Sunday, April 04, 2004
This article makes fascinating reading about how, when the BNP manage to win council seats, they then prove to be completely useless as councillors.
Last summer it was revealed that [Burnley] BNP councillors had only spoken once in a full council meeting in 14 months of holding office. Rather than apologising or even being embarrassed, their group leader, Len Starr, not only confirmed that they had stayed silent but went on to say that they had no intention of presenting any proposals to the council in the foreseeable future. And this was when they were the official opposition party.
Last summer Sandwell’s two BNP councillors thought they would outfox their political rivals by proposing a motion to the full council calling on the government to stop sending asylum seekers to the borough. They knew full well that the motion would fall but they would then be able to tell electors that the BNP was the only party that opposed the arrival of more asylum seekers in the area. To their surprise the motion was passed with an amendment. The BNP happily supported the new motion quite unaware that the changes reversed everything the BNP originally wanted.
Last summer it was revealed that [Burnley] BNP councillors had only spoken once in a full council meeting in 14 months of holding office. Rather than apologising or even being embarrassed, their group leader, Len Starr, not only confirmed that they had stayed silent but went on to say that they had no intention of presenting any proposals to the council in the foreseeable future. And this was when they were the official opposition party.
Last summer Sandwell’s two BNP councillors thought they would outfox their political rivals by proposing a motion to the full council calling on the government to stop sending asylum seekers to the borough. They knew full well that the motion would fall but they would then be able to tell electors that the BNP was the only party that opposed the arrival of more asylum seekers in the area. To their surprise the motion was passed with an amendment. The BNP happily supported the new motion quite unaware that the changes reversed everything the BNP originally wanted.
