An edited-down version of the following letter appeared in this week's Morley Observer and Advertiser:
Immigration is a problem
Dear editor,
There are different ways that I could respond to the long lie-filled rants printed in this newspaper about the British National Party.
On the one hand I could reply to every individual lie in order to set the record straight, yet some people may view such a response as acting to legitimise such untruths by repeating them and suggesting that they are to be taken seriously to the point that they are worthy of a response.
I could also use the opportunity to expose the true nature of the individuals telling these lies, but this is not an approach I particularly like to take in the letters page of this newspaper, as I know that a considerable number of your readers switch off when they see what they regard as councillors bickering with one another.
Since getting elected in 2006 I have tried very hard to work with other councillors wherever possible, despite many of them making this extremely difficult, and I do not want it to appear as though I am happy to sink to the depths regularly plumbed by those who will use any opportunity to lower political debate to the level of a slanging match.
With that in mind, I will not be drawn into legitimising the arguments of those who want to drag local politics through the mud.
I deal with countless cases of local people who are in need of council housing. I would say, in fact, that this is probably the most common type of casework that I spend my time engaged in.
The work I have done to put forward the case for a number of local lettings policies (e.g. to give local people priority and to reserve certain blocks of properties for residents of above a certain age) is well documented.
I have supported the building of new social housing and successfully acquired assurances that local people will be given priority for these.
In addition to this, I view the housing crisis in its national context. The population of these islands is increasing at a terrifying rate, and this is not being caused by our people having more children. The single biggest factor causing this drive towards overpopulation is mass immigration, and this puts huge pressure on a whole host of things from the NHS through to places in schools, and it obviously puts huge pressure on housing.
People who wish to see our countryside bulldozed to make way for millions of new homes to house the increasing number of people in need of housing in this country, whilst at the same time ensuring that ever more people come to live here, thereby keeping up demand, have plenty of political parties to vote for who believe in doing just that.
Those who do not want to see this happen and who wish to ensure that there is adequate social housing for our people whilst at the same time halting all mass immigration into these islands in order to alleviate the problems associated with overpopulation have the option of voting for the British National Party, as increasing numbers of people are indeed doing.
Councillor Chris Beverley
British National Party
Morley South, Leeds City Council
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Thursday, 6 August 2009
BNP Housing Policy letter - A Follow Up
A censored version of the following letter appeared in this week's Morley Observer and Advertiser:
Dear Editor,
When he’s not downloading indecent pornographic imagery on a council computer, Robert Finnigan likes to spend his time writing lie-filled letters to the local press about his political opponents, and the British National Party in particular.
Needless to say, his lies will not go unanswered.
Finnigan claims that current government housing policy is not anti-British. Such claims show just how out of touch this career-politician truly is. As a former failed Labour Party councillor it is natural for him to be in favour of the mass immigration that is the main cause of Britain’s housing shortage, and his attempts to dismiss immigration as an issue here are laughable.
His blatant lie that BNP housing policy would discriminate against Trevor McDonald and Kelly Holmes are equally ridiculous and not worthy of further comment.
Regarding my own record since getting elected in 2006, Finnigan displays a similar dishonesty. Putting local people first for housing has been something that I have worked very hard to put into practice during my time on the council and I have carried out extensive work to bring about a number of local lettings policies for the Morley area during this time, which I hope to see implemented in the near future. These include regulations to give local people and those with a local connection priority for council housing in this area, and regulations to reserve certain blocks of council properties for older residents only.
Nevertheless, there is only so much that can be done at local authority, as opposed to national government, level and as such I always try to put the issues facing people in this area in their national context. To pretend that housing is an issue that only affects people in Morley, or that national issues such as immigration have no effect on it, is rather ridiculous.
Finnigan also took a swipe at the work I carry out with Andrew Brons, our newly elected British National Party Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber. It is worth re-iterating at this point that the election of a BNP MEP for this area is of potentially huge direct benefit to Morley people. Unique amongst MEPs, our representatives will give a proportion of their allowances to a fund to support good causes in their region that community organisation can apply to for financial support. Any groups wanting to do so can apply via myself. I look forward to seeing what projects are taken forward with the help of Morley’s patriotic MEP in due course.
And finally. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and Finnigan mentioned one thing in his letter that was true and yet requires some clarification. He pointed out that I ‘twitter’. Whilst I sincerely hope that this is not true in the usual sense of the word, it is certainly true that I use a variety of social media to keep in touch with my constituents, including this amusingly named site, and anyone wanting to keep up to date with some of the things I am up to can do so by visiting www.twitter.com/chrisbeverley.
Councillor Chris Beverley
British National Party
Morley South, Leeds City Council
Dear Editor,
When he’s not downloading indecent pornographic imagery on a council computer, Robert Finnigan likes to spend his time writing lie-filled letters to the local press about his political opponents, and the British National Party in particular.
Needless to say, his lies will not go unanswered.
Finnigan claims that current government housing policy is not anti-British. Such claims show just how out of touch this career-politician truly is. As a former failed Labour Party councillor it is natural for him to be in favour of the mass immigration that is the main cause of Britain’s housing shortage, and his attempts to dismiss immigration as an issue here are laughable.
His blatant lie that BNP housing policy would discriminate against Trevor McDonald and Kelly Holmes are equally ridiculous and not worthy of further comment.
Regarding my own record since getting elected in 2006, Finnigan displays a similar dishonesty. Putting local people first for housing has been something that I have worked very hard to put into practice during my time on the council and I have carried out extensive work to bring about a number of local lettings policies for the Morley area during this time, which I hope to see implemented in the near future. These include regulations to give local people and those with a local connection priority for council housing in this area, and regulations to reserve certain blocks of council properties for older residents only.
Nevertheless, there is only so much that can be done at local authority, as opposed to national government, level and as such I always try to put the issues facing people in this area in their national context. To pretend that housing is an issue that only affects people in Morley, or that national issues such as immigration have no effect on it, is rather ridiculous.
Finnigan also took a swipe at the work I carry out with Andrew Brons, our newly elected British National Party Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber. It is worth re-iterating at this point that the election of a BNP MEP for this area is of potentially huge direct benefit to Morley people. Unique amongst MEPs, our representatives will give a proportion of their allowances to a fund to support good causes in their region that community organisation can apply to for financial support. Any groups wanting to do so can apply via myself. I look forward to seeing what projects are taken forward with the help of Morley’s patriotic MEP in due course.
And finally. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and Finnigan mentioned one thing in his letter that was true and yet requires some clarification. He pointed out that I ‘twitter’. Whilst I sincerely hope that this is not true in the usual sense of the word, it is certainly true that I use a variety of social media to keep in touch with my constituents, including this amusingly named site, and anyone wanting to keep up to date with some of the things I am up to can do so by visiting www.twitter.com/chrisbeverley.
Councillor Chris Beverley
British National Party
Morley South, Leeds City Council
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