour Party, I then decided to go about the continuation of my career both in the arts and education. While in the secondary education system of London, working on short-term contracts in failing schools, I was brought into schools across London as a trouble-fixer prior to OFSTED inspections, in such areas as Greenwich, Lewisham, Bexleyheath, Newham, Neasden and Tower Hamlets amongst others.

It wasn’t until 1997 and the election of a Labour government that I saw within the following three years a total desperation and despondency amongst the communities in London that felt dejected and let down by seeing their desires and aspirations being dashed once again. I thus felt I had to take up the political cudgel. It took me three years to determine where best my voice could be heard by representation through a political party. After several attempts and deep deliberation, I finally got in contact with the BNP of the nearest branch and group to where I lived in Lewisham, which was the Bexley branch. The reason I finally decided to go to the BNP meeting was that Nick Griffin had won the leadership challenge. Marching through the streets of London was not the way forward at that time.

At that meeting I put forward comments and proposals for development and electioneering. The Chair of the meeting requested that I stayed behind to meet a fellow nationalist who knew about the potential for Downham ward, in south Lewisham. I met the bus driver and he said to me ‘Right, if you’re that keen are you free to leaflet Downham, tomorrow?’ Over the next four weeks, the two of us leafleted every single house in Downham! I wasn’t even a member! But right from the start, I showed the commitment and hands-on perspective that I would lead from.

Four weeks later I was asked to meet Nick Griffin in Blackheath. I explained my position and background as an artist and a teacher.
Then I was asked to help out in a by-election in Northend in Slade Green where I started canvassing. I still had not yet received my membership card.

In early 2000, Nick appointed me as the Lewisham and Bromley Organiser and several weeks later I was issued with my membership card. By the end of the year we had 80 members in Lewisham, and an additional 40 in Bromley! I then spearheaded the parliamentary election campaign in Lewisham East where the BNP candidate attained 1005 votes which was an unprecedented result for south east London. And that was the start of patriots coming from across the country to assist in election campaigns. What is more important is that at that stage, the whole design of leaflets changed. I made sure that the wordiness went and the visuals came in.

It is quite clear that the approach that I was taking was being recognised as a valuable campaign strategy for others to emulate: that it’s not sufficient to rely on just leafleting and marching through the streets of Britain. What was needed was a more structured and solid campaigning approach involving interaction door-to-door with the electorate and general public, dealing head-on with issues that related to local communities ward by ward, rather than just pushing a ‘one size fits all’ national programme. I should say that this was also the approach used in the campaign which won the Party’s first council seat the early 1990s in the Isle of Dogs.

But my enthusiasm and persistence in getting things resolved and chasing people up when the work they undertook was not carried out, made waves. Also, some decided that once the good seeds had been sewn they wanted to take it over themselves. Granted, I used to make telephone calls to branch administrators late at night, which may have caused irritation, but I saw that the fate of our nation was at stake and in politics there can be no 9-5 approach to the job. Consequently I was removed as Lewisham and Bromley Organiser and the position was passed on to somebody else. Three years on from there, the branch membership collapsed. Under my watch we had rocketed straight to branch status without ever having been a just a group. Today, Lewisham and Bromley is barely a group.

In 2002 I continued with leafleting and canvassing throughout south east London and occasionally helping in other areas of the capital, but I spent a great deal of my time dealing with my career in education as well as national Queen’s Golden Jubilee projects.

In 2003 I was asked by the then national organiser to start giving speeches nationwide and at the Red White and Blue festival and also to assist in the canvassing at by-elections and elections across the country. I was also having an input into the basic design of the Party’s new leafleting strategy. At the end of 2003 I was made the co-ordinating officer for London. By this time I was also part of a think-tank, visiting the Chairman at his country retreat and then created ‘Special Projects’ which was set up to enhance the public’s perception of the Party by way of working on frontline community activities. It was at this time that I suggested that the Party create a small booklet containing a summary of our manifesto for members of the public and it was eventually produced… four years later! I also asked for an activists’ handbook and this again came out some four years later, but on-line only. Also an elections handbook that still hasn’t materialised. I suggested that there be a manual for councillors as well, to give guidance and an outline of good practice, but as far as I am aware this hasn’t as yet been produced either.

In 2004 I was made London Organiser, and was involved in the majority of the activities across London and played a major part in co-ordinating the 2004 GLA campaign, where we achieved an unprecedented 4.71% of the London vote, only missing a GLA seat by just 0.29%!

However, at this stage, the opposition started to attack me both in the press, verbally, and also daubed the front door of my house in Blackheath. Not having a driving licence, I travelled across London and up and down the whole country using public transport, with no security and one year into wearing my beige suit, fully aware that I was sticking out like a sore thumb. That same year, I won the coveted George Flaxton Memorial Award as activist of the year, and gave speeches and video recordings across the nation, getting by on a salary of just £600 per month. At this stage, I had given up teaching to put all my efforts, 7 days a week, into the nationalist cause.

The irony behind my giving up teaching is that each time it became known that I was standing for election, the teaching agencies informed me that there were ‘no positions at present’. And yet a month or so after my not being elected, they would call me requesting I took on a position at a then failing academy prior to OFSTED being called in. I was somewhat bemused at these sudden changes of circumstances and said that my politics had not altered and asked why I was wanted back. The answer was that it was because parents and staff believed I did an outstanding job in correcting failing classes and pupils.

In 2004 I was made Barking and Dagenham Branch Organiser, working alongside the then National Elections Officer. That year, there were three by-elections in Barking and Dagenham. The results achieved were as follows and the figures speak for themselves:

15 July: Valence 31.5% BNP SECOND
16.Sept: Goresbrook 51.9% BNP FIRST!
7 October: Village 38.5% BNP SECOND

Following the momentous Goresbrook victory, I was the secretary and events organiser for the wining Goresbrook councillor and assisted him with his daily activities after he was elected.

During 2004, the Chairman requested me to have a private meeting with the founder of the Party offering him the position of life-long president. He refused it.

In 2005 it was as a member of the Advisory Council, that I started to notice, after the nation-wide success of councillors being elected in parish, town and borough, the start of the frustrations and discontent (which later became apparent at the 2005 Red White and Blue). Prior to the RWB there was a conference of the Regional Organisers and Advisory Council. The then head of security had made statements that were deemed to be too innovative and above his station to the Chairman and some of longstanding Head Office officials. Several months later, he was removed from his position.

In 2005 I stood for the parliamentary seat of Barking against Labour’s sitting MP, Margaret Hodge and I received 17 % and achieved third place, only missing second place, which was taken by the Tories, by a mere 28 votes! This was and is still the highest nationalist vote for a parliamentary seat ever achieved in this country.

At an AC meeting in Wales I brought to the Chairman’s attention the fact that the National Elections Officer and the then National Organiser were putting in place parallel systems and appointing officers into positions in London without informing me what they were doing. This was consequently interfering with my role as London Organiser and the development of London, because it meant that there were two separate London operations in place, one effectively being carried out without my knowledge. This was the first sign of the hole in the heart of the BNP, where cohesion, communication and continuity did not exist. I was concerned too that there were also key locations in the south of London that needed assistance and some possible financial help, and that these were being neglected. This led to a confrontation between the Leader of the Party and myself in the summer of 2005. Subsequently, the Leader displayed poor judgement by taking the line of least resistance in undermining my position. He sacked me as London Organiser, basically for being too pro-active, and attaining positive results! It clearly was a case of nepotism over ability.

Prior to the RWB in 2005, one national organiser had been replaced by another and from then on started the true problems.
At the RWB I went past one tent that contained certain high ranking individuals who were conniving to undermine both the Party and the Chairman. (Indeed, some were kicked out of the Party later for being alleged infiltrators). They asked me to join them but I refused. The following day I informed the Chairman and said that we had to bring in a polygraph test to filter out infiltrators, for those at regional organiser level and above. (Remember that at this point, I had been sacked as the London Organiser). Some time earlier I had had a conversation with an ex SAS information officer who said that he would have been more than happy to carry them out at £1000 per test. Nicks’ reply was that it wasn’t practical at that time.

I also told the Chairman that chain of command was falling apart due to poor communications. And that the public’s perception of the Party was all important and that every effort had to be made to improve it.

Then, a month after the RWB, I was asked to resign my position as Barking and Dagenham Organiser. The excuse given to me by the Chairman was that I needed a rest!! Of course, I refused- and so I was sacked! This was my third sacking! The position was given to one of the 2004 Barking and Dagenham candidates who after only two months stated that he could not do the job and asked me to take over from him. So I did, but without the authority or knowledge of Head Office. Because I couldn’t just stand back and watch things stagnate.

In 2006, I was continuing my work on the ground in Barking and Dagenham. I pushed ahead, making sure that the BNP were there for the people where the problems were. We went out in hi-viz vests, collecting rubbish and clearing up graffiti. Because of the efforts of individual BNP activists at ground level, Barking and Dagenham was becoming a visibly better place.

In 2006, due to my input, a new professional format for leaflets was brought in. The design was upgraded and combined with the selection of a striking and forceful message, in A3 full-colour finish. And at the same time as canvassing we were continuing to work away in the parks, cleaning graffiti, picking up litter and clearing brooks, leaving the perception in people’s minds that we had already been elected and were going about our council work.

I was eventually formally asked by Head Office to take control of the forthcoming borough elections of 2006; by that time I had already put things in motion anyway! Of course, I agreed and was given back the membership list of Barking and Dagenham and then started a national assistance strategy, which we now know as the national and regional Days of Action.

Between myself and just three key activists in Barking and Dagenham, we began the election campaign that led to the BNP’s ground-breaking result in the council elections. Come submission of nominations time, we had 21 candidates. Due to the thorough vetting and appropriate analysing of the candidates it was deemed that four were unsuitable and 13 were chosen. A further four were by one means or another indebted to the council due to disability which would have left them out of pocket if elected, which was too much of a burden to expect individuals to shoulder. Hence only 13 candidates stood and as is well known, 12 of them were elected.

However, it was at about this time I was told by the National Elections Officer to ‘forget Barking and Dagenham because at best you will only get four or five elected.’ If we had had a full slate of candidates, I’m sure now that every one of them would have been elected! If I hadn’t been sacked as the Barking and Dagenham Organiser and also as London Organiser, I would have had a fighting chance of getting the 51 candidates that we needed. But with just five months left to the elections, we could only get 13 together. Jon Cruddas, MP for Dagenham, said that if we had fielded a full slate of BNP candidates, we would have taken the whole council. That was after Margaret Hodge, the sitting Labour MP, had made comments that inadvertently promoted the progress of the BNP, not only in Barking and Dagenham and London, but nation-wide.

The scale of the unprecedented victory in Barking and Dagenham was achieved by hard work, tenacity and a deliberate decision to act contrary to the view of the then National Elections Officer. Twelve out of thirteen councillors were duly elected which made us ‘the official opposition’ to the Labour-run council. This was the first time ever that such a thing had happened, and all from a standing-start of zero councillors! This unprecedented success led to my winning two awards:

2006 Best Campaign Organiser

2006 Most New Councillors (Barking and Dagenham)

Following the success at Barking and Dagenham, it was deemed appropriate by Head Office to bring me back on to the Advisory Council as Councillors’ Liaison Officer, as I was now the leader of the Barking and Dagenham Council official opposition. But plots were fermenting prior to the RWB 2006, as I was approached by four leading officers of the Party and asked to stand against the Chairman on isues of bad management and financial improprieties. I refused and had a lengthy conversation with the Chairman at the RWB, again emphasising the need for stronger security checks for key officers, including and above the position of regional organiser. I also brought to the Chairman’s attention that it would be a wise move for him to distance himself from any involvement with financial matters and suggested that he should consider introducing the process of electing regional organisers, rather than undemocratically appointing them. It was also by this time that certain key people who were coming up from the south, south west and south east, were suddenly disappearing, while at the same time yes-men were being kept in place over and above those who displayed obvious talent.

Also, as the Councillors’ Liaison Officer, I was seeing at first hand the disillusionment at coal face, with sole councillors in particular not being supported. Councillors were promised an internet set-up where they could debate and contact each other and share knowledge, (so they did not have to use their councils’ internet systems), but it was constantly being put off by Head Office. This meant that having worked hard to get councillors elected, once in post, they were steadily being demotivated by the lack of resources and assistance given to them, leaving individuals in an isolated, vulnerable position, and causing them in many cases to stand down through disillusionment and lack of support. Even in my own council of Barking and Dagenham, with some of the less able councillors, it was difficult to keep them up to speed, causing our stronger councillors to battle with the extra case-studies and mountains of bureaucracy in a struggle to make sure we did not look incompetent.

As leader of the opposition I was at this time on a gross salary of £14 000 for which I was working 7 days a week.

In a private meeting in 2007, I mentioned to Head Office that there were problems. My prediction was that we would possibly get the GLA seat the following year, and if sufficient work and electioneering took place there was a good likelihood we would get a European seat in 2009, but my concerns were that if we kept running ahead too fast without supporting the existing elected councillors, we would look back over our shoulders and see the basic foundations crumbling. Unfortunately this has now come to pass as we have lost all the ground-work it took to get win our 100 plus council seats at county, borough, district, town and parish levels.

2007 saw the sacking, for one reason or another, of key members who questioned Head Office or the leadership on its financial irregularities, poor judgements on national campaigns and faux pas to the media. Also the accounts were being submitted late to the Electoral Commission. The bigger the Party became, the more Head Office tightened its control. Yes-men were continuing to be appointed at the expense of those with ability. Councillors, especially sole councillors were becoming despondent. It was more and more difficult to keep up the momentum, given that the grass roots were being starved of resources. And there was still no Party back-up provided to councillors. Councillors started resigning due to the pressure and lack of support.

At the end of 2007 I did not put my name forward again for the Advisory Council as Councillors’ Liaison Officer. My requests for assistance for councillors had fallen on deaf ears, so I decided instead to focus my efforts on the following year’s GLA/mayoral election campaign.
It was in 2007 that I received the Party’s award:

Best Councillor of the Year (runner-up)

2008 saw the GLA elections. A staggering one million leaflets were delivered by hand all over London, comprising of 600 000 full colour A3 and 500 000 black and white A4, which were double dropped in some key areas. This was an unprecedented campaign in nationalist politics which I co-ordinated and managed with just seven other key London activists, together with the support of the majority of London activists as well as hundreds of others from across the nation. But it wasn’t until the last six weeks of a nine month campaign that the National Elections Officer and the National Secretary felt the need to exert themselves! Throughout the months preceding the elections, I was working flat-out, seven days a week, which took a toll on my health and my domestic circumstances. The press were still attacking me and the door of my house was vandalised. A lot of the time I was travelling across London on public transport with no security (and in many cases having to carry the maps).

During the London campaign there were also other frustrations going on, as organisers from the south east were having problems with Head Office and were therefore reluctant to come across and work on the west side of the London campaign. The decision had to be made to focus all key efforts on London, which was the only high profile election that was taking place at that time. London was winnable and so deserved the best possible resources. But it wasn’t until the last months of the GLA election campaign that money started coming in thick and fast from the then National Fundraiser. However, with or without this increase in finances, the GLA seat still would have been won.

On the day of the election, when it came to the count, many of the boxes had been tampered with, and the new electronic counting system had glitches. Three hours prior to the results being declared, I asked one of the key officers of London Elects what percentage we were at, regards the PR London-wide vote and he said that the BNP was at around 7.5%. I then asked him where this percentage would ultimately level out at, and he said ‘7-7.1%’. This would have resulted in a contest between the Greens getting two seats and the BNP achieving two seats. In fact, we ended up with only 5.3% or 130 000 votes for the top-up candidacy! So what was the explanation? At least I was elected- another BNP first! But to drop from a predicted 7% plus to 5%plus seems somewhat inexplicable! So much for electronic counting systems…

I was at the same time also the mayoral candidate for London and won 198 000 votes. I had been out every single day- canvassing, leafleting, attending hustings, as well as spearheading the campaign, while at the same time still acting as the Leader of the Opposition of Barking and Dagenham Council which was also a seven day a week job. This put inevitable pressure on my domestic life. In spite of all this frenetic activity for the Party, it transpired recently that the closer it came to the elections and the more likely it seemed that we would win a seat, Head Office were having second thoughts about my being the candidate!

Yes, I like a drink at the end of a long hard day but I’ve never drunk to excess or allowed it to affect my judgement. However, the Left don’t miss a trick at our expense, and saw this as a stick to beat me with. I would like to make clear I have never sought assistance from any AA group, nor have I needed to. Having a drink has never affected my work or professionalism. For those of you who feel that my speeches are somewhat ‘poetic’, that is just my character. Having said this, it has secured every success I have achieved for the Party, for my own area and across the nation both at branch meetings and at the RWB and throughout the country in canvassing campaigns.

When elected to the GLA it was agreed that I would give 10% of my net earnings to the Party. However, I decided voluntarily to donate all of my net wage from Barking and Dagenham council which was £500 a month. This was in fact over £100 per month more than 10% of my GLA salary and this money went directly into the Party treasury with the intention for it to be used for the Party’s development.

Success inevitably attracts attention and opposition. During 2008, having been elected to the GLA and while also a councillor in Barking and Dagenham, I was constantly under attack, both having my house damaged again and being brought before the Standards Board through complaints initiated by Labour councillors. After I was elected as a member of the GLA, I passed the leadership of Barking and Dagenham BNP councillors on to the deputy leader of the opposition and became the deputy myself. By this time I was dealing with not only my own ward but with several other wards, as well as representing London on the GLA.

The elections of 2006 and 2008 were run on what was actually a pittance, (compared to the vast amounts spent by the main parties), of £50 000. With all the big money that has come in to the Party subsequently, I ask the simple question, where did it all go?

At the end of 2008, any campaign strategy had fallen through the floor, with people permitted to contest seats that were clearly not winnable. This includes unlikely areas such as Camden, Tower Hamlets and Hampstead. These no-hope campaigns were run at the expense of winnable seats like Hainault. Here again, Head Office had lost the plot. The subsequent poor results demoralised individuals, and brought down our national average, which gave ammunition to the press and achieved nothing beneficial.

It was also in 2008 that they stopped the annual awards for achievement and thus turned the RWB into a low key non-celebratory non-event. Yet this was at a time when the Party needed to praise and encourage individuals for achieving things beyond the normal expectations of any main-stream political activists. Unlike the other parties, the BNP was the only political entity that was being attacked from all directions, every day of the week. As tangible, positive recognition within such a negative political climate, people valued those awards so much. And the more successful we were, the more our opponents turned up the heat and the more difficult it became. But of course, as with everything else, Head Office knew best!

It was at about the end of 2008 that people began to have growing concerns about money. I told the Chairman repeatedly that he should distance himself from the financial affairs of the Party and also that he had to get an independent auditor. I also pointed out that the begging letters, which were coming from Northern Ireland at an almost indecent rate, had to balanced out with letters requesting practical help and activity from those who could not afford to pay. The response to this was that ‘people should be embarrassed into feeling that they should pay up’!

Also at this time, on a monthly basis, key leading activists and administrators were complaining to me about issues that I could clearly see that were arising within the structure of the Party, and were asking me to bring them to the Chairman’s attention on the basis that I could not be sacked from my position and that they could! I duly did so and the result was that I was sacked as Barking and Dagenham Organiser- again!

From that point on, support at meetings in Barking and Dagenham started to dwindle. And not only was attendance at branch meetings falling off, but the number of ward news letters going out was diminishing. As early as late 2008, the overall picture in Barking and Dagenham was that the borough was starting to slip away. And Head Office was becoming ever more remote.

The decline slowly continued. The then Barking and Dagenham Organiser had too much to do. Some councillors were struggling with personal attacks, not to mention the mounting pressure of the bureaucratic side of council work coupled with their ward work, and still there was no support from Head Office, and no let-up in sight. And this was happening UK-wide. Yet the money was still coming in thick and fast to Head Office. No doubt it was all going into the Northern Ireland set-up.

2009 saw more complications in the working structure of Head Office. Even though more finance was coming in to the Party than ever before, we were losing seats we had won previously and even more discontent was being passed on to me by grass-roots activists to pass on to the Chairman. This was becoming more and more frustrating because he clearly wasn’t listening! No doubt he was basking in the success of the European elections which saw two MEPs successfully elected.

Yorkshire and Humberside had been seen as a secondary consideration and yet Andrew Brons got a higher vote than the Chairman. But Head Office was more concerned with getting money into seats where key officers were candidates, rather than looking at where the most votes were likely to come from! By this time we were into an annual income of something like £2 million and yet branches and groups had to give up money to finance the European elections. Head Office should have paid for it and left the branches and the groups to conserve their finances for local elections. The Party had lost the plot with its misjudged priority of pumping millions into the Northern Ireland office. It was if we were about to be a key player in government. And yet we hadn’t won over-all control of a single council- or even a parish.

In mid 2009 I said to the Deputy Chairman that things had to change because key activists’ complaints were falling on deaf ears and if this continued I would have difficulty in retaining the whip at the GLA, because these issues had to be addressed. At the same time, rumours were passing around that I would be deselected to stand for the Barking parliamentary seat. As it turned out, the rumours proved true, and it came to light in the winter of 2009 that I would not be selected to stand for the constituency of Barking again and that some one would be parachuted in from outside London. This approach was also to take place in Stoke, Thurrock and other key strongholds, with local activist candidate hopefuls being replaced by outsiders with no links or affiliation with the constituencies in which they were to stand. Yet another ingredient was being stirred in to the mix in the recipe for disaster!

In 2009, with the stagnation of activities in Barking and Dagenham, I asked the Chairman to reinstate me as the Barking and Dagenham Organiser. Even so, it took an unbelievable five months of time wasting and petty discussions for me to be given the post again! I formulated a campaign which this time had the necessary number of candidates that would allow for two thirds coverage which would have given us control of the council had they been elected. Notwithstanding, this was all left to the last minute, because I didn’t have access to the Barking and Dagenham membership list and previous election canvassing sheets. The campaign was run in only five months! In this time we had to leaflet the whole borough five times over and partially canvass it. Having said that, the glitches in the campaign itself made no difference, because what I did not predict was the amount of corruption that went on during the election with each Labour councillor getting an additional 1000 or more votes on top of what they had attained 2006!

Just look at these figures and draw your own conclusions:

Whereas the BNP vote largely held up to what it had been in 2006, the Labour vote consistently more or less doubled! Even those former Labour councillors who had been deselected and had stood as independent candidates were complaining to us about what had been going on. These were individuals who had worked hard and been popular within the wards that they had represented- people we thought that we would have found it difficult to beat. Following the election, we made door to door enquires, knocking on doors of houses with multiple voters listed on the electoral roll, only to be told in many cases by neighbours that in fact only one or two people lived there. But by this time the entire activist team was totally exhausted; we just didn’t have the resources or the energy it would have needed to launch a full scale investigation. We reported our concerns to both the police and the Electoral Commission but nothing came of it.

After the elections of 2010, where we lost everything on the council and got a derisory vote in the both the parliamentary seats of Barking, and Dagenham & Rainham, it transpired that the then National Elections Officer, the Chairman and possibly other key national head office officers had made the decision to deselect me from Barking, not for my alleged ‘drinking’ nor for dyslexia, but because they could not allow someone of my high profile to take the possibly only parliamentary seat in the country. In other words they didn’t want me to become the number one person in nationalism in the Britain. Pathetic!

During the last 3 months of the Barking and Dagenham campaign, otherwise known as the Battle for Barking, there were massive splits in campaign team. Certain people who supported the Chairman would not work in a team with the sacked National Elections Officer! Maybe it’s time to look back to former times in Barking and Dagenham, to see how the situation had degenerated:

During the second weekend in March in 2005 we had 85 people leafleting and canvassing throughout the borough.

In 2006 in the council elections in the same weekend in March we had around 150-160.

In 2008 in the GLA and Mayoral elections in the same weekend, we had 240 people out in the borough of Barking and Dagenham.

But in the same weekend in March 2010 we had a pitiful 60-70 people turn out.

At the same time, in 2010, we were over the £2 000 000 fundraising mark. I had myself donated £1000 to the national elections. And at the same time paid out £500 for lifelong membership. Yet parliamentary campaigns across the country were being paid for by branches and individuals and not by Head Office. Granted, I have to say with some humility that Barking and Dagenham, primarily Barking, had all its funds supplied by Head Office- after all, it was where the Chairman was standing. But what is also very concerning is that branches and groups had to donate a large percentage of their hard earned reserves to fund the national campaign. So once again, I have to ask, what became of the £2 million? Who’s been eating into the pie?

Following hard on the heels of the 2010 elections, came the Goresbrook by-election in July. This came about because a Labour councillor did not declare that she was working for the council which disqualified her from standing. I fought long and hard to get Labour to concede the point, which eventually led to the councillor resigning, thus forcing a by-election. But these efforts were all in vain, because when it came to the campaign for that by-election, hardly anyone turned up- maybe 3 or 4 canvassers a day! There were again massive splits between those who supported the National Organiser who had been given control of the campaign by Head Office, and those who followed the ex-National Elections Officer. Both factions would have nothing to do with each other and would even not be seen canvassing in the same road! The situation was so bad that it led to us losing the seat again, only this time we polled even fewer votes than we had in the preceding month- this in Goresbrook, the once flagship ward which had previously polled some 52%!

It was more than clear to me then that in-fighting and personal ambitions had started to take precedence over the good of the Cause itself and the situation was getting seriously out of control, so much so that it was detrimentally affecting our election outcomes. Goresbrook was a seat which we should have been able to win back easily! However at the time I myself was totally exhausted by the effects of the election campaign and the subsequent wipe-out, support was dwindling in all directions, factionalism had distracted and split the activists and supporters, members were not re-joining and morale was at rock bottom. Also the RWB annual event had been abandoned.

Since then, it’s been one tale of unmitigated woe for the Party, due to the horrendous mismanagement of the finances by Head Office, resulting in outstanding printing bills, numerous and largely avoidable court cases, changes to the constitution, mass expulsions… dissatisfaction was becoming so bad that many councillors were resigning the whip in despair.

At this point, I had come to the conclusion that something had to be done; the Chairman had to be replaced. I attended a meeting with the ex-National Elections Officer to decide which of us would mount a leadership challenge and which would be seconder. The vast majority of the activists at the meeting were in favour of the ex-National Elections Officer. However it subsequently transpired that the meeting had been loaded in favour of the then ex-National Elections Officer; also that derisory comments had been made about me, behind my back at that meeting. I therefore then decided to distance myself from the challenge in disgust at the antics of the number one challenger. It wasn’t until some weeks later that a collection of independent national activists requested that I stood, as in their view, neither the Chairman nor the number one challenger was able to take the party forward. I would like to make it quite clear that I was not asked to stand by the Chairman.

The situation which led to my resignation of the whip has been well documented elsewhere on my blog. Suffice it to say here that following the leadership contest in summer 2010, in which the Chairman was successful, I could see clearly that after his re-election, the Chairman was unlikely to implement any of the changes that I and so many others had been calling for. So I reluctantly resigned the BNP whip at the GLA by way of protest. But instead of taking my concerns on board and formulating a plan for acting on then and thereby saving the Party from disaster, Head Office took the opportunity to expel me! (Please note, I have never resigned from the Party). Maybe it was because I had been seen as a thorn in the leadership’s side. After all, with my previous success record for getting things done and achieving groundbreaking results, perhaps I was seen as being just too pro-active, like all those others who had been culled over the years just because they showed too much ability. Perhaps given the number of times I’ve been sacked for no good reason, I should have seen it coming! But hindsight is a wonderful thing!

Having been expelled, I wrote to Head Office requesting an appeal hearing, which I was entitled to. At least I would then have had the chance to put my case. But even this was denied to me. In fact the reason that I was given for my expulsion was that having resigned the whip I had in effect resigned from the Party, which is utter nonsense. But it seems that they were determined to get rid of me once and for all, come what may.

Looking back, 2010 was a horrendous year for me personally. I received numerous death threats, had my bike damaged and wheels slashed on a number of occasions. I was physically attacked in the streets when wearing my suit, had liquids thrown over me and was punched in the face. No police action was taken, even though I reported each incident. And then there was that altercation with Billy Bragg where at least I managed to get him to concede that Labour wasn’t representing interests and concerns of the people of Barking and Dagenham. There was certainly never a dull moment!

In 2011 the Party started attacking me publicly with inflammatory and libellous statements. It also subsequently came to my knowledge that the Chairman had intended to falsify information with intent to bankrupt me in an attempt to evict me from the GLA. There remains the possibility that I may face legal proceedings over unpaid printing bills relating the Barking and Daghenham elections and incurred by Head Office, which I had been specifically led believe had been paid and consequently signed off in good faith as party agent. All this is hardly the sort of behaviour one would expect from the leadership of a national party which is supposed stand for the principles of honesty and integrity.

At the end of 2010 I attended two English Defence League meetings to see how the organisation could be incorporated within a political party and to look at its political intentions for the future. In January 2011 I attended a meeting of the English Democrats council in order to discuss possible affiliation and to talk over their manifesto and political aims. Neither of these avenues progressed further. In April, I wrote to all four leaders of the main nationalist/patriotic parities and group, suggesting unification.

Now you tell me if you don’t think I’ve tried to do my best for the Party and the country over the last decade?

So that’s why I’m where I am today. I still wear the beige suit- it has become a trademark. Because of it, wherever I am, people know exactly who I am and what I have done to assist this country. Let’s hope I don’t have to hang up the beige suit for good in the near future, but who knows?

So where to we go from here?

The BNP is no longer fit for purpose.

The Party has to be dismantled and re-named, while at the same time it should work towards unification with the other patriotic/nationalist parties and groups. This would ideally include UKIP and the English Democrats, and also the English Defence League, as well as other smaller groups where feasible, reaching out to all British/English patriots right across the political spectrum of nationalism to establish a single unified fighting force fit to take on the corrupt political establishment in today’s Britain.

The new party has to be restructured as soon as possible. And in order to progress unification with other like-minded organisations, all the key officers of the nationalist parties should be invited to come together for a conference to bring this about.

Joining together would give us sufficient power and resources to make the new united party of nationalism a real force to be reckoned with in the 21st century. Some may call it a ‘new model army’, working together to overthrow the tyranny of the British liberal elite.

We have been sliding backwards for long enough. Now is the time to move forwards.

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Having foreseen the problems within the Party, readers may well ask what I did to try and resolve them. Well, I didn’t just sit on my hands - I did my best to point them out. Here is some of the correspondence I sent to Head Office in an attempt to persuade them to change their ways. Unfortunately my petitioning fell on deaf ears:

June 2010

Dear Nick

I am to say the least, like everyone else, extremely disappointed by the results in Barking and Dagenham. But I hope that this will afford the Party the chance to turn a corner, because there are some things which need to be said, and unless these matters are sorted out now, once and for all, I do not see that the Party is going to progress; indeed its implosion is inevitable.

Firstly, to say I saw it coming would be untrue, but in hindsight, we were up against an unprecedentedly hostile and well-resourced campaign from our opponents. In the light of this, some facts have to be faced by the present leadership.

I have been saying for a long time that there needs to be far more support and resources given to the grass roots from HQ. At the moment things seem to be operating in the opposite direction. HQ should be there to assist the ground forces and not the other way around. I made this clear in a letter I sent to you Nick about a year ago and my advice has only just begun to be heeded. We have to move forward in this area as a priority.

Also, the Party finances have to be sorted out now, once and for all. Public perception is the big issue here. The employment of any individual on a six figure salary is wholly unacceptable. You could get at least 3 good people for this figure! It would be bad enough if this salary were being funded from investments, but no, this money is coming directly from donations- and as we all know, the Party gets its money from supporters who are either elderly or working class. No rich bankers or businessmen are forking out to help the BNP, I’m afraid. So although donations might well be up as a direct result of an individual’s efforts which on the face of it might be said to justify this level of remuneration, the salary is coming directly from our supporters and unfortunately there has been proven to be such a thing as ‘donation fatigue.’ Once we lose the memberships goodwill, the income flow will dry up and it will be very hard, if not impossible to restore it.

Again, it’s a fact of life that it’s the public perception that matters. What sort of message does this put out? -the fact that we can afford to pay a single individual this much? Also, I would have thought that one of the tests of loyalty of any employee of the Party is that they are prepared to come and work for us at less than the going rate! The situation has to tackled, and it has to be addressed as a priority, if not by the Leader than by the AC. To spell it out clearly, the national fund-raiser’s position has to be radically pruned. Because until this happens, questions will continue to raised throughout the rank and file about the Party’s finances which need to be far more transparent.

The question of European expenses is another bugbear that needs to be taken in hand. I hate to sound self-congratulatory, but I have never taken any of the expenses that I have been entitled to whilst on the GLA or the Council, with the exception of a travel card. I don’t take taxis, I don’t go on foreign jollies, I hardly take what I’m entitled to so there’s absolutely no chance of anyone ever being able to accuse me of swinging the lead. This has paid off dividends in the form of peaceful nights’ sleep while the MPs’ expense scandal was raging. We must not allow ourselves to be put in the position of attracting criticism. So I strongly suggest that the European expenses have to be cut right back.

I have to say that at times like this, with all this conflict over the leadership, words fail me. The secondary blogs, like ‘Butler Exposed’ and comments like ‘Barnbrook’s gay,’ have to stop! The lack of principle and individual loyalty in this Party is horrifying. I stand aghast as I watch all around me people putting themselves and their petty grievances, personal ambition and naked gain before the good of the Party and the country. This is not why I joined the BNP. We have to be the people of principle. We will only succeed through decency, sincerity, honour and self sacrifice.

I am wondering where I go from here. I can’t bear all this bickering, sniping and back-stabbing. At its best, it’s galling and at its worst it’s interfering and wrecking our ability to fight a decent campaign here in Goresbrook. All hands should be concentrating on winning back the seat and I shouldn’t have to waste my time in writing this. Believe it or not, and it’s incredible but true, I had to try to attempt tp mediate between the 2 factions of supporters whilst running the campaign! One lot of activists support the ex-national elections officer and the others under the national organiser, are loyal to you. So I was going to have to keep them separate in east and west Goresbrook which would have left me on my own canvassing in the middle of the ward so that the two groups didn’t meet!! In the end, only 4 people bothered to turn up! This cost me my 4 day holiday and remember, I have not had a break since well before elections. THE PARTY NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IN INPUT FOR THE GORESBROOK CAMPAIGN. WE NEED TO RETAKE GORESBROOK IN ORDER TO PARTIALLY REDRESS OUR RECENT FAILURES. And yet people are putting their petty grievances before the Party- as usual. This is such a lamentable state of affairs, because indications up until now show that we are on course for a win, but we have to put the work in.

Nick, I’ve followed you to date without question, so much so, that I moved aside for you in Barking, but now I want to see some action on the points I’ve raised not just for your own good as leader, but for the good of the Party and the country.

Unless there are some significant changes along the lines I’ve mentioned, I think that it’s regrettably quite clear that the 2000 signatures needed for an election challenge will be forthcoming.

Believe me, I have always and continue to have the good of the Party and the cause at heart. We have to move forward now, otherwise we are simply doing the enemies’ work for them. I’m making these points for your own good as well as everybody else’s. You have to look for a successor that is not tied or tainted by the existing set-up. The Party cannot be led by ‘yes-men,’

Nick, I would like a response to this if not today then tomorrow, and then maybe we could talk.

Yours
Richard

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Dear Richard

Many thanks for your long and carefully considered letter. My apologies for not replying sooner, but there was no time with a parliamentary session combined with party-running work and the very significant time currently being taken up with major staff restructuring and forward-planning (much of which, incidentally, is intended to deal with several failings that you rightly raise).

Anyway, I am now in a position to reply, so will do so one issue at a time in the order raised by you:

1) You state that HQ should assist our "ground forces, not other way around." In principle, I agree, and action is being taken on this. For example, starting on July 1st, for the first time in the history of British nationalism, local units will be allowed to keep every penny of every new membership they sign up. This will be for an experimental period of three months, but as long as it produces the major increase in recruitment that such an incentive should, I would hope to extend it.

But, and here's the point, this is only affordable because we (or, more precisely, Jim Dowson) set up a proper call centre, which allows the party centre to work on upgrading new members, which is what will make this financially possible. Your belief that our contract with Mr. Dowson is some kind of problem that should be brought to an end could not be further from the mark.

That said, I am mindful of the point you raise the perception can matter almost as much as substance. You will therefore be pleased to learn that Jim is now working on the next phase of the plan we designed for the party’s radical organisational upgrade, and that this involves a co-ordinated effort to raise our game at regional and local level. The aim of this is to help our front-line become more effective at recruiting and fund-raising, in order to provide sustainable funding for local staffing and campaigning.

Additionally, there is much of what has been done centrally over the last two years which, having got things right there, can now be used to provide the support for the front-line that you rightly point out is needed. Crucially, our Elections
Department will over the coming months be rolling out the knowledge and software needed by our frontline to run effective voter contact and databasing campaigns. Here too, we would be unable to make this absolutely vital step forward were it not for what Mr. Dowson has already done for the party centrally.

2) I agree that central support for local elections, and our councillors, has been woefully weak in the past. Our Elections Department, for example, promised to produce an elections handbook for six or seven years, but never did so. Clive Jefferson will have one (covering far more innovative and advanced techniques than have ever been used before) by the end of the summer.

As already pointed out above, we are also working on creating for the BNP the voter targeting database and online campaign support mechanisms that the other parties started to develop years ago. This will be a huge step forward and it is indeed overdue. Here too, I refuse to accept lectures on past failings here which originate with the man who was in charge of our election machine and is overwhelmingly to blame for its lack of drive and ambition. My fault is not having replaced him earlier.

What I do promise is that your well-founded concerns about past lack of emphasis in this field is already agreed with and being acted upon, and will be seen to have been addressed in the very near future.

3) On the related question of councillor support, I likewise have to say that I have never turned down a single, concrete, realistic proposal for training events, newsletters, online support or similar, from any one of the several individuals who have been elected as Councillors' Representatives to the AC. I created the post to encourage initiative and progress in that area, so again, my fault is not having taken action to remedy the omissions of others, but I am not super-human, and I try to avoid being a control-freak.

Some of what Clive's team are looking at will help to fill this gap, but overall this will remain a weak point for a little while until a group of current and especially former councillors step forward with proposals I can back to sort it out. That said, Cllr. James North is doing more in this field than any of his predecessors, so if you have any concrete proposals, he's the man to contact.

4) From a big picture point of view, when I decided to take Jim Dowson on at the end of 2008, we concluded very early that the organisational improvement side of his work would have to start at the party centre, on the basis that until that was sorted out and updated from amateur shambles to professional level, any significant growth from below would overwhelm our ramshackle system completely.

The downside was that having to put so much attention and investment into the centre has inevitably led to the perception that the volunteer base has been neglected. Well, since the centre is essentially full-time, I cannot see how it would have been right to leave it pottering along, wasting members' money and holding things up, while pressing our volunteer rank-and-file to work harder and (especially) smarter.

As discussed above, that part of the process is now just beginning, starting with a significant upgrade in the amount of practical and back-up support we will from now on be giving to ROs and their regional teams.

5) Thus far, I imagine you will have been generally pleased with what I've had to say. That will not be the case with the next point.

Jim Dowson is not on a six figure salary. He has never been paid that much. He is well paid, although please note that when one hires an independent contractor such as his operation, his bill includes services provided by other people he brings in to advise. Over the last two years I have seen this in action time and time again, as Jim has bounced organisational problems of ours on to experienced contacts of his, and come back with answers that work. This has been a good investment.

As for value for money, not only has Jim raised a huge amount more than he has charged us, his cost-cutting efforts on everything from print jobs to mobile phone contracts have literally saved more than we have paid him. Meanwhile, the call centre makes a profit every single month, as well as making our members feel they belong (it is one of the things that has reduced our membership turnover loss from 70% to 17%, do you really want to go backwards on such things?)

6) You suggest that we shouldn't raise funds from appeals. I have to ask, what alternative do you propose? A machine the size of the BNP costs huge sums of money to run. Our surplus income from memberships, subscriptions and unsolicited donations wouldn't begin to cover the costs of running the party's essential services.

If we stopped running appeals, what should we cut? Who should we sack from our paid staff? Which offices should we shut? Which publications or services should we scrap? How much should we increase membership fees?

You are right that there is a risk of donor fatigue among some, which is why Jim Dowson has taught us the importance of collecting and approaching the largest possible number of new names and addresses. It is why he, more than anyone else, is pressing ahead with measures designed to help us get to the 20,000 member financial take-off point.

Basically, a party of 2,000 members can be run on a largely voluntary basis, but one of 10,000 cannot. But a party of 20,000 can be run with the same infrastructure as a party of 10,000, which is why we - having got the central infrastructure right - we are now moving on to concentrate more on the membership growth that is the only thing that will allow us to scale back on the intensity of our appeals operation.

7) To move to your next point, you suggest that Mr. Dowson should work for us for less than the going rate. Well, firstly, he does. For the amount and effectiveness of his work, he is actually a bargain.

Secondly, if you would care to go out and find us a fund-raiser, a despatch centre chief, a management consultant, a budgetary control advisor and a skilled trainer, then if you can find those skills in a person or group of people who will perform those duties for the BNP - standing up to all the hate from Searchlight, the mass media and the time-servers and petty crooks who they expose and deal with - then when Mr. Dowson's contract expires I will consider taking on your fortuitous find. Do you have any suggestions to start with?

8) You say that finances need to be more transparent. The reality is that the BNP's internal systems are now, thanks to Jim Dowson's advice, full of checks and balances to prevent funds being stolen or misapplied. We are audited to the same level as a multi-national company. Any member of the A.C. (and please do not insult its members by even hinting that they are all 'yes-men') is at liberty to inspect any aspect of our accounting system and to ask any questions they wish. Then everything is checked by the hostile bureaucrats of the Electoral Commission - a second audit carried out by Establishment placemen. Where is the weak point?

You cannot call for more transparency without pointing out what it is at present that is not transparent. Nor can you do so without proposing sensible, workable and troublemaker-proof proposals to make further improvements. The ball is in your court, Jim and I have spent the last two years working on getting our accounting systems up to the required standard (not easy with a turn-over rising so fast, and lack of experienced staff), so we would be delighted if someone else would come up with some even better ideas to bolt on to what we have already achieved.

9) Still on money, we come to the question of European expenses. As I have already pointed out to you, I am at a disadvantage here, because despite my asking for it last week, you still haven't given me a shred of detail as to what is supposed to be wrong.

Are Andrew Brons and I accused of stealing? Of living high on the hog? Or of not breaking the law by ripping off the taxpayers to subsidise the BNP? Of employing too many staff? Or too few? Of using parts of our office and communications budgets? Or of not yet using them all?

You say there is a bugbear, but where is it, and what does it look like? And what. expenses do you think should be cut back? The District Line doesn't go to Brussels or Strasbourg and we don't get Oystercards like you anyway. Should we hitch-hike, or continue to drive, thus enabling us to take assistants and security with us at no extra cost to the taxpayer or to the party?

Should cut our Attendance Allowance payments by not bothering to attend, thus allowing the media to characterise us as 'do-nothings', losing our right to find and expose the sort of injustices and dangers which we are now uncovering frequently, and incidentally depriving our Community Funds of thousands of pounds of extra income, donated by us from our own money?

Should we stop using our £40,000 a year Communications Allowances to put out huge numbers of constituency newsletters or for postage for direct mail to constituents from their MEPs? All the other parties use every penny, should the BNP alone give the money back to the EU?

Should we stop using our £40,000 a year Office Expenses budgets to rent and equip our offices? All the other parties use every penny, should the BNP alone give the money back to the EU?

Or should we refuse to hire staff with the £180,000 a year we each get for that purpose? Should you close your offices at the GLA, stop employing your staff and give the money back to Boris? I ask, because those are the only measures that would reduce the amount of what our enemies and the ignorant call our "expenses claims".

Frankly you should be ashamed of yourself for even listening to the recycled Searchlight smears that Butler and his little gang of cronies keep coming out with on this issue.

10) I am, however, very much more sympathetic to your request that the party take responsibility for the Goresbrook by-election. Indeed, as you know by now Clive Jefferson has done just that. The whole of the Election Department is at his and your disposal. Every effort will be made to roll out our early experiments in telephone canvassing and other improved electioneering techniques.

So there are your answers. I hope that you like some of them and appreciate the facts and plain speaking in the others. Now I strongly recommend that you simply tell the smear-mongers to go away and leave you unmolested, and that you get on with Goresbrook and then your GLA duties, and leave the worries and cares of running the party to me.

Yours sincerely

Nick

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29th June 2010
Dear Nick

Thank you for your long and detailed letter which I have now had the chance to read over carefully. It must have taken you a considerable amount of time and effort and I am grateful for the frankness of your answers.

In the light of all you have said, and given your over-all perspective as leader, it now seems clear to me that you know best. At least, I’m prepared to accept that you do. I have taken on board your comments about the National Fundraiser. Save with the proviso, that when all the focus is on financial considerations and marketing tools, there is inevitably a tendency for the personal side of things to suffer. I mentioned to you in a letter of over a year ago now, that the mail shots asking for donations should be alternated with requests for activists. Because not everyone can afford to keep giving donations and I feel that many people may find this aggressive repetitive badgering for money unwelcome and off-putting. Our party has to be seen as not only different from, but superior to all the rest, both in terms of principle and idealism On this point, I recall that Lee Barnes made an interesting comment a couple of years back when he suggested ways to re-invigorate the nationalist working class consciousness by organising outings and educational events as a means of cementing new members to the Party by social activities. It’s this human side of things that I feel may well get neglected as I have an almost Luddite revulsion to such new-speak terminology as performance indicators, targets, achievable and measurable aims and objectives and the new nonsensical vocabulary which is the pride of the paper-pushing MBAs which have done so much to cripple businesses and wreck this country with their money grabbing, one-size-fits-all methodology. So what I am asking for is that we do not lose sight of the doorstep activism side of things. Because what really matters above all is the personal touch.

With regard to European expenses, again it is the public perception that matters, as you rightly agree. What I have heard, and no doubt you will castigate me for having listened to anti-party propaganda, but what I have heard is that you attend in order to claim the attendance allowance and then beat a hasty retreat back home again. Somewhat reminiscent of what has been going on the House of Lords. Apparently they get over £300 for just turning up, sign in and then attend to their London business outside the House. If you have not been guilty of this sort of thing, then what it does show is that you need to be far more aggressive in rebutting all the whispering and lies that are in the ether and indeed, promoting your virtues.

After the Goresbrook by-election, which I hope will be successful, and I don’t necessarily think that it’s a foregone conclusion that it will be, given the huge lack of support and activity that I have received from across London, no doubt because they are all siding with Eddy and I have resolutely refused to nail my colours to the mast until I had spoken with you, you need to come down here and speak to all the London organisers and key members with your vision for the future to try and get them back on board. I think that if I win Goresbrook, your job may be a little easier. But you will need to confront them, nevertheless.

The only thing that keeps me going in the midst of all this misery and disappointment is that my intentions are sincere and that it is not so much the end result, but the quality of the fight that matters. Because that is ultimately what we as individuals will be judged on. At least I can console myself with having fought a good fight for the last 6 years with Barking and Dagenham consistently returning the highest national percentages, and I have done this for what I feel are all the right reasons.

Sincerely yours,

Richard

29th June 2010

No further communication from the Chairman led to:

Press statement 13th August
PRESS STATEMENT
Official Statement From Richard Barnbrook AM.

Over the last few months allegations of serious wrong doing concerning senior British National Party officials have been spread both within and outside the British National Party.

I do not know the truth or otherwise of these allegations.

These allegations have the potential to cause major political damage to the party’s future electoral prospects unless they are investigated and revealed to be false.

I was elected as a London Wide Member to serve the constituencies of Londoners who feel that the establishment political parties do not represent them or their interests.

I have a duty to put their interests and the interests of the British National Party first.

For over a decade I have been a loyal member of the British National Party.

This is why I have decided to take this course of action.

The serious nature of these allegations are such that they must be the subject of an internal independent and transparent BNP investigation to ascertain the truth or otherwise of the allegations.

I have decided therefore that until these allegations are investigated fully by an independent panel of British National Party officers and members and are revealed as either true or false, that I cannot continue to represent the BNP in the Greater London Assembly.

I am therefore resigning the BNP whip with immediate effect and will now sit as an independent member of the London Assembly.

I am not resigning my British National Party membership.

I remain a loyal British National Party member and continue to serve the party and its members that I hold so dear to my heart.

Once this internal and independent British National Party investigation reports back its findings, and I can go back to my constituents and fellow party members and report that the allegations are not true, then I will immediately recommence representing the British National Party on the GLA.

I will not be making any public comment on the nature of these allegations to the media as they relate to legal issues that must remain confidential in order not to compromise the investigation.

I still am one of the most loyal and dedicated members of the British National Party.

I will not be making any further comments to the media on this issue, or any issues related to the investigation, until the independent and fully transparent internal BNP investigation has reported back its findings.

Richard Barnbrook AM.
Independent member of the Great London Authority.

13th August. 2010
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The inescapable issues that must be addressed

Sent to the Chairman prior to publication on my blog 17th August 2010

The leadership challenge gave Nick Griffin a clear and decisive mandate; hopefully the Party will be able to move forward. But in order for this to happen, concerns that came to light in the course of the campaign must be addressed. We cannot progress as a party if things are simply swept under the proverbial carpet.

I have spent over a decade working the streets of London and across the nation, to support the principles and ideals of this Party, while at the same time, working tirelessly as most of you know, getting our members elected to local and regional levels of government. I am a nationalist, heart and soul, and always will remain so. I have not made the decision to resign the Party whip lightly. Nor have I produced this document with the intention of having a go at head office, the leadership or indeed, any individual. Any retribution is for the membership to determine and not me.

I honour my membership and respect the position that I was elected to. I deeply appreciate the work of those members of this party whose tireless efforts enabled my election, and am grateful to every individual that voted for me. It is only because of this that I feel that I have a duty to now speak out and hope that the wisdom and good sense of the Party’s management will be able to rectify these problems within the next two months. I am not prepared to allow things to drag on any longer than that because the damage could be irreversible. Those who have been active members for as long as I have will recognise that this cannot be allowed to happen.

We have gone, apparently, from £2.3 million in the black to owing something in the region £600 000. Nick himself admitted publicly on the night of the leadership challenge that the Party is £500 000 in the red. The Party’s books, therefore, need to be looked into by a small group to see what has gone wrong and where and how this can be remedied. I would suggest no more than 4 individuals- two from within the Party hierarchy who can offer explanations and two members with an accounting/investigative background, who can be relied on to be totally independent and fair. The findings need to be published.

Leading on from this, we were late again submitting the books to the Electoral Commission and the Party was fined as a result. This should not have happened as it could have been avoided and has cost the Party money. It is another indication that the accounting side of things needs scrutiny and overhaul.

The large scale sackings and suspensions have to stop. In particular, the individuals sacked from the Advisory Council should at least be given reasons for their dismissal. Those members suspended over the past few weeks ‘pending investigation’ should be re-admitted if there is no good reason for their exclusion. The investigation itself should be made by independent assessors and not by party officers. We cannot afford to lose good people. The effect on morale of these unexplained exclusions is devastating. If individuals need to be disciplined then so be it. But the procedure needs to be clear, transparent, and above all fair.

Once affairs are back on the straight and narrow and in order to ensure that matters do not regress, I would like consideration to be given to implementing the following measures:

Polygraph tests for anyone at Regional Organiser level or above, which includes non members These tests are expensive but very effective at rooting out infiltrators and they have to be prioritised. We cannot afford to let in any more moles into positions of authority from which they can wreck our Party’s future. The tests should be undertaken compulsorily, from the Leader downwards.

A new internal party structure needs to be set up to protect employment rights of BNP staff members. This committee would be required to check and authorise suspensions before they are issued.
This would ensure that sackings are fair and lawful and the Party is not left open to defending expensive legal proceedings.

Regional Organisers should be elected by the members of that region eligible to vote and should only be dismissed from office by the voting regional members, or by their peers on the Advisory Council.

The whole communications mechanism and accountancy and recruiting departments must be removed from Northern Ireland and brought back to the mainland. The present location is inaccessible and therefore not cost effective or practical.

As I have said, these issues have to be addressed within the next two months, before the political scene hots up again at the end of September. We cannot allow them fester any longer, because they are pulling this Party apart from top to bottom. When they have been resolved, I will resume my position as a BNP representative of the GLA. Until that time, my position will technically remain as independent, but rest assured that my political views have not changed.

Richard Barnbrook, BNP Member
London Assembly Member

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25th August 2010

Changes that have to take place

I have always maintained impartial over the recent months after the elections, if not all the way through my political career with the BNP. Maybe the term impartiality should be replaced with that of professionalism.

Yes, I did stand for the leadership and yes, I did shake hands with Eddy Butler. That was before I saw what a moronic level this party and its structure has descended into, all crying out in the name of Britain and in the name of the BNP. What a fool I have been! It has now come to my attention that old friends, the first that I ever met when I joined the Party in 1999, that do not hold any status other than that of true activists, have been bullied and threatened not to work with me in any capacity. I may have resigned the whip, but for good reason. I am still a loyal member of THE PARTY. Managements come and go, as do leaders, but the stakeholders always remain the same.

I have never attacked anybody personally or made statements
to undermine the party, let alone its ability to function. While I am still a member of the GLA I will do my damndest to make sure that a member of the party that I belong to will be re-elected to the GLA in 2012, but that is a long shot at this moment in time with these divisions and factions taking place. As I said before I will resume the whip once the perceived current problems have been tackled This is not a selfish act or reprisal, it is simply what the party has to do now in order to survive.

Clarity, Communication, Cohesion and Continuity:

It’s due to the perception of a total collapse of communication from Head Office down, along with possible improprieties in the financial governance of our party that has caused the discontent of recent months We need an overhaul. Once again, this is what I suggest:

1)Our Chairman, Nick Griffin, MEP, be made life-long president of the party, a similar position that was offered to John Tyndall.

2)That Nick Griffin, MEP, be given all necessary resources to fight to regain his seat in future European elections.

3)That all expenditures over £500 are made open to party scrutiny in addition to that of the Electoral Commission.

4)That auditing and accounting functions are carried out by a scrutiny committee of 2 independent party members as well as independent professionals who have had to tender for the contract in order to secure the most competitive rate for Party

5)That all communications and activities based in Northern Ireland be brought to the mainland immediately and downsized to fit within the Party’s realistic structural capability and budget.

6)A full explanation of why the Party has gone from being £2.3 million in credit to a deficit of £600 000 in the past year.

7)All Regional Organisers and above, including national management, to undergo a polygraph lie detector test within the next 6 months.

8)All Regional Organisers to stand down and be elected by the regional members and to be paid £1000 per month, plus travelling expenses and communications. This is based on getting our donations and membership fees up again.

9)A Cabinet should be set up to include the Chairman, and Deputy Chairman. The Treasurer and the other 3 members to be chosen by the Advisory Council from among themselves.

10)All day to day decision making should be discussed and voted on by the Cabinet.

11)Regional Organisers can only be dismissed by the members of that region, or by the Advisory Council.

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Dear Richard

A loyal member of the party would not let down our activists and voters by resigning the party whip. Nor use the patently absurd black propaganda put out by a group of over ambitious egotists, crooks and plants as the opportunity to try to blackmail the party into giving you another five years in a job in which you have failed.

You do at least have the sad distinction of being the most hated man in the BNP, since both the Butler clique and party loyalists now detest you. If you continue on your present course any longer your situation will be totally unfixable.

All you need to do, howver, is to stop kidding yourself that your walking away has or will achieve anything other than giving you a threadbare excuse to renege on your pledge to give 10% of your salary to the party in London. Knowing that you are, at heart, a good and an honourable man, I cannot imagine that you really take any pleasure in the assorted addictive substances that you are buying with that stolen money.

Please, please, take a deep breath and get back in touch with our man from Alcoholics Anonymous. There is still time to save yourself from two years more guilty excess followed by a short lifetime of unemployable dereliction in the gutter. We still could sort something out that would give you the chance of a job in the Cause after someone else is elected in your stead (as now has to be the case) in 2012.

I am sorry to have to be so blunt, but the time for misplaced politeness has passed. You are a sick man. Your sickness has hurt many close to you and it has damaged the Cause for which you have sacrificed a great deal. But the others and especially the Cause will go along without you. It is you that you are killing.

Your genuine friend

Nick

From: Richard Barnbrook]
Sent: Wed 8/25/2010 4:39 PM
To: GRIFFIN Nick; BNP North West
Subject: 2012 GLA Elections
Here is the email I said I would send you. There will be another following, either today or tomorrow.

Regards

Richard

GLA ELECIONS 2012: LONDON CALLING!

The internal difficulties which are dogging our party should not and cannot be allowed to affect our election chances for the Greater London Assembly here in London in 2012. It is imperative that we all start working towards this campaign now!

I realise that many of you are feeling demoralised. And the 2012 elections may seem to be a long way off. But, the one thing I do know is how to run a successful GLA campaign. And make no mistake, if we are to have any chance in getting a BNP assembly member in to the GLA in 2012, we have to start our action now!

I may have resigned the party whip, but I am still a member of the BNP and I intend to remain so. Indeed, once the issues of concern have been ironed out, I will be more than happy to return to the fold. I am also fully committed to getting a person (whoever it may be that is eventually nominated), and hopefully more than one, elected on to the Assembly. But to do this, we have to create a forceful nationalist presence in London. We have to get the message out to the voters. WE HAVE TO PUT OUT A MILLION LEAFLETS JUST TO EQUAL OUR EFFORTS IN 2008. This is a huge feat in itself. Hopefully, we can better it. BUT IF WE SIT BACK AND WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR IN THE HOPE THAT BY THEN, EVERYTHING WILL HAVE SETTLED DOWN AGAIN, IT WILL BE TOO LATE!

WE HAVE TO START NOW OR LONDON WILL BE LOST TO US!

Nick Griffin is now the London Organiser. But Nick is also MEP for the North West with an office in Brussels and a home in Wales. He can’t be everywhere at once.

All I want is the success of this Party. I will not sit back and surrender London or the South East. I, along with other longstanding activists, have the experience and the public profile to lead this campaign. But to do it, we need your help.

Forget all the gripes and the infighting. Let the party big-wigs play their power games if they want to. The future of this country is the only thing that matters.

If you can help, please contact me:

Subject: RE: 2012 GLA Elections
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:05:31 +0200
From: nick.griffin
To: richardbarnbrook

Dear Richard

Since you have let all our voters and activists down by resigning the whip, no-one either wants or needs to hear from you. London BNP will be out and active in a big way on and from 18th September with the Bring Our Boys Home campaign. If you want to take part please contact me to discuss coming back into the fold. Our door will remain open for a little longer.

N

To: Richard Barnbrook,
From: Clive Jefferson,
British National Party
26th September 2010

Dear Mr. Barnbrook,

When you resigned the Party whip in August it was decided to give you time to understand that such an action was disloyal and unacceptable. Our Party wanted to give you every opportunity to consider the significance and effect of your actions and to do the right thing by all the Londoners who voted for the British National Party, and the activists who worked so hard to get you elected, either by resigning your seat and so letting another British National Party list member represent the party in the GLA or by reapplying for the Party whip and rejoining the struggle.

You have in fact done neither. It is now clear that your break with us is final and that you feel no obligation to BNP activists or voters. A Party list seat, as you are fully aware Richard, is not a seat you yourself won, people voted for the British National Party not for Richard Barnbrook.

Even before you left the Party there were concerns about your increasingly erratic behavior. In fact we intended to offer you help and counseling as we were concerned for your mental and physical wellbeing. Many members have urged us, on the basis of your behavior, not to allow you to retake the whip even if you requested this.

Sadly I am now left with no alternative but to assume that you have resigned from the Party. Alternatively, if you maintain that you have not, I hereby notify you that, under Section 9.8 of the British National Party Constitution, you are expelled from membership of the British National Party. The reason for this is that by resigning the Party whip and issuing statements to the media relating to this action you contravened Section 4 of the Code of Conduct.

If you indicate to me in writing within fourteen days that you have not resigned your membership and wish to contest your expulsion a disciplinary tribunal will be arranged for you.

Yours sincerely,

Clive Jefferson
National Organiser.
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Dear Mr Jefferson

Thank you for your communication.

Please take notice that I have not resigned my membership of the BNP and I have no intention of doing so.

I will of course be appealing the matter.

This hotmail account has been corrupted and this the first time I have been able to access it over the last fortnight. .

PLEASE THEREFORE SEND ALL FURTHER AND FUTURE COMMUNICATION TO:
RICHARD BARNBROOK AM
GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
CITY HALL
THE QUEEN'S WALK
LONDON SE1 2AA

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook AM
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From: richardbarnbrook
To: elections
Subject: RE: Richard Barnbrook: Expulsion.
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:29:27 +0100

Dear Mr Jefferson

Further to my e-mail informing you of my intention to appeal against my expulsion, I look forward to hearing from you in writing, addressed to me at City Hall, information as to the following:

Who will decide who will be sitting on the appeal panel?
Who will be on the appeal panel?
When is the hearing likely to take place?
What the procedure for the hearing will be?

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook AM
GLA
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
London SE1 2AA
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From: richardbarnbrook
To: elections
Subject: FW: Richard Barnbrook: Expulsion.
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:51:42 +0100

Dear Mr Jefferson

I have not had a response from you to the e-mail below either by e-mail or to my GLA address.

I am forwarding you a letter by post to the Spennymore PO. I would be grateful if you would confirm safe receipt and I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook AM

7th October
Dear Mr Jefferson

To date, I have not received a reply to any of my e-mails, nor to my letter dated 6th October.

I would be grateful for an immediate reply, informing me of the proposed arrangements for my appeal hearing.
If I do not have a response by the end of this week, I will be forced to assume that you are deliberately prevaricating with the specific intention of denying me my entitlement, and will consequently be seeking legal advice.

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook AM

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From: richardbarnbrook
To: elections
Subject: FW: Richard Barnbrook: Expulsion.
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:26:49 +0100

Dear Mr Jefferseon

I have still not had any response from you, either on this account or at the GLA.

Please reply to the GLA in writing by post as a matter of urgency.

Boris and Ken- they’re both pathetic!

2011-08-30T06:32:00.000-07:00

I couldn’t suppress a chuckle when I read about Ken Livingstone’s recent attack on Boris Johnson.

He is said to have likened the forthcoming 2012 mayoral contest between himself and Boris to the struggle between Churchill and Hitler. With Boris being Hitler of course, although I would have said it was more like the other way round!

Of course this isn’t the first time that Ken has indulged in a Nazi name-calling outburst. He got himself into hot water back in 2006 when he likened a Jewish journalist to a concentration camp guard.

Having said that, Boris isn’t entirely without a blemished record for dishing out puerile abuse. Like the time when, a couple of years back, during Mayor’s Question Time, he intimated that I should be flushed down the pan! Absolutely pathetic, really, when you think that I was voted in by over 130 000 Londoners.

What’s clear from all of this is that the pair of them aren’t fit for mayoral office, if they’re prepared to waste time and effort indulging in childish name calling, instead of concentrating on the issues that really matter to London. Like knife-crime, for instance?

Notting Hill Carnival hailed as ‘peaceful’!

2011-08-30T06:15:00.000-07:00

Well, if you call 245 arrests, not to mention a stabbing ‘peaceful’!!

Apparently, those arrested were suspected of having committed drugs offences, theft, criminal damage, robbery and assault as well as public order offences. And then there was the stabbing incident at Ladbroke Grove.

This despite the need for a police presence of 6000 (!) officers to keep an eye on things! All at taxpayers’ expence.

I suppose we should be pleased that given the climate of the riots, the number of arrests wasn’t considerably higher.

However, I’m still left wondering what it is about an event that is lauded as being so 'culturally enriching' that engenders the need for it to be so heavily policed, given that you never see a policeman at a village fete!

The Nottinghill Carnival- 35 arrests already

2011-08-24T05:50:00.000-07:00

It’s been reported today that the police have already made 35 arrests in ‘pre-emptive strikes’ against targeted criminals prior to the carnival. 5,500 officers will patrol the event on Sunday and 6,500 on Bank Holiday Monday. The police in London have been already stretched to the limit following the riots.

In my previous blog entry, I have posted up the letters sent to Mayor Boris and the Assembly asking for the Nottinghill Carnival to be cancelled. As yet, I have not received a reply.

Isn’t it time we cancelled the Notting Hill Carnival- on the grounds of public safety?

2011-08-22T10:40:00.000-07:00

Seen within the context of the recent riots in London, who can say that allowing the Notting Hill Carnival to run this year is a good idea?

Every year there are numerous arrests and the event is an annual policing headache. So much so that the police understandably back the policy of least resistance and to a large extent turn a blind eye.

Even so, there are usually in excess of about 100 arrests.

This year there are heightened tensions in the wake of the riots. Not only that, but the police have had all leave cancelled and have been working flat out to re-establish law and order. They cannot be expected to continue on this basis indefinitely. To allow the Notting Hill Carnival to take place will put extra pressure on an already stretched police service that has been strained to the limit. And the welfare of individual police officers themselves should be taken into account.

It’s about time we stood up for the wishes of the law-abiding majority. And I don’t see how allowing the Notting Hill Carnival to take place after recent events could be said to be in the public interest.
The following letters have now been sent to Mayor Boris Johnson and London Assembly Members, asking for the Nottinghill Carnival to be cancelled:

Boris Johnson

Mayor of London

City Hall

The Queens Walk

London SE1 2AA

18 August 2011

Dear Mr Johnson

2011 Notting Hill Carnival

In light of last week’s London disturbances, I am writing to urge that your influence is brought to bear to cancel this year’s carnival due to the heightened risk of disorder. You may also be aware that the majority of Notting Hill residents favour it’s cancellation.

I think it our duty as London representatives to eradicate as far as is possible the potential risk of further violence and damage to property in London that such a large scale event could bring about given the close proximity in time to the recent disorder.

I trust you will give my suggestion your fullest consideration and await your reply at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook

Independent Member London Assembly

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Jennette Arnold

Chair of the London Assembly

City Hall

The Queens Walk

London SE1 2AA

18 August 2011

Dear Ms Arnold

2011 Notting Hill Carnival

I have today written to Boris Johnson urging him to use his influence and have the above-mentioned Carnival cancelled for 2011. The reason I believe this action should be taken is because of last week’s disorder suffered in London.

I think you’ll agree that as London representatives it is incumbent upon us, as far as is possible, to do all we can to eradicate the potential risk of further violence and damage to property in London. Such a large-scale event as this, coming as it does so close on the heels of the recent disorder has the potential to escalate into further unrest on the streets of London.

I understand that many residents in the vicinity of carnival favour its cancellation this year.

I would appreciate your support to my suggestion to the Mayor in having this event cancelled for 2011 and look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook

Independent London Assembly Member

Another knife murder in London

2011-08-22T06:44:00.000-07:00

I am sad to report that there has been another fatal teenage stabbing in London. A boy of just 14 has become the tenth and youngest teenager to have been murdered in London this year. The stabbing took place in Enfield, north London on 17^th August.

This is just another senseless loss of life that is directly attributable to what is now the routine carrying of knives by youths on the streets of London.

When, oh when will our spineless politicians get a grip?

Letter to James Cleverly and Mayor Boris Johnson

2011-08-22T06:30:00.000-07:00

From Richard Barnbrook AM

To James Cleverly AM

Cc Mayor Boris Johnson

22^nd August 2011

Dear Mr Cleverly

Thank you for your letter dated 2^nd August.

I would point out that your chronology of events is incorrect. Mayor’s Question Time was on Wednesday 13^th July. The’ Talk London’ event took place on 21^st July.

Having said that, the position is that I was informed about an incident that was said to have taken place on Saturday 2^nd July by three independent people, one of whom had to withdraw his son from school early on Monday 4^th July as the school decided to close early due concern as to possible repercussions arising from the murder in Lidl’s car park. The school in question is very close to the site of the murder. The other two people, who were from Bexley village, also mentioned that a knife attack had taken place around Dansom Park on Saturday 2^nd July at the time of the festival.

I therefore took it in good faith that a stabbing incident had occurred. Further discussions with these people cannot give me sufficient information to warrant a police investigation although I have brought it to the attention of the Borough Commander. Dansom Park is a very large area and you know yourself that gang incidents are not always reported to police but are often unfortunately dealt by the gang members themselves with by way of in-house retaliation.

Therefore due to the lack of clear information, and the hearsay nature of the facts that were given to me, in the circumstances I apologise to yourself as the London constituency member for Bexley and Bromley and also to the Mayor and the Leader of the London Borough of Bexley Council for being unable to supply the names of the perpetrators or victims of the alleged incident.

I would not be doing my job correctly as a London-wide member of the GLA if I didn’t walk the streets and support the communities of London, listening to the concerns of Londoners especially when it comes to those arising from knife crime. You may recall that earlier this year, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, appealed to community members to come forward to assist the police in dealing with violent crime.

Once again, I apologise to yourself and to the Mayor and also the Leader of the London Borough of Bexley Council.

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook

Evening Standard’s article shows blatant contempt for the views of the people!

2011-08-08T07:03:00.000-07:00

Last Friday’s London Evening Standard let slip just what the liberal elite really think of the views of the ordinary British people.

In a piece entitled: ‘Don’t let the mob rule on the death penalty,’ columnist Sebastian Shakespeare let rip in his expression of utter disdain of the democratic process. He writes about the new parliamentary e-petition which has attracted the signatures of more than 100 000 signatories in favour of the death penalty for child murderers and police killers.

Mr Shakespeare is clearly against the death penalty, and that’s as may be- he’s entitled to his view. However, what concerns me so deeply is his appalling contempt for any process that enables the views of the ordinary people to get a hearing! Just look at this:

“The majority of people may want the death penalty, but this doesn’t mean the majority is right. The majority of people want an all-white Britain. Does that mean we should bow to their wishes? This is precisely the reason why we shouldn’t have referendums in this country. It is tantamount to mob rule. Our parliamentarians are there to legislate, not the great British public.”

So there we have it. An unelected individual who is paid to produce column inches has the arrogance to declare that the British people should have no say in the decisions that our MPs impose!!

Of course, it’s horrifying, but what’s even more shocking is that it’s true! In a rare moment of candour, Mr Shakespeare has expressed in plain English, what the majority of the media, our elected representatives and the politically correct chattering classes actually think! That it’s for them to make the decisions, and for us not to question them, while we pay their salaries and subsidise their indulgent lifestyles, through our hard-earned taxes and our wholesale indiscriminate purchase of their newspapers, TV subscriptions and licences. Ours is not to question why, only to obey.

Anyone having read this who continues to think that we live in a working democracy needs to wake up fast. If you really believe that anything will change substantially for the better while the 3 main parties are in power under the present system you are simply kidding yourself. We, the British people are being duped. We fall for it at every election! And while we continue to vote for the liberal elite, who only pay lip service to the people whom they’re paid to represent, the longer this ghastly charade will continue. And at the end of the day, it’s we, the ordinary folk of Britain, who always end up paying the price for this tyranny.

The government should give our Nuclear Test Soldiers their just deserts!

2011-08-08T06:56:00.000-07:00

The bloated, overstaffed and inefficient Ministry of Defence is contesting a legal action brought by British ex-servicemen who claim hat they have suffered long-term illness from exposure to radiation, having been used as guinea-pigs during the course of atomic bomb testing in the 1950s and 60s.

Around 3 of them are dying every month. And not only have the soldiers themselves been ill, their children have been affected by congenital defects.

France, Canada and the US have all agreed to compensate their servicemen.

The UK seems to have plenty of money to spend on unnecessary foreign wars, not to mention the millions that have been ring-fenced for foreign aid. Wouldn’t some of this money be better spent in compensating our own servicemen?

But as usual, it’s interests of everyone else in the world first, and those of the Brits last, as far as their own government is concerned.

This action should never have needed to be brought. Many ex-servicemen have already died without having seen justice delivered.

Let’s hope and pray that our nuclear ex-servicemen and their families eventually receive their just deserts.

New Vision, New Party: What Nick Griffin needs to do next

2011-07-26T09:47:00.001-07:00

With the leadership contest at last behind us, this is a time for taking stock and at last moving forward. I say this, even though I am no longer a member of the Party; as I have said many times, my politics remain the same and I wish the nationalist cause well.

The 2 most important priorities right now are for reconciliation and making sure that lessons have been learned. The Party has been held back by poor management and accounting decisions, unnecessary and confrontational law suits and lack of democratic consultation. If we don’t take on board where mistakes have been made, we will be condemned to repeat them. These are the points that the Nick Griffin should address immediately:

The BNP has become so discredited over the past year that it is time to mark the beginning of a new era with a new name. The name needs to have some connection with the old one in order to capitalise on continuity. ‘British Party’ would seem to be a good choice- the ‘National’ doesn’t really add anything anyway.

One of the biggest problems facing the Party over the past year or so has been over the Party’s accounting. It would seem essential therefore to ensure:

The Chairman has no personal contact with the finances.
A body of independent auditors, not connected with the Advisory Council or the Cabinet or any other paid post within the Party, would have full scrutiny of the accounts down to all expenditure of £500 or more.
The books should be available to be inspected by a Regional Organiser or above at any time.
An outside auditor should verify the books annually.
The returns should be made in good time the Electoral Commission to avoid the unnecessary payment of fines for late submission.

The Party has been plagued by infiltrators at all levels. It is vitally important that anyone holding the position of paid employment or officer of the Party at regional or sub-regional level undergoes a polygraph lie detector test. These tests are expensive, but given the incalculable harm an infiltrator can bring about, it would be money well spent.

Democratic accountability on the part of the leadership is fundamental to sound government and therefore, the Advisory Council needs to be enlarged to include 3 serving councillors elected by their fellow councillors, all Regional Organisers and leading employed party officers. The Advisory Council would then democratically select 6 of its members to sit in a Cabinet, consisting of these 6 members as well as the Chairman. The Chairman would have the casting vote. It would be for the Cabinet to decide on policy, in close consultation with the Advisory Council. In practice, this would mean that the Chairman could not act without the approval of the Cabinet. The Cabinet in order to work efficiently would need to be small, with no more than 7 members in total so that decisions could be made quickly. Each Cabinet member would only be eligible to stand for a year at a time and for no more than 4 years consecutively. This would ensure the accountability of Cabinet members to the Advisory Council. The Chairman would not have the power to sack the Cabinet; only the Advisory Council could de-select a Cabinet member by a majority vote and with good reason. The Chairman could not be dismissed by either the Cabinet or the Advisory Council but only by the membership of the Party through a democratic leadership process.

The Chairman would have the right to choose the Deputy Chairman who would automatically be one of the 7 Cabinet members.

Regional Organisers would have to be elected by the voting members of their region. All Regional Organisers would be given a salary and expenses (as soon as funds permit).

The Party Fundraiser would be on a fixed salary, with a productivity based commission.

It has to be understood that the Party does not exist to make money; rather, money should be raised with the intention of funding our prime purpose, which is making converts and thereby winning elections. If we raise the number of paid-up members, the income will increase correspondingly. The overriding priority therefore needs to be to get back on the streets. We also need to ensure our councillors and elected members are adequately supported with a priority of at least 40-50% of the finances going to building up their support and functions within their wards/boroughs/councils.

It should be also realised that not everyone can afford to contribute financially and there are many other ways of assisting the Party effort. In order to counteract ‘donor fatigue’ as well as benefiting the Party in a broader sense, requests for money need to be interspersed with requests for practical help and activism, which should lead to more individuals becoming involved as well as having a broader appeal that more people may feel able to respond to.

As well as reforming to move forward, re-engaging with those who are disaffected, disappointed or have been inappropriately excommunicated, we need to look at our role and the Party’s role in nationalism more broadly. We need to open avenues and explore ways in which we can negotiate and create an alliance with other nationalist parties with a view to bringing about eventual unity, with at least an aim of reaching an electoral pact so that no 2 nationalist candidates ever again find themselves standing against each other on the same electoral platform. Such a travesty is a total waste of time and effort and a betrayal of all nationalist voters who find their votes completely wasted as a split vote leads to no victory.

It is my sincere wish that Nick Griffin gives some serious thought to the implementation of these suggestions as these have been issues that I have raised with the Chairman and members of Head Office, going back as far as the Red White and Blue of 2006. They have to be addressed for nationalism to move forward.

If only… My answers to readers’ comments

2011-07-26T09:37:00.000-07:00

Thank you each and all for reading my letter. I’ve read all your comments, negative and positive, and I would like to make some general points by way of reply:

1) I felt that my proposal for reconciliation was all the more appropriate following the revelations made by Arthur Kemp, because I wanted to make a point by way of example. I have been aware for some time of the allegations that Nick wanted to get me made bankrupt and when I did find out, I was absolutely devastated. But I knew that my lambasting Nick wouldn’t solve anything and only make things worse.

2) My letter of proposal was addressed to the persons named because each of them has helped me in the past, so I’ve had positive dealings with them personally. They all have so much to offer, are profoundly able and have a proven, successful track record, at least prior to the recent difficulties. Personal likes and dislikes don’t and shouldn’t come into it. We have to look at the broader picture for the overall good of the Cause.

3) One person raised the concern about expulsions and stated that there could be no reconciliation when so many had been expelled. This is my very point! I have been expelled and am still determined to wish the Party well, even though I’m not a part of it anymore. If we can change the climate, we can look to welcoming back those who have left, been expelled or are disaffected. I want to see the nationalist Cause prosper. If we all took this approach, and everyone made a real effort to work together, in spite of their grievances, the wounds could and would be healed. But of course, I accept that it’s not going to happen overnight, and it’s going to demand that some people make a huge sacrifice of personal pride. We have to build on the positive. There will be no progress without a complete change of attitude and a positive new vision. And to do this, we have to meet people where they are, and make sure we hone in on and bring out the best in each individual and try to get as many as we can back on board. There is no such thing as a perfect nationalist, or a perfect anyone.

4) As I said at the end of my article, I have no ulterior motive, and I do not intend to attend the meeting if one could be arranged, unless invited to do so by a majority of those who’ve agreed to sit down at the table. Also, I will not be re-contesting the GLA seat. To those of you who say I should resign now, I would like to say this: rightly or wrongly, I do feel some sense of grievance because I was expelled from the Party for speaking out. As I’ve said on numerous occasions, yes, I resigned the whip, but I was then expelled- I never left. What’s more, I was denied any opportunity of an appeal hearing even though I repeatedly asked for one! In addition, I feel that I have had enough difficulties of a different kind to contend with arising from the matters recently referred to by Arthur Kemp, which were not of, and never were of my making. Not to mention my having to stand aside in Barking. In short, looking at the picture as a whole, I feel that I have been treated rather shoddily by the Party, but it’s water under the bridge now. I can understand why people say I should stand down, but I am still a passionate nationalist and my politics haven’t changed from what they were on the day I was elected.

5) With the level and intensity of constant political attack at the GLA, there is no one on the list who could endure the degree of persistent sniping by the other parties without overreacting.

But to start throwing slings and arrows inside a chamber when you are only one and they have all the authority makes you a casualty of their rotten system. I have proved that by stoically sitting there and raising unwelcome issues you become a thorn in their side and thereby humiliate them to the extent that they actually do pick up in subsequent Question Times on nationalist issues such as knife crime, the elderly and law and order.

6) Regarding the comment that the BNP did nothing for the people of Barking and Dagenham, I can only say that to state that we were seriously under-resourced would be the under-statement of the century! At well as being a member of the council, and Leader of the BNP opposition, I was the party organiser for the whole of London, and from 2008 on the GLA, as well as being Deputy Leader of the Barking and Dagenham opposition. There was no back-up or support from anyone, except the few local die-hards - they know who they are, and I’ll always be grateful to them. But as for support from HQ or outside after we had been elected, there was absolutely none. The main parties have retinues of assistants and workers. The BNP just couldn’t stretch that far. We were just left to get on with it and it was a huge learning curve. We were all totally new to the game. And on top of the crippling work load- council bureaucracy has to be seen to be believed- there was constant opposition and attacks from virtually all directions. I’m not saying this in order to moan, but simply to put the record straight. There just weren’t enough hours in the day. It was an almost impossible task trying to keep the ship afloat. It’s always easy to criticise, but things aren’t so straightforward as they seem when you look behind the scenes.

7) Someone made the point about our cities being taken over by Islam while we squabble. Alas, too true! That’s why we have to work out exactly where our priorities lie. Because if we don’t get our act together very, very soon, it will most certainly be too late. Demographic change will see to that. You only need to look at the statistics! Where will that leave us in 10 years time? When will people get the message? Ask yourself, what is it that really matters? I don’t give a toss about who becomes leader, or what paragraph xxx.xx or whatever, of the constitution says. When we look back in 10, 20, 50 years time, it’s all ivory tower nonsense. What is important is for each of us to fight the battle within ourselves- that of personal pride and vindictiveness and try and see the good and the potential in our fellow nationalists. Because it’s the only way!

8) I feel that it is important to raise the point that our reconciliation is the very last thing that our enemies want to see! Notice how their articles tend to focus on the EDL not on the BNP anymore! Because they’ve got us exactly where they want us- all at each others’ throats, and they desperately want us to stay that way! Rest assured, they’re loving every minute of it, wallowing in our doubts, recriminations and in-fighting. What’s more, you can also be sure that they are actively fuelling the flames. After all, it’s so easy.. just sign up as ‘Anonymous’ and leave a negative and spiteful comment, or worse still, a downright lie, and then sit back and watch the ants’ nest being stirred up all over again with factions, arguments, witch hunts and blame apportioning. I’ve had so many outright lies and smears put out about me, I could fill a book! But so what?

And a year has gone by already… a whole year wasted! If we carry on like this, we will still be arguing amongst ourselves when the pinnacle of St Paul’s Cathedral resonates with the wail of the muezzin’s call to prayer! By which time, of course it will be too late. And then we’ll be arguing about whose fault that is! But at least then I will have the satisfaction of being able to say, ‘I told you so…’ Not that it will do a damn bit of good under the circumstances.

9) My apologies to Simon Darby for misspelling his surname, but then you all know that spelling isn’t my strong point. Besides, the spell chequer said it were ok!!

The Norway Tragedy

2011-07-25T09:10:00.000-07:00

The truly horrendous events which have taken place in Norway will have left many people shocked, appalled and numb. How could such a terrible atrocity happen?

It is incidents like this that are calculated to undermine the democratic process. But surely it is all the more important to realise that any effective change can only ever take place through the ballot box. Nothing can ever justify the use of violence of any sort. Which is why we need to be prepared to stand up and argue for the principles we believe in.

Such a repugnant terrorist atrocity defies belief and can only be described as an insane act. My thoughts go out to the murdered, the injured and their grieving families.

If only…..

2011-07-18T09:04:00.000-07:00

To: (strictly in alphabetical order)

Lee Barnes

Andrew Brons

Eddy Butler

Simon Derby

Nick Griffin

Patrick Harrington

Arthur Kemp

Gentlemen,

If only we could turn the clock back to the heady days at the beginning of 2008….Remember how well we esteemed each other then?

So many tragic incidents have occurred since, so much negativity, hurt feelings and blame apportioned. Personal differences have prevailed to the ruination of all.

Look at where we are now! We are getting nowhere, and struggle as we might, there is no permanent solution in the offing. Meanwhile, our country suffers and our personal and collective ability to fight for what we really believe in diminishes with every negative comment, every new revelation.

Isn’t it time to call a truce?

We could turn the clock back overnight, if only we could muster the will! We are supposedly defenders of our Christian heritage… isn’t the Christian message founded on forgiveness? Basically, despite our differences, are we not all brothers, bound to one nationalist ideology? Can we not each find it in our hearts to extend to one another the hand of genuine friendship once again, and try to work together in unity and brotherhood once more?

It is undeniable that there is more that unites us than divides us!

And there is more to be gained by forgiving each other than by denouncing each other.

We all have to accept we are human.

And because we are human, we are flawed, and therefore we may have made mistakes.

The solution lies within our grasp. We all have to find it in our hearts to forgive, AND NOT TO CONDEMN OR RECRIMINATE. Because RECRIMINATIONS ARE GETTING US NOWHERE!

Surely it’s time to change direction, and join forces once again? It’s our only real chance of success in our lifetime. What we once were to each other, we can be again, if we can each find the will.

We need to start focussing on the good in one other and not the imperfections. We all have enormous strengths and talents as well as weaknesses and imperfections.

And then having accepted that mistakes have been made, we have to help one other to move forward, rather than apportioning blame, and put our heads together to look at how we can repair the damage. And then rejoin the fray to make war against the true enemy…those who have sold our people out.

For this high and special purpose, I would like to propose a Meeting of Reconciliation, to which you are each invited, with the specific proviso that all who attend are prepared to shake hands, try to put hostility aside and forgive one other wholeheartedly in order to try to work together once again.

What we were once, we can be again!

The task may seem hard, but the stakes are high, and they have never been higher. So many have given their lives defending this country. Is this one minor sacrifice of personal pride so very much to ask?

Please, for the love of Britain and our Cause, which we each and all believe in let’s, give hope and brotherhood a chance…

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely and with all good will,

Richard Barnbrook

Let me make one thing clear. I have no ulterior motive in making this proposal and for this reason I would only attend the meeting myself if a majority of those accepting were to invite me to.

It’s unbelievable- Boris is “INCREDIBLY” pleased!

2011-07-18T08:54:00.000-07:00

Oyez, oyez! Let it be known that Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, is proposing to let the light of his ignoble countenance shine in the London Borough of Bexley, where he is soon to favour the good people with his exalted presence, and hold court with a free question and answer session!

Being, as you know, a closet Boris fan, I decided that I would take the bold and courageous step of applying for a ticket. Having completed the on-line application form, I was rewarded with an instant reply from the ‘Mayor of London’ stating that he was “incredibly” pleased that my application had been successful and that I would be attending.

Well, needless to say, I was somewhat gob-smacked. Incredibly and unbelievably gob-smacked, no less!

What was His Exalted Mayoral Highness thinking of? What did he really mean by expressing his incredulity in such mundane circumstances?

Yes, it really was incredible!

Indeed, I could scarcely credit it!

To think that he, Boris, was “incredibly” pleased!

Was he really so “incredibly” pleased at the fact that I, Richard Barnbrook, was going to attend?

Or, as I rather suspect, did his incredible pleasure extend to everyone who had successfully gained a ticket?

If so, did his unbelievable incredulity stem from an overwhelming sense of relief - that there really were some peasants like me out there, who were daft enough to want to take the trouble to turn up to hear what he has to say…. if indeed he really has anything to say… anything worth saying, that is.

Or, does Boris’s incredible expression of happiness arise from the converse fact that he’s not really pleased at all? That actually, he’s used the word ‘incredible’ quite literally? Because he, Boris Johnson, doubts his own sanity in wanting to waste his time in coming all the way down to out-of–the-way Bexley to have to go through the same old rigmarole of spewing out the all those worn-out platitudes and nonsensical responses, none of which he actually believes in anyway!

Yes, Boris, it really and truly is, absolutely and unbelievably incredible! Which is why I don’t believe a word of what you say!

All of which leaves me thinking that I myself was incredibly stupid in even thinking of wanting to go in the first place….

But after all, it is the silly season, isn’t it?

The number of City Hall staff earning six figures has nearly doubled- “Gi’ us a job, Boris!”

2011-07-11T11:07:00.000-07:00

There are now 28 staff members on the GLA pay roll earning in excess of £100 000. Just three years ago, when Boris was first elected, there were 16.

And, what’s more, in a move that almost defies belief in these times of recession, Boris has approved huge pay rises for two of his aides.

Munira Mirza gets a rise of an incredible 50%- from £82 200 to a whopping £127 784!!!! She’s Boris’s adviser on culture and youth, by the way.

And Richard Blakeway, Boris’s housing advisor, will get a staggering third more added to his salary of £82 200 which will bump it up to £110 000.

Now I know the tenth commandment says it’s wrong to covet another person’s good fortune, and I agree that a labourer is worthy of his hire. But what makes me see red, literally and in the political sense, is that the civil service is currently on a pay freeze and the government’s re-writing their pension terms. Not to mention the hardships that are being suffered by small businesses and individuals across the board in ‘these time of austerity.’ So just how can these outrageous and inordinate increases be justified, financially, or indeed, morally? Aren’t we all supposed to be in this together? At least that’s what Tory government rhetoric would have us believe.

Or, is it one rule for them and their cronies, and another for the rest of us? Because that’s what it looks like!!

Boris, O Boris, have you no shame…?

A word in the lift with Boris…

2011-07-11T10:58:00.000-07:00

For the first time in a while, I managed to grab Boris’s attention. There was no help for it, poor man; we were both sharing a lift in City Hall. No doubt his heart sank as the doors clanged shut, as I’ve never been his favourite Assembly Member.

Now, the issue that is on everyone’s mind and lips at the moment is knife-crime. We’ve seen two fatal stabbings in the course of one week, as well as parents being asked to collect their children early from junior school after the Welling stabbing, and the event organisers at Danson Park having reservations about the hosting of a family event, due to fear of an escalation of the problem. This is no longer an issue of internal borough gang-related-knife crime- the perpetrators of the murder of a teenager in Welling in the borough of Bexley, came from Peckham and Camberwell, in the borough of Lambeth. That means they’ve crossed three boroughs prior to carrying out a murder. So I decided to regale Boris with the need to bring his influence to bear on the government, because he does have the ear of some of those old Etonians who think they know what’s best for the country.

Boris’s response to my haranguing was, well, shall we just say, bland. Mind you, that’s not unusual. He’s developed the skill of shaking his jowls and shrugging you off- indeed, I would say that he's managed to cultivate the variances of non-committal gesticulation into an art form. Nevertheless, one hopes that at least the gist of what I said hit home.

Boris, and indeed everyone and anyone who is concerned about the escalation of knife-crime on our streets has to make their voice heard, because if there’s one thing that today’s politicians are good at it’s sitting on their hands.

So, what can YOU do?

I would ask that everyone reading this to send an e-mail off to their MP insisting that the government enacts legislation to impose the minimum sentence of three years for anyone found in possession of a knife in a public place. We have to meet fire with fire. It’s the only way to get the message across to these young hoodlums who are turning the streets of London into a war zone.

It doesn’t have to be a long letter. If you’re stuck for ideas, just phrase it something like this:

Mr/Ms ……………… MP

House of Commons

Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing this to let you know about my concern about knife-crime. I would like to see the government take strong action and introduce a minimum sentence for anyone found in possession of a knife in a public place of 3 years in prison. This would make those who habitually carry a weapon think twice before going out on the streets with a knife. In order to stop the use of knives, we have to stop people carrying them. This is the only effective way to tackle the problem.

Yours sincerely

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You’ll probably get a load of waffle back telling you how deeply concerned your MP is about this problem and how they are keen to see action on this important issue, and how the government or their party is taking steps to do this, that and the other, blah, blah…..

What they say is not that important. What is important is that you have taken the trouble to let them know how YOU feel. Because as far as they’re concerned, people writing in translates into votes, and at the end of the day, it’s votes that they’re interested in. Your vote.

As well as writing to your MP please also sign my petition ’London Mothers Against Knives,’ and get your friends to sign it too. The more signatures we can collect, the more pressure we can bring to bear.

Oh, and what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander…. I’m going ask Boris if he’ll be good enough to sign my petition! It will be interesting to see how he reacts to that one…. If he refuses, he’s going to need to justify himself!!

Remember, our politicians are there to represent us! We elected them, so it’s their job to implement the policies that we want. The fact is, that they would rather ignore us; they would rather do what they want to do, instead of what we want them to. So it’s up to us all to make them listen! Go for it!

Biggest boom in population of Britain in more than 50 years

2011-07-07T10:24:00.000-07:00

The number of people increased by 470 000 last year, to 62.3 million. This is the highest increase in a single year since 1962 and is attributed to more births, mainly to ‘foreign born women.’ And the number of migrants entering the Britain remains about the same as for the last 6 years: 574 000, that’s well over half a million, people entered Britain last year, not taking into account those who entered the country illegally- and there are said to be 600 000 illegal immigrants in London alone.

It’s difficult when considering figures in the thousands to actually visualise them. However, if I were to tell you that the population of the town of Milton Keynes is 241 000 and the Wembley Stadium seats 90 000, you can see the enormity of the problem. And it is a problem in so far as all these incomers not to mention their progeny, have to be fed, housed, educated and theoretically at least, gainfully employed. Not to mention the effects that such numbers is having on our carbon rating, transport logistics and of course, our already overstretched public services.

Within the last few months, it was announced that there are insufficient primary school places to go round in London. Already the effects are being felt. A brief foray into the streets of some parts of south east London shows the reality of the situation: white people are clearly in the minority.

The comments of the immigration minister, Damian Green, in

response to these figures are frightening in their complacency:

‘Net migration has been too high but the controls and reforms that we introduce will bring it back down to the tens of thousands.’

It’s a joke! Why tens of thousands? Why not zero, or thereabouts, or even negative numbers? We don’t have the jobs, homes, school and university places to satisfy the needs of those already here! Why do they allow more newcomers in when there are hospital waiting lists, when there isn’t enough money in the public purse to pay our pensions and when the green belt is being swallowed up to build homes for those who don’t belong here?

Make no mistake about it, when it comes to you, me and them, it’s them first and us last. And until those of us who think we deserve better, are prepared to stand up and be counted, I’m afraid that’s the way it’s going to be.

And yet another fatal stabbing in London…

2011-07-07T10:19:00.000-07:00

Last Friday, a young boy of 16 was stabbed in the neck after getting off a bus in Welling, south east London. Two youths aged 14 and 15 have been charged with his murder.

This is the 8^th teenager to have been murdered in London since January.

I won’t repeat what I said in my preceding blog entry, other than to ask how many more tragedies like this will it take to force the politicians to take radical and firm action? My sincere condolences are with the victim’s family. I just wish I could do more to force government to do what is necessary to curb this evil scourge.

What is happening now is that these knife murders are not only affecting the individuals and their families but in a recent occurrence in the London Borough of Bexley, just last Monday, thee junior schools between Welling and Bexley called their pupils’ parents in the early afternoon to request that they collect their sons and daughters on the grounds of a fear of a possible escalation of knife attacks. At the same time, the organisers of famous summer family fair in Danson Park had considered cancelling the festival due to concern about further knife related crime, but it went ahead, and another incident involving a knife is said to have taken place last Saturday at the fair.

Going back to my time at Barking and Dagenham, I have been running a petition called London Mothers Against Knives. This is to force the government to pass legislation to introduce a mandatory sentence of imprisonment for anyone caught carrying a knife.

If you would like to sign it or get involved, please feel free to e-mail me, or leave a comment on this blog.
PS: Please note that I have been unable to ascertain the particulars of this incident, only that there was an occurrence in which a knife was involved.

Another knife murder in London

2011-06-29T06:06:00.000-07:00

I am very sad to report that there has been another fatal stabbing in London. A young man aged 21 was knifed in Holloway, north London, late on Sunday evening and died at the scene. He is alleged to have been attacked by a group of up to 20 men, and sustained multiple stab wounds.

Knife-crime in London has increased by 7% this year, according to the Met Police figures, which were last updated to include May By ‘knife crime’ is meant :’ All offences of murder, attempted murder, threats to kill, manslaughter, infanticide, wounding or carrying out an act of endangering life, GBH without intent, ABH and other injury, sexual assault, rape, robbery where a knife or sharp instrument has been used.‘. The figures show that there have been 889 more offences than occurred last year. And this is only 7% of the total figure.

The solution is clear. Until the government sees fit to get really tough on anyone who is caught in possession of a knife, by imposing a mandatory sentence of imprisonment, the situation is set to continue, and more lives will be lost on the streets of London. The current proposal in the new Justice Bill to create a new offence with a mandatory term of imprisonment for anyone who threatens another with a knife doesn’t go nearly far enough. Because by the time the knife has been produced and brandished, it’s often too late! What we need to crack down on is the problem at its source- the actual carrying of a knife. Because you can’t be tempted to use what you haven’t got!

As with such issues as immigration, Europe, the war in Afghanistan, law and order, and defence cuts, one thing is certain. The government has no intention of firmly grasping the nettle. So if you’re one of those optimistic souls who think that the any of the 3 major parties means well and will actually get around to implementing real change, forget it. Because they just haven’t got the guts.

Meanwhile, how many more young people will lose their lives or be injured? And how many more times am I going to have to keep on repeating the same message?

Richard Barnbrook has not joined the English Democrats

2011-06-22T06:38:00.000-07:00

Stories that have been circulated on the British Democracy Forum that I have just joined the English Democrats are untrue. I can only assume that someone is intent on making mischief.

Although I have a lot of sympathy for the aims of the English Democrats and its officers and leaders, I still remain an independent member of the GLA.

Richard Barnbrook
Independent Member of the Greater London Authority

Thames fish killed by sewage- the need for the Thames Tunnel is clear

2011-06-22T06:28:00.000-07:00

The Health and Social Services Committee at the GLA has recently been looking into the plans for a new “super sewer” or Thames Tunnel to deal with the problem of pollution due to sewage discharge into the Thames. This can happen as often as 50-60 times a year, due to as little as 2mm of rainfall, when the existing sewage system cannot cope with the additional burden of added rainwater from run-off from roads and other hard surfaces.

In an incident at the beginning of June, more than 450 000 tonnes of sewage overflowed into the Thames in west London, following heavy rain. This resulted in a reduction in oxygen levels in the water, which caused thousands of fish to die along a 1km stretch of the river.

Readers of this blog will be aware that I frequently raise the fact that London is overpopulated, due to immigration. The inadequacy of the sewerage system to cope is just one symptom of the problems caused by the pressure of ever increasing numbers. Having said that, the new Thames Tunnel seeks to address the effects, albeit not the cause, and therefore has to be a good thing for London in the long-term, despite the inconvenience caused to those who live nearby during its construction.

Refugee Week- an event I won’t be celebrating!

2011-06-22T06:21:00.000-07:00

I’m told that Refugee Week is celebrated in the UK each year to coincide with World Refugee Day on 20^th June. It’s promoted as a ‘unique opportunity to celebrate the positive contributions that refugees and asylum seekers make to the UK and to promote understanding about why people seek sanctuary.’

Islington in north London is having a do to ‘celebrate the contribution the refugees make to Islington.’ Yes, that’s right! Those naive souls who attend will ‘hear about refugee experiences, and enjoy music, dance and international food.’ Added to which, participants will have the pleasure of being addressed (or rather, indoctrinated) by Jeremy Corbyn MP (Labour) and Richard Barnes, Deputy Mayor of London (Conservative). Given that Mayor Boris has argued for an amnesty for the 500 000 already here illegally in London, I don’t suppose I should be too surprised!

Isn’t this yet more proof that we cannot expect any effective change to current laissez-faire attitudes to immigration when it comes to Tory and Labour? Because all 3 main parties lack the political will to act!

The geographical fact remains unassailable- in order to reach this country, which is an island surrounded by EU countries with non-oppressive regimes, an asylum seeker would need to travel through one of these safe countries before arriving on British shores. Logically, therefore, we shouldn’t be attracting any asylum seekers…. Unless of course they just happen to think the UK is a soft touch. Which of course they do!

As for those longsuffering Londoners living here legitimately, well maybe we should just shut up, be grateful for the wisdom/treachery of our leaders, celebrate our active marginalisation within our own country and learn to passively take our turn with the rest….at the back of the queue!

Like water through a sieve- 161 000 illegals given leave to stay!

2011-06-14T10:00:00.000-07:00

The ‘amnesty’ that has been granted to illegal immigrants because of incompetence, confirms my worst fears- that the Border Agency is not fit for purpose and that the situation is out of control. Out of a backlog of 450 000 cases, 161 000 have been given leave to remain and 74 500 have had their cases ‘concluded’, or to put it more realistically, been written off because their whereabouts is unknown!

The seriousness of this should be taken to heart by every man woman and child who legitimately resides in this country. The danger of letting in more people unchecked in such large numbers who are in effect criminally intent upon coming here affects us all, whether we like it or not, in more congestion, pressure on land development and housing, as well as on already stretched public services.

Unless radical action is taken now, yet more will be encouraged to come and in 50 years time the demographic composition of this country will be unrecognisable. The current Con/Lib/Lab set up will never act. Only a united nationalist alliance has any hope of saving us now.

Re Patrick Harrington

2011-06-14T09:55:00.000-07:00

I have sadly been given to understand that certain negative and unsavoury comments have recently been made on-line about Mr Harrington who is an officer of Solidarity trades union and is apparently an employee of the British National Party. I should say that I have had no contact with either Mr Harrington or Solidarity since I was expelled from the BNP last year, so I have no knowledge concerning Mr Harrington’s activities or doings within or on behalf of the Party
I can only speak as I found when Patrick Harrington represented me 18 months ago at my appeal hearing before the English Standards Board, following a complaint arising from my comments about knife-crime, initiated against me by a Labour councillor.
Mr Harrington argued my case most ably before the Standards Board appeal tribunal, and attained a successful result on my behalf. I shall always be very grateful for his professional service and calm support and consider my life subscription to Solidarity money well spent.

I think that we really need to start questioning the motivation and agendae of those who launch very personal and negative attacks upon fellow nationalists. The fact that we might have differences, or even in some instances, where our dislike for an individual may escalate into loathing, does not justify this manner of flagrantly washing dirty linen in public or indulging in gratuitous smear campaigns in the hope that some of the mud may stick. These are tactics employed by our enemies, which leaves me wondering whether a number of recent problems arise from the fact that some of them are masquerading under the banner of would-be reform. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, or to put it biblically: ‘By their fruits you shall know them.’

Debate policy by all means, and call individuals to account for their actions or failings, but muck-mongers per se should be taken to task and questioned closely as to their true motives and indeed, whose pay they are in fact in.

Isn’t it time we put British workers first?

2011-05-31T10:54:00.000-07:00

Nearly 1.4 million people working in London are foreign-born! In other words, 38.3% of workers in London come from abroad. How can this situation be justified, when we are paying our own people not to work? Overseas workers are employed to fill nearly two thirds of low-skilled jobs in London. These are jobs that any able-bodied person could do.

The fact is that politicians will not face facts. And the facts are that we don’t have enough jobs to employ our own people, let alone those from abroad. Preference should always be given in the job market to British citizens. And this means over and above those of the EU, which is why we need to come out of the European Union right now. And we have to impose a freeze on immigration.

We also have to eradicate the welfare trap which is stopping people from standing on their own feet. We each have to take responsibility for our own lives. Which means that those who are capable of working must work or get nothing. Because the benefits system as it stands is undermining our self-respect.

This country is on the road to suicide because of the ineptitude of the politicians of all the main parties. Only a party with a common sense nationalist agenda can save us. That’s why it’s so important that we put aside our differences and start working together as nationalists, so that we can actually look forward to taking power from these politically correct idiots- before it’s too late!

Green Party activist’s objections are politically motivated

2011-05-31T10:49:00.000-07:00

The recent comments by Joseph Healy, the Chairman of the London Ambulance Service Patients’ Forum, expressing ‘concern’ over my attendance at a recent meeting of the London Ambulance Service were childish, and do not deserve to be taken seriously. Especially when you know that Joseph Healy just so happens to be a longstanding Green Party (not to mention a campaigner for LGBT rights, and UNITE) activist. His comments about me were posted on the Green Party website, as are all his political credentials.

Mr Healy, who holds a PhD in Eastern European Studies and is not a doctor of medicine, apparently objects to my association with the LAS because of my (former) affiliation with the British National Party. How bigoted and narrow-minded! He has conveniently overlooked the fact that I am a democratically elected member of the GLA and as such am a representative of the views of the people who elected me. Just because he doesn’t happen to share my political opinions is not a justifiable reason for his questioning my involvement with the LAS, especially when seen in the context of my work on the GLA as a member of the Health and Social Services Committee and my longstanding support for the London Air Ambulance which is concerned with responding to trauma injuries, irrespective of course, of colour!

Someone in Mr Healy’s position should know better. Surely individuals should be judged according to their merits and abilities and not because they don’t meet a would-be quota for qualification or because they happen to be of a different political but equally valid persuasion.

I refuse to be put off or ruffled by banal grumblings from the likes of Mr Healy, and I will continue to strive to represent the views of the good people of London who voted for me, regardless of their colour.

Yes, of course Richard Barnbrook is a nationalist!

2011-05-24T08:13:00.000-07:00

The posting which has just been put up on the internet, ‘Is Richard Barnbrook a nationalist?’ raises some interesting points, but basically, it’s simply an attempt to avoid discussing the crucial issue that I am trying to get all genuine, concerned nationalist sympathisers to focus on. The question is, how can we best move forward to become a force to be reckoned with in British politics? The answer is, by joining forces and burying our differences.

It’s because I’m a sincere nationalist that I care about the country’s future. We can’t carry on as we are any longer. We have to look upwards and outwards, and for some, especially our leaders, think the unthinkable. We have to formulate a way to harness the talents, support, activism and goodwill of every man and woman in the land that can already see just what a con the Con-Lib/Lab conspiracy really is!

I realise that I may have upset some activists last year resigning the BNP whip. I did it because I felt I had to make a stand on a question of principal, and it was the only way I could think of to get the concerns across. Since then, I have been expelled from the Party. And I have been denied the opportunity to appeal against my expulsion. I don’t see why I should resign my seat because I never resigned from the Party; my political views remain the same. Unfortunately, I was chucked out just for speaking out. And that’s why I’m where I am.

I have been the victim of many smears, and there is far more that I could say on the matter but to do so would embarrass individual fellow nationalists and not help the cause. There are always two sides to every story, and unfortunately I have been sadly let down by a number of people who perhaps should have known better. However, far too much mud has been slung already and to throw yet more would simply be doing our enemies’ work for them.

What is important to me now, is the issue of unity. I cannot stress it enough, ‘unity, unity, unity!’ The biggest problem we face today comes from within. We have to find a way to resolve our differences. To build on what we all agree on. To nurture what we hold in common.

If any nationalist party is to succeed in London at the GLA next year, there has to be action now, and there has to be unity. We need to let the opposition and the media know we mean business. If we could formulate a unified nationalist party during the summer, I would be only too glad to return the seat to the nationalist fold under a united banner.

If the campaign for London does not start in September, with the BNP, the English Democrats, UKIP and all nationalist political parties, along with other supporters united, there will be NO nationalist representative on the London Assembly in 2012, for certain. It will be a repeat of the Welsh Assembly result this month- NO seats for any nationalists.

I’m trying to get the ball rolling. We need to get everyone who shares the same values to work together. We need to be strong and united.

Yes, of course I’m a nationalist! I always have been and I always will be. Because I care about the future of our nation. If we, who say we care, can’t unite and resolve our differences for the good of all, then the future of our nation is doomed!

It really makes no difference who makes a suggestion if it’s a good one. And I’m sure that this one really is a winner, if only we have the strength and largess of heart to work together to make it work.

Nationalists must pull together!

2011-05-23T09:15:00.000-07:00

This is a copy of the Press Release that I have forwarded to the media. It contains the letter that I sent to the Leaders of the major nationalist parties.

PRESS RELEASE:

FROM RICHARD BARNBROOK

Independent Member of the Greater London Assembly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Unity between Nationalists is the only viable way forward!

Last week, Richard Barnbrook sent a personally addressed copy of the letter below to the prominent nationalist party leaders: Nick Griffin, BNP, Nigel Farage, UKIP, Robin Tilbrook, English Democrats, and also Tommy Robinson, EDL. He also sent a courtesy copy to Eddy Butler, as he has publicly advocated a union of all the nationalist parties.

“Joining together has to be the only viable way that we can make a political break-through in the foreseeable future,” said Mr Barnbrook. “Obviously there are a number of other important and influential nationalists who should not feel that they have been ignored. Rather, the purpose of my initial approach is to get the ball rolling and to stimulate discussion, which I hope that others will participate in. What I do feel is so important is that whoever we are and whatever our role within nationalism, each sincere supporter has a part to play in trying to take this idea forward and to bring about change and unity. It’s time our leaders stepped back and asked themselves where they are taking us, because the sad truth is, at present we are going nowhere. So we have to stimulate debate and start talking and listening to each other with a view to working together so that we can all move forward. I accept that at times, it won’t be easy, but the quicker and more effectively we can do this, the quicker the real fight back of nationalism will begin and we will at last become a force to be reckoned with!”

THE LETTER:

12^TH May 2011

Dear Nick Griffin, Nigel Farage, Robin Tilbrook and Tommy Robinson

Invitation to a Nationalist Leaders’ Meeting to Find a Way to Power

We share a number of common values and a heartfelt commitment to saving our nation and sovereignty, and wresting power back from the liberal elite. It is a tragedy that we are divided.

The results of the recent elections were uninspiring for the various Nationalist parties of either British or English persuasion. No meaningful gains were made by any party. At best it was stagnation, at worst it was decline.

Nationalism is little short of an irrelevance in British/English politics, because we lack any real political clout, which is why the media can afford to ignore us. A look at the votes of various elections, monies raised and activists fielded shows clearly that only by uniting and pooling our abilities, experience and resources do we have any viable hope of forming a government in our own life-time.

Self interest, petty rivalries and dislikes and minor points of manifesto detail have to be subjugated to the best interests of our common cause. If we were to succeed in doing this, we would have the prospect of real, tangible power in sight. There are enough seats and positions out there to be won that would satisfy most people’s ambitions. By being one strong, united and cohesive force we can attain them.

Patriotic causes in the course of history have always floundered and died, due to internal battles caused by the inability of individuals to recognise that a that one united force is far stronger than a collection of smaller disparate entities. Since the last war, every patriotic and nationalist group has collapsed which has prevented there being any real alternative to the 2-3 main parties and this has assisted the opposition.

For too long different parties have squabbled accusing each other of various faults which helps no one except our enemies; each hoping to emerge as the big nationalist party we all want. However, time is running out. The General Election after the next will arrive in some 6 years. It will be upon us in the comparative blink of an eye. During that time if we allow all the deleterious trends apparent today to continue, our cause will be lost. Very soon it will be too late. As leaders of your respective parties you each bear responsibility for taking the action that will lead to the salvation of our country. Or not.

It would be presumptuous of me to make suggestions as to how any of you, as existing leaders, would take authority in this possible new, agreed coalition of nationalist parties. It would be for the leaders (and members) themselves to discuss the practicalities and how a fair and equable distribution of roles could be attained so that everyone’s expectations and concerns could be addressed.

Possibly the best way would be, if you are agreeable, to appoint a deputy to discuss the feasibility of talks, with a view to seeing what might be on the agenda, anticipated problems and so on. I do not have a personal axe to grind in all of this as it my intention to take a back seat in politics once my term at the GLA is completed. But I would like to be instrumental in opening the doors to change which will hopefully lead the way to nationalism becoming a major, dynamic, political force with the exciting prospect of attaining real power within its grasp.

It is simply a matter of common sense. We’ve all tried to go it alone and we are getting nowhere. But by working together and uniting we can set the political scene alight.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook
Independent Nationalist Member of the GLA

END

Why Osama bin Laden’s death makes little difference to the UK

2011-05-10T07:54:00.000-07:00

The issues surrounding the circumstances of Osama bin Laden’s execution raise a number of questions. How was it that he could have occupied the compound for so long while the Pakistan government remained in ignorance? Could he have been taken alive and questioned? Why has the US government changed its account of the incident? And is he really dead?

Such speculation fuels the feeding frenzy of the media for column inches and air-time, and gives politicians an opportunity to grab a speck of the limelight by giving their views. But actually, as far as we are concerned in the UK, the gunning down of a notorious bogey man will not make a scrap of difference to our national or personal security. If anything, it will only have worsened the situation by inflaming Muslim extremists to wreak revenge.

In all para-military, outlawed organisations such as al-Qaeda, there is always more than one henchman running the show. Chop off a head and half a dozen more will sprout to replace it. The death of one man can make little difference to the extremism and dedication of the whole. Others will inevitably move forward to fill his shoes, no doubt the prospect of possible martyrdom adding fuel to their misplaced ardour.

Back home, our disastrous and wholly ineffective foreign policy of intervention in the internal affairs of other sovereign nations- Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Libya, only serves to stir up anti Western/British feeling.

And unfortunately we have compounded this folly with allowing the enemy to take root in our midst. Our stupid, self-destructive and lax and virtually non existent border controls have allowed untold numbers of Muslim migrants to enter this country, many of whom are not affiliated to our way of life and traditions, some of whom are known to return to the Mdrassas of Pakistan to be instructed how to wage war against us from within.

The death of Osama Bin Laden is simply a publicity stunt on the part of the US government to boost President Obama’s flagging popularity. The real threat for the UK lurks within. And while we simply sit on our hands and read the media hype about the benefits or otherwise of the death of bin Laden, our home grown problem of the Islamification of this country grows more unwieldy and entrenched with every day that passes.

Immigration is still the fundamental issue

2011-05-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

In the aftermath of the local elections and the referendum, the vast majority of British voters settle back down to their customary apathy, lulled to sleep by the regular, politically-correct, dulcet tones of the main stream media.

Speculation as to the long-term fate of the Liberal Democrats, or the possible outcome of a referendum on Scottish independence, or the ability of Labour to control the Welsh Assembly abound. But the fundamental issue, the most important one ever to confront our islands in time of peace, one that threatens our very future existence as a nation and family of British nations is constantly and deliberately ignored. No one will confront the on-going problem of continued immigration.

Like it or not, this is the one and only issue that radically affects our long-term survival. Because the knock-on effect of yet more people coming in undermines the quality of life of every man, woman and child who already live here. In health, education, housing, job opportunities, congestion and overcrowding, the figures are stacked against us. Immigration, at current rates, will add 7 million to the population of England in the next 24 years, which equates to 7 times the population of Birmingham!!! Where are all these people going to go? How many green field sites are going to fall victim to the bulldozer just to house newcomers? And how much change is this influx of people from different nationalities, backgrounds and religions going to have on our traditional values and way of life?

Of course, immigration is the ‘elephant in the room’ when it comes to the mainstream politicians. It’s a subject that is taboo, and the silence is deafening. The chatter goes on about spending cuts and reforms to the NHS. All very important, but mere distractions by comparison.

Nothing really effective can be done about controlling our borders unless we come out of Europe. And in order to do this, the nationalist parties have to work together to get their voice on immigration heard. UKIP, English Democrats, BNP, and others must co-operate with each other in order to bring pressure to bear on the Con-Lib coalition, which does not represent the concerns of the ordinary people, any more than New-Labour does.

I would be pleased if the leaders of the above mentioned parties would start by talking with each other. Co-operation does not mean amalgamation. But there has to be some sort of electoral pact which would enable more to be achieved at the ballot box with less, by eliminating rivalry between like-minded nationalist parties.

Sooner or later, the bald facts of necessity will dictate the terms. Let us hope that Messrs Farage, Griffin, Tilbrook and others see sense before it’s too late!

‘London’s Urban Forest’- when a promise of more means fewer trees!

2011-05-10T07:43:00.000-07:00

Burgess Park in south London in currently undergoing a project to ‘revitalise’ it. Good news, it would seem?

Well, the cost of the so-called improvements is apparently £4 million supplied by Southwark Council and another £2 million from the Mayor of London’s budget. But then cost is not necessarily the issue I’m concerned with here. What is important to me is both the preservation of existing trees, and the planting of new ones, because as I see it, London can’t have enough of them. Trees crown an area, endowing it with a natural, tranquil beauty that no man-made enhancement can equal. You only need to look at the wonderful plantings of over a century ago of magnificent London plane trees so typical in our London squares, to appreciate the point.

Now in the light of Mayor Boris’s spoutings, or perhaps I should say ‘sproutings’ (!) about the importance of trees, in a pamphlet, ‘The Canopy: London’s Urban Forest’ in which he declared that

“We must also ensure that we reverse the decline of existing mature trees that has occurred over recent years and seek opportunities to increase their numbers,’ I really thought that things were starting to look hopeful.

Well said Boris….only in the course of the Burgess Park ‘revitalisation’ project, practice and promise have proved somewhat different because 450 trees have been chopped down! Not to mention the grubbing up of 2000 square metres of scrubland!

This regrettable and inexcusable attack on our London arboreal heritage reminds me of that song that was popular in the seventies:

“They took all the trees, put ‘em in a tree museum

Then they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see’em”

I understand that two thirds of the felled trees are destined to be replaced, but that does not justify the loss of the other third, and the fact that destroying mature trees to put in new ones is not exactly what Boris promised.

But then, isn’t that politicians for you? What they promise and what they deliver often turn out to be two completely different things!

Immigration- we’re a soft touch and they know it!

2011-04-12T07:16:00.000-07:00

A billboard recently went up in Gujerat, India. It depicts a red double decker bus. The message on the side of the bus, which features a union jack on the front, states:

“Get a FREE ride to the UK.”

An advertisement for cut-price package holiday, perhaps?

Alas, no! It is an advert for a scam to sell fake student visas for entry into the UK!

This appalling example of the contempt that foreigners hold our shambolic immigration system, if you consider it worthy to be called such, is indicative of how far removed the politicians are from reality. They try desperately to reassure us with the imposition of quotas, caps and other so-called restrictions, designed merely to allay our fears, but which do virtually nothing to tackle the problem.

As I have said many times, it’s merely a question of numbers. Too many people wanting to come in, (often with the aim of a free ride on handouts), to the detriment of those already here, because there is insufficient space and resources to accommodate them. No doubt a lot of them will head for London, encouraged by the thought of Boris Johnson’s proposed amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Shame that the politicians just can’t see it….yet!

“Democracy is against Islam!”

2011-04-12T07:03:00.000-07:00

So says Sheikh Abdelmalek Ramdani, who recently issued a fatwa because he thinks that democracy is not Islamic. The fatwa calls on Muslims to obey and listen to their leader, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in order to discourage the Muslim people from pushing for political changes.

“Unrest is a tool created by democratic systems which are against Islam”, stated the Imam

So there you have it. Straight from the horse’s mouth.

Why we, in this Christian democratic country of ours, are repeatedly called upon to tolerate and encourage the establishment of a faith that is so inherently alien, unenlightened and intolerant makes no sense whatsoever!

Maybe Mr Cameron and his coalition government should take a leaf out the Australian Prime Minister’s book. He’s reported once to have to said to discontented Muslims in Australia, words to the effect that “if you don’t like the way our country’s run, then piss off back to where you came from!”

If only!

No shortage of money when it comes to interfering in Libya

2011-04-12T06:52:00.000-07:00

Interesting, isn’t it, how the Government can always seem to find the money when it comes to doing what it wants to!

For instance, the war in Afghanistan must be costing the taxpayer a fortune, yet it seems that the country can afford it. Yet at the same time, they’re closing libraries and implementing some of the most swinging cuts in front-line public services that we’ve seen for years.

And now, the Government as if by magic, has found that there’s enough money left in what we’re told are near empty public coffers, to allow is to go sticking our nose into the internal affairs of Libya, which, after all is another sovereign country. We shouldn’t be there, because it’s nothing to do with us.

Meanwhile, back home, the cuts continue, and the taxes rise….

What the Barnsley parliamentary by-election teaches us nationalists

2011-03-14T08:22:00.000-07:00

I don’t know what sort of campaign the BNP ran in Barnsley, but the result was disappointing. What is to their credit is that they managed to beat the Liberal Democrats. More a result of voter apathy, I should imagine, rather then having effectively got the message across.

UKIP on the other hand must be preening themselves at having come second and beaten the Tories! But of course, coming second doesn’t count for much under the present voting system. The fact is that Labour won hands down and by a long chalk.

And there was also an English Democrat candidate, who managed to scrape in only second to last.

The results were as follows:

1. Labour: 14724 60.8%

2. UKIP: 2953 12.2%

3. Conservative:1999 8.3%

4. BNP: 1453 6%

5. Independent: 1268 5.2%

6. Lib Dem: 1012 4.2%

7. English Dem: 544

8. Loony HLH: 198

So what does this show us?

Firstly, that there has to be some form of unifying electoral pact between the nationalist parties. We should not be fielding completing nationalist candidates. The combined nationalist vote amounts to almost 5000, which is about 20%. This instantly makes the nationalist cause a far more creditable force to be reckoned with in British politics. It would not be a case of working to achieve more votes, because the votes are already there! Simply of unifying them under one united banner of common sense and common ideals, which we could all sign up to.

Secondly, it’s clear that in whatever shape or form the message is being packaged, UKIP, BNP, or English Democrat, it isn’t getting across to sufficient numbers. What the establishment has realised for a long time, and why they are so at pains to resist us with fair means or foul at every opportunity, is that fact that our principles are inherent vote winners! There is a deep discontent that strikes at the heart of, and across the board of all levels and all classes of British society. Europe, immigration, welfare abuse, breakdown in law and order, the disaffection of our youth, jobs going to foreign workers, the list of gripes is growing and deeply felt. As is the sense of helplessness and disaffection with our rulers.

So it’s up to us to get together. To keep the nationalist inter-party channels of communication open. To talk to our leaders and tell them what we want: Unity! Unity! Unity!

If we want to stand any realistic chance of saving this nation and our children’s future from utter destruction and annihilation, then we nationalists don’t have the luxury of a choice. There’s only one option:

To unite and fight for what we all believe in- together!

So you’re wondering why we have a knife-crime epidemic?

2011-03-14T07:36:00.000-07:00

Figures just released show that just one in five offenders caught carrying a knife is jailed!

This is in spite of the fact that sentencing guidelines apparently suggest that the lowest punishment for possession of a knife should be 12 weeks imprisonment.

So much for a deterrent!

And so much for sending out a strong message to those who carry knives!

This is tantamount to saying it’s OK to carry a knife in certain circumstances. Because it’s more likely than not that the courts won’t send you to jail.

As I have said so many times before, and as I shall keep repeating, the only way to tackle knife crime is to introduce mandatory prison sentence. And it should be for 3 years. If you’re caught with a knife, you’ll find yourself automatically behind bars. No ‘ifs’ and no ‘buts.’

But like so many other issues that need a strong hand, none of the main parties have the guts to tackle them. Which leaves us, the ordinary British people to suffer the consequences of their stupidity.

How many more young people have to die before they take action?

If you think 3 years is rather excessive, then I would simply say that if you take someone’s life then it should be a life for a life. So 3 years is not really unreasonable, if it prevents more deaths.

I’ve heard people say they carry knives to peel apples and oranges. But youngsters today are more likely to have burgers and chips! There’s no good reason for anyone to carry a knife and if they do, they should expect to pay the consequences.

IMMIGRATION- Latest SHOCKING FIGURES!

2011-03-02T05:52:00.000-08:00

Question: How many people live in Basildon?

Answer: 153 000

Question: And what do you think the population is of Milton Keynes?

Answer: 196 000

And how many people more people came to Britain last year?

153 000?

196 000?

No.

The shock answer is that 226 000 additional people came into Britain last year! That’s a quarter of a million!

That’s more than the population of Basildon, and even more than that of Milton Keynes!

In fact, a total of 572 000 migrants came to Britain last year.

346 000 people emigrated. So that leaves us with the excess of 226 000.

226 000 extra people in just one year! More than the population of a large town! They all have to be housed, and employed. They will all have to have access to health care services and their children will need to be educated. And we all know how hard it is to get children into their chosen school is, don’t we?.

When we already have a housing shortage and there aren’t enough jobs to occupy the people who live here!

This is nothing short of complete insanity! The repercussions of this lunacy affect each and every one of us. The solution is simply a matter of common sense. We have to shut the door right now to all newcomers. And keep it shut for the foreseeable future.

Lib/Con/Labour have proved themselves totally unable to deal with this growing problem. It is up to all nationalist parties, BNP, UKIP, English Democrats EDL and others to unite in the interests of the future of Britain.

We can’t take any more! It’s time to shut the door!

Sharia law- Is Islam a religion of peace?

2011-03-02T05:46:00.000-08:00

The only Christian minister in the Pakistani government has been shot dead. He had received death threats after calling for changes to the Islamic law against blasphemy,

Islamic Sharia law imposes a death sentence for anyone who ‘insults’ Islam.

Mr Bhatti had been campaigning against the blasphemy law, after a Christian mother of five was condemned to death for blasphemy.

Islamic Sharia law is not compatible with the Christian heritage of Britain! Any move to implement it here must be resisted wholesale.

Nationalism versus New-Labour

2011-02-28T07:49:00.000-08:00

One of the amazing and unifying attractions about English/British nationalism is that it has sincere followers from all hues of the political spectrum. Once you start realising that it’s Britain and British interests that should come first, you suddenly become united in a common cause with other nationalists with whom you would previously have had little in common.

As many of you know, before I became involved in the BNP more than a decade ago, I was a member of the Labour Party. I joined it with a sense of idealism. I was living in Lewisham at the time and I wanted to do something to help those who had all but given up hope of a job, a home, or a decent future. But my optimism was very soon shattered. New Labour has never had any real intention of representing the ideals, wishes and basic needs of the ordinary people that they purport to represent. All that New Labour is interested in is getting into power. They no longer understand the wishes of the British people.

The Labour Party was set up to represent the ordinary working man. Now I don’t mean to be class-ist, but just take a look at the shadow cabinet and have a count up of how many of them are Oxbridge educated? How many of them have held down an ordinary job, let alone a manual job? It wouldn’t be so bad if they could be seen to be listening to the concerns of the people who voted for them! But they aren’t-and what’s more, they haven’t a clue how to, and indeed they have no intention of doing so.

Take MP Margaret Hodge, for instance. She is a multi-millionairess and was married to a judge. What does she really know about what it’s like to wait for years and years on the council housing list? Take Ed Millband, and for that matter, his brother, who is still an MP- both of them Oxbridge educated. Take Tony Blair- another Oxford educated lawyer, as indeed is his wife Cherie, who is a judge. And Harriett Harman? She’s a solicitor. The list goes on…

It’s not that I’m being a sour-puss and attacking them because they happen to come from a privileged backgroud. Far from it- I couldn’t care a bean about anyone’s background, just so long as they are sincere and true to the principles they say they are standing up for.

New-Labour, and the elite class of individuals running it, have consistently sold the British people short. They don’t give a damn about our concerns. Knife –crime, or Europeans taking jobs that should go to British people, the people who voted for them! Immigration has been imposed on us- don’t forget- we were never asked about it! In fact, under Tony Blair, immigration spiralled. And when we complain, justifiably, that foreigners are sponging off the system and jumping the housing queues, they dare to have the unspeakable nerve to call us ‘racist’!! It’s damned outrageous!

Gordon Brown became very unpopular. But what’s changed with Ed Milliband? It’s simply a shuffling of the cards that has taken place. We’re still left with the same old self interested new Labour elite, voted in to serve the interests of the people who voted for them, but with whose real life problems and concerns they simply can’t understand.

As for the Conservatives and their Eton old-boys, not to mention the intellectuals in the Lib-Dems- well, it doesn’t take a genius to see that they are all tarred with the same brush when it comes to putting British interests first.

If you’re a nationalist, from whatever background or walk of life, you’ll see instantly what I mean. New-Labour and the Conservatives and Lib-Dems too will never change things for the better. Because these people that are prepared to sell their souls to clamber up the greasy pole of modern politics are simply intent on getting in- and staying there.

Our libraries are worth saving!

2011-02-28T06:14:00.000-08:00

There’s been quite a lot of coverage in the press recently about the threat of cuts to public libraries.

Some say that with the growth of the internet, libraries are losing their usefulness. Others say that they are the preserve of the middle class.

Neither of these views hold water.

The internet, I agree, is an amazing resource, but nothing quite replaces the immediacy of having a book in your hands. And with a book, it’s so much easier to browse in a way that is quite impossible on the internet, where you have to search for the specific item that you are looking for by name. I have learnt so much over the years by simply picking up a book and following up some annotation or picture that happened to catch my eye.

Libraries may be used by the middle class, but they are not exclusively their preserve. Quite the opposite, in fact. Libraries provide a quiet environment where anyone can walk in off the street and research whatever subject takes their fancy. And this surely is a valuable asset to the more disadvantaged people in society, who may not have the facilities at home to study in peace and quiet.

What I would like to see is a review of the contents. Resources should be weighted more favourably to reference and non fiction. And I don’t think it’s necessarily a sensible use of public money to subsidise an individual’s entertainment by lending out movie DVDs, when these can be hired from video shops. But I would like the opening hours extended to late in the evening and all day at weekends. Because after all, that’s when working people are more likely to be able to use them. Especially now with the incoming of automatic book lending machines, some of these extended hours could surely be covered by volunteers with no extra cost to the public purse.

Libraries are and have always been a civilising influence, and we need to make sure that they remain so. If the politicians want to make cuts, there are plenty of daft projects that they could axe instead!

What you can do:

· Write to your local councillor saying that you are concerned about library cuts and closures.

· Better still, try to make the effort to use your library and borrow some books, even if only now and again, because the number of books taken out each year is monitored. If your library is well used, it will be harder for the authorities to justify its closure. And you never know what new and exciting interest may be sparked by a chance perusal of a random book!

With regard to what ‘Eddy Butler confesses….’

2011-02-28T05:45:00.000-08:00

I write in response to the comment on the English Democracy Forum, ‘What Eddy Butler confesses,’ which should not be taken at face value, as it is hearsay.

Having said that, Eddy can ‘confess’ or indeed not confess whatever he likes, the indisputable fact is that I never, in any way whatsoever, worked with him, Lawrence Rustem or indeed anyone else, ‘bring down the BNP in Barking.’ I gave my life, body and soul to that place for 6 years. I stood aside without a murmur when Nick elbowed me out to stand for Barking. The heated and unremitting demands of that election campaign wrecked my personal life by costing me a caring relationship. Therefore, nothing could be further from the truth.

Indeed, despite the deplorably disappointing election results, I carried on working when everyone else had packed their bags and given up, to try and discover what electoral fraud had taken place, And I successfully managed with the help of Lee Barnes to get one of the winning Goresbrook Labour Councillors to accept that she was disqualified and the result set aside. As is well documented, there was a subsequent by-election which the ‘Labour lollipop lady’ won, much to my devastation. Because the truth behind that little election debacle was that by June, with all the backbiting over the leadership, the London supporters were split down the middle, with one side working with Clive Jefferson and the other side with Eddy. Both divisions were refusing to be out on the streets in the presence of the ‘other side’, so the campaigning was scuppered! Insanity!!!

Sometimes I just wonder what planet I’m on! Why on earth can’t everyone just put aside their differences and work together for the greater good? I am absolutely sick and tired of all this backbiting and nastiness.

Mark my words:

Nationalism in this country will never prosper while we are all at each other’s throats!

Votes for Prisoners- How can they dare to say ‘No’?!

2011-02-28T05:25:00.000-08:00

Let me make it quite clear at the start that I'm against giving prisoners the vote. Forfeiture of voting rights should be an automatic part of the punishment process for flouting the laws of the land.

However, if this recent sanctimonious indignation in Parliament isn’t a headline grabbing ruse by the Coalition Government, not to mention a number of Labour MPs, then I don’t know what is! The hypocrisy of the lot of them stinks!!

If you join a club, then doesn’t go without saying that you have to sign up to and abide by the rules of that club?

The UK is a member of the EU, and successive Conservative and Labour governments have kept us there. Why can’t they get it into their thick skulls that the UK has surrendered the sovereignty of Parliament to Europe? The only way around it is to get out of the EU now!

Being a member of the EU means we have to do what we’re told by the EU, remember? Whether we like it or not. Because that’s what being a member state of the EU entails!

How comes it then, that there’s all this fuss about what is simply a directive from the EU? Why all the surprise, the wailing and gnashing of their self-righteous teeth?

Of course, they know that to allow serving prisoners the vote is a political hot potato, which is likely to arouse the fury of the voters.

So they’re trying to get off the hook by acting dumb and pretending to be shocked! And refusing to vote it through Parliament, when in effect, at the end of the day they don’t have any option. Because defiance will eventually land us with a stonking big fine!

But of course, that fine will be paid not by them, but by the poor, long-suffering British taxpayer. So that’s all right then. Phew!

Confronting the Koran- Is Islam really a religion of peace?

2011-02-23T10:38:00.000-08:00

Those of you who have been reading this blog will have seen the entry about the 14 year old girl who was whipped to death in Pakistan under the auspices of Sharia law for having had sex with a 40 year old man. Rumour has it that she was raped.

What does this appalling incident of brutality tell us about Islam?

Firstly I want to make it expressly and unequivocally clear that I have no quarrel with individual Muslims. Quite the contrary. In fact. Islam means ‘submission’ and the many Muslims that I have met over the years have been morally sincere and law-abiding people. So let’s get all this political correct nonsense out of the way here and now and have a sensible discussion, without the ridiculous name-calling and denunciation. And by the way, Islam isn’t anything to do with race. It’s a religion. (We all choose which religion we follow. But we can’t choose our race).

I’ve been looking at a copy of the Koran. Can anyone justify or explain away the following?

“Those who wage war against God and his Messenger and strive to spread corruption in the land should be punished by death, crucifixion, the amputation of an alternate hand and foot (left hand and right foot or vice versa)…and then a terrible punishment in the Hereafter.”

Qur’an 5:33

And this:

“Your Lord revealed to the angels,:’ I am with you to give the believers firmness; I shall put terror into the hearts of the disbelievers. Strike above their necks and above their fingertips.’ That was because they opposed God and His Messenger, God punishes them severely- ‘That is what you get! Taste that! And the torment of the fire awaits the disbelievers.”

Qur’an 8:12

Some people will no doubt say, ‘Oh there are some weird and whacky verses in the Bible, all about fire and damnation and your enemies getting wiped out, which aren’t exactly very friendly!’ Maybe, but to compare the Bible to the Koran is like comparing chalk and cheese! The Bible is a composite volume, compiled of many different books and letters written by many different people over centuries. Hence it is a record of the evolution of man’s relationship with God and our coming to know Him better, ultimately through His revelation in the Incarnation of Jesus, Jesus, it should be remembered, never wrote a word himself. Hence the frequent disputes over biblical interpretation over the centuries. Different authors, writing from different perspectives and divided by time and place took different approaches to what they each perceived as the truth as far as they could see it. Whereas as far as I am aware, the Koran is the work of one man, Mohammed, and therefore there is far less room for mistake of meaning!

What deeply concerns me and, I believe, the majority of people in this country, is this- the fact is that Britain has been a Christian country since Roman times. The basic tenets of Christianity rest on toleration, and respect for the individual. The ethos of Christianity has permeated into the very soil of this land, with evidence of our Christian heritage in every town and village. And its moral influence, in good manners, kindness, consideration and respect for others are subconsciously engendered in principles that we have learned at our mother’s knee, albeit that we may often take the source of those principles for granted.

Looking at the verses above from the Koran, it’s clear that Islam is incompatible to the values inherent in basic Christianity. We are fools if we are prepared to concede otherwise! Islam, and Shaira or Islamic law cannot co-exist with Christianity. Because by its very nature, Islam, ‘submission,’ is a religion of subjugation.

Political correctness is leading us on a highway to self-destruction. Islam is being treated with kid-gloves. The sad fact is that we are going to have to recognise Islam for what it is- an aggressive alien ethos in our midst. And sooner or later, it will have to be confronted.

What you can do:

· Search the internet for examples of the cruelty of Sharia law and bring them to the attention of friends and colleagues.

· Say no to more mosques! Write a letter to your council objecting to any mosque which is planned to open near you.

· Take an interest in your child’s RE lessons and question and challenge any approach which attempts to show Islam in a misleading light.

· The English Defence League are concerned about the spread of Islam in this country. Visit their website.

If you like what you read here, I NEED YOUR HELP!

2011-02-23T10:34:00.000-08:00

As you know, I’ve only recently set up this blog. I happily own up to being something of a technophobe and I’m still in the early stages of getting the hang of the technical side of managing it. That’s why I’ve not been able to respond to or put up individual comments from readers in the past, so apologies to friends who left a comment on my old blog which didn’t get posted.

With this new one, I hope to offer an improved service in this respect, particularly as my skills improve! I would really like to get some sensible discussion going, and I would therefore be grateful if you would kindly forward this blog address to as many friends as possible to help me get more hits. Then that will hopefully lead to it being picked up by the search engines and ultimately to more traffic. Which means that more and more people will get to hear and spread the word.

Oh, and don’t forget to leave the odd and preferably polite comment yourself!

Many thanks

Richard

I remain an Independent Nationalist

2011-02-23T10:19:00.000-08:00

Yet more rumours have been drawn to my attention..... this time, that I have joined the English Democrats.

Let me assure my readers that I have done no such thing and that I remain an Independent Nationalist Membert of the GLA As I have said before, my politics have always remained the same, but I am not now affiliated to any party.

Readers should bear in mind that this little incident illustrates just how much misinformation is circulating out there, obviously by those intent on working to their own agenda.

AN OPEN LETTER TO NIGEL FARAGE FROM RICHARD BARNBROOK

2011-02-08T10:38:00.000-08:00

Nigel Farage

Chairman

UKIP

Dear Mr Farage

I write in response to your statement of 21^st January, “English Democrats Urged to Jump Ship”, in which you seek to discount the possibility of electoral co-operation between UKIP and the English Democrats outright, simply because of your belief that they have accepted me as a member.

In fact, at time of writing, no such affiliation has taken place, but even if it had, I would politely point out that your reasoning is based on a factual inaccuracy. The BNP categorically denies that it is a racist party, whatever that derogatory term is meant to specifically imply. Furthermore, the Party now has an open membership policy, so I so not see how such a denigration can be substantiated. It’s true that the BNP has always questioned the merit of unrestricted immigration, but then so has UKIP. The BNP’s policy of voluntary and financially rewarded repatriation for those individuals who would rather seek a life elsewhere is simply a sensible suggestion for the defusing of what is in effect a Malthusian demographic time bomb.

I cannot believe that a large proportion of the good people of UKIP do not share my concerns about the changing face of Britain, as indeed must many others in the English Democrats. I hardly need tell you that this country faces an unprecedented threat to its sovereignty and self-sufficiency, not only from Europe, but from the misguided, deleterious economic and other policies that are rapidly causing us become bankrupt- not just financially, but morally and culturally. It is simply good, clear common sense for Mr Uncles to suggest electoral co-operation between those parties like UKIP and the English Democrats who share broadly similar concerns.

It is time that we ‘right ‘ minded politicians climbed down from our ivory towers and took a good look at the ghastly panorama of reality. The fact is that unless we co-operate, we will make no electoral gains worth making, even in the remotely foreseeable future and the luxury of time for wishful thinking is an asset that is fast diminishing. I speak specifically with regard to the situation in London, but of course, the position is the same across the board. With separate and competing GLA candidates in 2012 from UKIP, the English Democrats and the BNP and possibly the English Defence League, not to mention other patriotic parties, the nationalist vote will be split 3 or more ways with the likely result that no one party will secure enough votes to gain a single seat. Whereas if that same vote were taken in total, more than just one seat may well be attainable, a result which would certainly make the establishment sit up and take notice, as well as enhancing nationalist electoral credibility even further.

Obviously, in each and any political party, there are people from across the varied hues of the spectrum of views. Nationalism is necessarily a broad church. But as individual parties, each competing directly with each other for votes, we will never amount to anything, and are doomed to the political backwaters, whereas engaging in mutual co-operation, while still retaining our individual party perspectives and identities, can only lead to progress and the chance to make meaningful electoral gains.

I hope that you will consider these comments within the context of the well-intentioned cordiality in which they are sent and I extend my good wishes both to you and the UKIP membership.

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook AM

Islam- how can Sharia law be in keeping with the tolerant ideals of a modern democratic society?

2011-02-08T10:29:00.000-08:00

I am not alone in having grave concerns about the Islamifcation of this country and any concessions being made to the establishment of Sharia law. I am of the firm view that there are many Islamic countries in the world, with more than enough space to accommodate those who wish to pursue its ideals. The UK is and has been for time immemorial a Christian country and should essentially remain that way.

I reproduce below an article printed in the Metro on 4^th February, relating an incident reported to have taken place in Pakistan. I hardly need comment on the repugnance of its contents.

Girl, 14, whipped to death in fatwa

Four Islamic clerics have been arrested after a teenage girl was whipped to death for having an ‘affair’ with a married man.

The men allegely issued a fatwa- a religious ruling- that 14 year old Mosammet Hena should be given 100 lashes.

The girl was publicly whipped with a cane at a village near Dhaka in Bangladesh but collapsed after 70 lashes and died in hospital.

The 40 year old man who was said to have slept with her was also sentenced to 100 lashes but fled the area.

There were claims he had raped Mosammet.

‘We are hunting for the man,’ said police chief AKM Shahidur Rahman.

Fatwas are illegal in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation governed by secular laws, and the incident- in the Shariatpur district- provoked protests across the country.

Bangladesh

’s high court has demanded government officials and police explain their failure to safeguard Mosammet.

It has also told police to submit a report explaining what steps they had taken to comply with an earlier court order to stop ‘extra judicial killings’ in the name of Sharia law fatwas.

I have mentioned this on numerous videos before and I state it again: over my dead body will Sharia law ever be implemented in this country in place of our own law. Whether or not you are or are a Christian church-goer, the fundamental ideals of this country are Christian. We will not be lorded over by some alien foreign value system with opinions and barbaric edicts which conflict with the system that conflicts with that of our own country.

Solving the Scourge of Knife Crime- Remember where you read it first!

2011-02-08T10:22:00.000-08:00

Of course, the Government, or indeed the politicians from the main parties won’t take it from me! Those of you who can remember back as far as 2008 will recall how I was pilloried for trying to draw attention to the scourge of knife-crime in London.

Now, three days after a teenager was stabbed to death in East Dulwich, a government report has been published looking into knife crime. What’s particularly interesting is that one of the suggestions that it makes is that prison needs to recover its deterrent effect by being seen less as a holiday camp than a punishment.

Would it be wrong of me to say, ‘I told you so’?

Those of you familiar with my views will know that I have been repeatedly calling for a mandatory prison sentence for anyone caught carrying a knife, only to have it fall upon deaf ears. Could it be that the do-gooder establishment are now waking up? Frankly, I’m not holding my breath. And by the way, how much public money has been spent on producing a report that simply states the obvious? And when is concrete action going to be taken?

You can be sure that those in power are expert at one thing- lots of talk and no do! And while politicians, of all the main parties, continue to prevaricate and scratch their heads, more young people will be tragically stabbed to death on the streets of London.

Surely you can’t blame me for feeling frustrated!

Asylum Seekers- Britain’s reputation for being a ‘soft touch’ only promotes more misery

2011-02-08T10:18:00.000-08:00

I’ve never understood why we have gone out of our way to make a rod for our own back when it comes to asylum seekers. The fact is that anyone who comes to these shores to seek political asylum from purported persecution has to pass either through or around a ‘safe’ country first. It’s a geographical fact that even a primary school child should be able to grasp!

Obviously, would-be asylum seekers only take the trouble, and sometimes go to excessive lengths to come here because we consistently give out the message that we are a ‘soft touch.’ Sadly this causes us, and often lands them, as individuals with a serious problem.

According to Oxfam, many failed asylum seekers are being forced to live a destitute existence while their appeals are being considered. Many find themselves pushed into the sex trade as a way to earn money and some develop mental health problems. Oxfam is calling for more government support for asylum seekers who are appealing against deportation. Laudable in itself, I dare say, but surely the question we need to ask is, what motivates these people to come here in the first place? What causes them to bypass safe countries like France and Spain en route and end up here in the UK?

Until we send out a tough message to asylum seekers, they will continue to come here by virtually any means to try their luck. And ill-conceived amnesties for illegal immigrants, as suggested by Boris Johnson will only give them yet further incentive, thereby inflaming what appears to be an ever increasing problem.

200 000 miss out on university, but more places go to foreigners

2011-02-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

This was the front-page headline on the Metro newspaper last week! Official figures show that the number of foreign students who gained places at British universities rose by more than 10%, to 62, 695. Whereas over all, 210 000 applications were rejected, which works out to about one in three. Surely one would think that it’s only fair that British students should get priority to study at British universities? This would not only benefit the students themselves, but the country in general, which would subsequently reap the benefit of the skills that they acquire. So what’s the reason for this madness? Well, foreign students pay higher fees, so they are more financially attractive. This in effect discriminates directly against British students. But of course, the authorities can get away with it, because after all, if you’re a British citizen, well, it seems you have to learn to take second place in favour of the residents from the EU and heaven knows where else!