Entries tagged with “BNP” from Working For Walthamstow

I'm organising a street stall on Saturday 7th November to tackle the threat the BNP pose to our society.

I recognise that there are many differing and complex reasons why people consider supporting the BNP. I feel it is beholden on all of us who are involved in mainstream politics to accept responsibility for addressing this and play our part in tackling them. I'm proud to live in a part of Britain that benefits from being so diverse. I don't want to see these people claim to speak for my country.

On the 7th, we'll be holding a leafleting session to gather support for action being taken by Hope not Hate. Organisations like Hope not Hate, and Unite Against Facism, are taking on the BNP and the politics of hate and fear that they stand for. They're bringing people together from a wide variety of backgrounds to say that this vile party has no place in modern Britain. If you feel the same, please come to this stall on Saturday between 11am and 2pm to take some leaflets to deliver to your neighbours. Together we can spread the message about what we can all do to help the fight against the BNP, both here in London and across England. Please email if you would also be able to help with staffing this stall during the day itself.

The vote for the European parliament is across the whole of London. There are eight seats in the European parliament to be won. These are allocated to parties according to the proportion of votes they receive overall. This means the BNP only need to gain eight per cent of all the votes cast in all of London to win a seat in the European parliament. If they do win, they will receive £250,000 of public money to put towards their campaigns of hatred and division. You can help stop this. Any vote cast here in Walthamstow for any other political party will make it harder for the BNP to get eight per cent of all the votes cast in London.

On Saturday 23 May we will be having a big day of action in Walthamstow with a stall in the Town Centre next to central library running from 11am to 3pm. If you can spare an hour to help hand out leaflets please do get in touch or sign up via the Facebook group. And even if you can't help on the day, you can also come to the stall to take away bundles of leaflets to be delivered to local community and voluntary groups. 

Want to see if you can vote in the European elections on June 4? You can check you're registered by calling the Electoral Services at Waltham Forest Town Hall on 020 8496 4562 / 020 8496 4433 / 020 8496 4223 between 9am and 5.30pm every weekday.

The European elections will be on 4 June 2009. As the number of seats a party gets is dependent on a percentage of votes cast, there is a danger if turnout is low that the British National Party may win seats in our European parliament. If you, like me, find the idea of them having such a platform and public funding to spread their hatred then please join me in campaigning to stop this happening. They only have to get 8.5 per cent of all the votes cast across London to win a seat and every vote across London will count towards the final total. This is a non- partisan campaign to raise awareness of the importance of participating in the Euro election ballot to ensure that turn out is high enough. You can sign up on-line to help or join our community led activities here in Walthamstow. We're looking for people to help with this so please get in touch if you would like to be involved.

Together with Searchlight's Hope not Hate campaign, and our current London Assembly member Jennette Arnold, I am organizing a day of action to help ensure the British National Party do not gain a seat on the London Assembly in Walthamstow on 19 April.

 

You may have already seen how the shameful policies of the BNP seek to damage the community relations in our capital city. This is our London, not theirs, and we need to protect every citizen from their extremism and racism. 

The London Assembly has 14 constituency members and 11 London-wide members. The London-wide members are elected depending on how much of the percentage of votes each party obtains. Any party with fewer than five per cent of the vote is eliminated. This is what happened to the BNP in 2004 when it polled 4.8 per cent of all the votes cast.

 

All votes for other parties will increase the total vote and therefore reduce the BNP percentage, so it is important that voters, wherever in London they are, use their vote to try and put the BNP below five per cent. On the Saturday 19 April there will be two different activities. Starting at noon there will be a stall in Walthamstow Market to publicise this campaign, followed at 2pm by a leafleting session in neighbouring streets. I hope those of you who are proud to be a Londoner and love the rich variety of this capital will come along to join in a day of action that will benefit us all.