MBIs lose Tribunal

An article in today’s Yorkshire Post reveals that former Morley Town Council clerk Karen Barrett has won her claim of unfair dismissal that she brought against the Town Council, or rather, in effect, against the Morley Borough Independents.

I attended the tribunal as an interested member of the public for most of the case, and on the days that I couldn’t attend there were others present who updated me on the proceedings. A report on this case will appear on this blog shortly.

In addition to what I learned through attending the tribunal, I received a further fascinating insight into the matter yesterday during the course of my full council meeting. I had left the council chamber and was sitting in a side room writing a speech when a number of loud-mouthed MBIs positioned themselves outside the room I was sitting in and began talking about this case. They had no idea I was sat just metres away from them and well within earshot.

Until, that was, one of them suggested taking the discussion into the side-room that I was sat in, at which point one of them stuck their head in and realised I was sat there. I guess I was the one councillor on the entire council who they would not have wanted to hear that particular discussion.

In any case, this employment tribunal shed much light on the reprehensible behaviour of some of the individuals that count themselves as ‘Morley Borough Independents’, and the outcome of the case is further proof that the Morley Borough Independents Party is a disgrace to our town and utterly incapable of exercising any sort of power without abusing it for its own twisted ends.

By-Election Success

Fanstastic news last night about our by-election win down on Sevenoaks Council in Kent.

Well done to all involved.

We have had so many near-misses recently that I think this win is extremely important for us. Lots of near-misses are fine as long as they culminate in actual victories like this.

Full results:

SEVENOAKS COUNCIL
Swanley St Mary’s Ward
Paul GOLDING (BNP) 408
Mike HOGG (Lab) 332
Tony SEARLES (Con) 247

BNP Percentage: 41.8%
May 2007: LAB 462/420, CON 208/197, UKIP 165.

Other results from last night:

NORTH WEST LEICS COUNCIL
Thringstone Ward
Ray WOODWARD (Lab) 593
Tony DANDY (Con) 520
Roy HARBAN (BNP) 465
Terence MORRELL (Lib-Dem) 76
BNP Percentage: 28.1%

May 2007: LAB 634/564, CON 501/376, LD 355/331.

LEWISHAM COUNCIL
Downham Ward
Jenni CLUTTEN (Lib-Dem) 1075
Duwayne BROOKS (Lib-Dem) 1067
Damien EGAN (Lab) 655
Christine ALLISON (Con) 654
Pauline MORRISON (Lab) 635
Andrew LEE (Con) 632
Tess CULNANE (BNP) 287
Cath MILLER (Green) 63
Lee ROACH (Green) 62
BNP Party Percentage: 10.6%

May 2006 result LD 2230/1117/1106 LAB 590/586/554 CON 403/330/326 GRN 153/149/137.

Good to see Tess Culnane back standing for the BNP. The last time I saw her name she was standing as the National Front (Britain for the British) candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden Parliamentary By-Election, where the NF actual got a decent vote due to the freakish nature of that contest.

HARROGATE COUNCIL
Bilton Ward
Clare McKENZIE (Lib-Dem) 902
Sharon BENTLEY (Con) 673
Steven GILL (BNP) 164
Andrew GRAY (Lab) 51
BNP Percentage: 9.2%

May 2007: LD 974, CON 877, BNP 122.

This was a relatively good vote achieved with the most basic of campaigns and certainly counts as a case of 'job done'.

Well done to Cllr Emma Colgate for spearheading the Sevenoaks campaign, and congratulations to the BNP's newest councillor, Paul Golding. Now the hard work really begins!

Weekend in Skipton

Pictured: Yorkshire Regional Council attendees from this Sunday's meeting in Skipton

Our campaign in North Yorkshire continued this weekend with some mass-leafleting in Skipton and surrounding villages. A meeting of the Regional Council was then held on the Sunday afternoon at a local venue.

We have received some good publicity so far regarding our campaigning in North Yorkshire, and not just in the local press. The BBC have also shown an interest, and just in case the article disappears from their website, I will reproduce the comments from me that they published here:

The BNP said it was the only party that put local people first.

BNP spokesman Chris Beverley said: "The fact that the Lib-Lab-Con cartel parties are working closely together against the British National Party just goes to show that there is no real difference at all between them.

"They are all liberal globalists who believe in destroying our country through mass immigration and giving away every last bit of our hard-earned sovereignty through our continued membership of the European Union."

The local authority of Craven produced the biggest BNP vote in the whole of North Yorkshire in the Euros in 2004 and is obviously an area with a significant underlying level of support for the BNP. It will certainly be a place to watch in the run-up to June.

British Wildcat Strikes letter

This letter was printed in this week's Morley Observer and Advertiser;

I do not normally write to this newspaper about national issues but I believe the events of the past week merit at least a mention.

The spark that ignited the grass-roots “British Jobs for British Workers” strikes – namely, the importation of large numbers of European workers to carry out the work previously done by local workers – graphically illustrates the folly of Britain’s continued membership of the European Union. For as long as our country is a member of the European Union, there is nothing at all that we can do to protect our workers from competition from cheaper and less-skilled workers from other EU countries.

We in the British National Party have actively campaigned in support of the striking British workers, and we will continue to campaign for Brita in’s immediate withdrawal from the European Union, which is the single most important measure that must be taken in order for us to be able to protect our domestic workforce.

Councillor Chris Beverley
British National Party
Morley South, Leeds City Council

This is Morley letter

A slightly edited version of the following letter appeared in the Morley Observer and Advertiser on 28/1/09:

Great advert for our town

It was a pleasure to see so many local businesses and organisations represented as the This is Morley event held at the White Rose Centre this weekend.

Though located outside the town centre, the White Rose Centre is a part of Morley that employs a considerable number of Morley people, and it is good to see such co-operation between its management and that of Morley Town Centre.

I would like to congratulate the Morley Chamber of Trade and Peter Mudge and the Town Centre Management for organising this event, and to all the traders and volunteers who helped to give shoppers in the White Rose centre a taste of some of the fantastic businesses and organisations that our town has to offer.

As far as I am concerned this event was a great advert for the town.

Councillor Joanna Beverley
British National Party
Elmfield Ward, Morley Town Council.