Parties react to Bridgwater BNP announcement (From Bridgwater Mercury)
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Parties react to Bridgwater BNP announcement
3:57pm Monday 15th March 2010 in
THE far-right British National Party is fielding its first ever candidate for the Bridgwater constituency at the forthcoming General Election.
Donna Treanor, from Scotland, said she would be campaigning on issues such as crime and the surveillance state.
But after praising Bridgwater's 'rich and distinctive history' on her party's website, Dundee-born Ms Treanor, a former counsellor and auxiliary nurse, admitted she had never been to the town in an interview with the Mercury.
The 48-year-old also revealed she did not know Admiral Blake was synonymous with Bridgwater and was 'not aware' of the Sedgemoor Splash.
She said: “I know about Bridgwater's churches and am interested in the Guy Fawkes celebration in November, but I have never been to the town.
“I will be campaigning on national and local issues, like crime and anti-social behaviour because I think it is everywhere and I don't think the police do enough.”
The BNP's decision to field a local candidate received a mixed response from the other parties.
Labour candidate Kathy Pearce said she was 'disappointed' but called it an 'opportunity to challenge the BNP'.
LibDem candidate Theo Butt Philip labelled the BNP 'appalling' but Conservative MP Ian Liddell-Grainger said their decision to stand was 'democratic'.
“If they want to put someone forward, whatever my personal belief, they can,” he said.
The BNP also announced its first ever candidate for the Burnham seat, Richard Boyce.
For more on this, see tomorrow's (Wednesday's) Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News, and keep reading the Mercury for more on the build-up to the General Election, which is likely to be on May 6.
Comments(31)
Prop_idle
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5:17pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Desperate attempt to grab votes
Geolou
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5:40pm Mon 15 Mar 10
JO-JO BRIDGWATER
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7:51pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Eveyone on the council live out of Bridgwater so what is so different about Donna having a go. You are certainly getting some good publicity Donna whether the comments are good or bad.
black_dog
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8:20pm Mon 15 Mar 10
JO-JO BRIDGWATER
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8:29pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Where council are concerned trust me I know.I may appear stupid but dont under estimate me.
townrunbyclowns
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12:13am Tue 16 Mar 10
Reverend
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11:02am Tue 16 Mar 10
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Area man
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11:31am Tue 16 Mar 10
Donna-T
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12:23pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Only me! wrote:"Another Scot governing them" as far as i'm aware Ian Liddell Grainger was born in Scotland and he has not served the Bridgwater constituents well very so far, with expenses claims in the region of £1666,109 which made him one of the biggest claimers in Westminster (36th out of 645 MP's to be exact) the closing down of Bridgwater's beloved Splash, the closing of the Cellophane factory, the closing of the Somerfield Depot, which i suspect will be re-located to some East European country to save costs, crime an anti social behaviour, and the cutting of front line services including the police and local jobs to save the council £40 million while community charges are going up!
I doubt the people of Bridgwater would want yet another Scot governing them - we've had enough of that with the unelected Scot ruining the economy from the helm of Number 10.
'An end to boom and bust' ? Well, he was right about one thing - the boom is gone.
What we need is a candidate who'll concentrate on local issues - such as sorting out the town congestion by getting a relief road built from the North Petherton roundabout down to Cannington. This would relieve the commuter and holidaymaker congestion on the Taunton Road.
The last thing we need is for an extremist to start spouting rhetoric about race and immigration issues we don't have here.
That's why MP's have second houses because they don't actually live in their constituents and i'm sure Ian Liddell Grainger is no exception, you will find this is the norm.
Yes i can definately see why a *local* would be desirable.
Donna-T
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12:30pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Geolou wrote:Geolou this is in fact the norm, MP's do not have to live inside their consituency this is why most of MP's have two (or more houses), don't take my word for it though, do some research yourself.
I really struggle with this - how on earth can this lady represent a town she knows absolutely nothing about? I appreciate that the current council do nothing to endear themselves to us as their constituents - but this lady running for election is simply beyond belief!! Run for election in your own home town - or are they not so gullible?
This is how democracy works, if someone has support in the area then they are in fact free to stand in the area, and the British National Party do have support in Bridgwater.
Donna-T
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12:37pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Prop_idle wrote:I will be coming to Bridgwater very shortly to leaflet and canvass the area, i can't wait to meet the locals.
How can someone who has never been to Bridgwater really represent Bridgwater? Surely you need to meet the people that you are supposed to be the voice of?
Desperate attempt to grab votes
I don't think *locals* have done a very good job in representing Bridgwater so far, time for a change i think.
Area man
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1:19pm Tue 16 Mar 10
"What do I know about Bridgwater? Ummm... er... does it... have... Churches? I like Churches!"
Please be under no illusions - what little support you may think your NAZI BNP has here is BY FAR outweighed by huge opposition. Your contempt for our town will be reciprocated toward you at the ballot box.
You've got no hope.
Donna-T
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1:22pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Only me! wrote:Immigration whether you are aware of it or not does have an impact on peoples lives, that is a fact that no sensible, rational person cannot dispute, Gordon Brown has even admitted that this recently too, so the BNP is not alone on this front.
I doubt the people of Bridgwater would want yet another Scot governing them - we've had enough of that with the unelected Scot ruining the economy from the helm of Number 10.
'An end to boom and bust' ? Well, he was right about one thing - the boom is gone.
What we need is a candidate who'll concentrate on local issues - such as sorting out the town congestion by getting a relief road built from the North Petherton roundabout down to Cannington. This would relieve the commuter and holidaymaker congestion on the Taunton Road.
The last thing we need is for an extremist to start spouting rhetoric about race and immigration issues we don't have here.
It is not the British National Party:
That has politicised the police.
That has brought in thought crime Orwellian type legislation.
That has attempted to imprison political opponents for excercising their right to free speech.
That has took control of broadcasting.
That has brought in "anti-terror" legislation to repress and harrass peaceful people.
That are responsible for raids on political opponents property.
That are responsible for schools being used for indoctrinisation purposes (gross, gross abuse of state power)
That are responsible for the immense burden of interfering legislation that that turns ordinary law abiding people into criminals (This is emanating in part from the EU) eg Blair's time in office 3,000 new criminal offences were brought in.
That has brought in a vast army of bureacratic state snoopers.
That are responsible for an increase in computer and CCTV surveillence (make us the most monitored state in the world, yet no reduction in crime)
Control and the micro-management of every single aspect of our lives.
That is responsible for the abolition of due process and habeus corpus.
That is responsible for over 1000,000 Iraqi muslim deaths (including women and children, children are being born horribly disfigured) in fact the BNP is AGAINST these wars in the Middle East.
That are responsible for the the bailout of £1trillion of taxpayers money to the banks, or the £1,463 bill debt.
That are not responsible for mass, mass immigration that all the mainstream parties are for.
That are responsible for signing away our sovereignty AGAINST the wishes of the British people to unelected bureacrats in Brussels.
Now that is what i call extreme, i could go on but i think you get the message.........
Donna-T
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1:31pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Area man wrote:Has it not occurred to you that the Bridgwater Mercury has not reported my interview in an accurate and impartial manner?
In fairness to you, it takes some guts to comment beneath a story portraying you as so clueless and politically shambolic. It may be a norm for potential MPs not to live bang in the centre of their intednded constituency, but do you not think it might be an idea for them to at least have GOOGLED it before announcing that they're standing (and certainly before doing their first interview with the local press)??
"What do I know about Bridgwater? Ummm... er... does it... have... Churches? I like Churches!"
Please be under no illusions - what little support you may think your NAZI BNP has here is BY FAR outweighed by huge opposition. Your contempt for our town will be reciprocated toward you at the ballot box.
You've got no hope.
What opposition do you speak of? Lib/Lab/Con all stand for the SAME thing, Globalism, mass immigration, and the wars in the Middle East, the Tories in fact supported these wars and will take us into another war with Iran, google Liam Fox and "2010 is the year that Iran must be confronted..........
.." the BNP is AGAINST these wars, the true opposition, we have NO blood on our hands.
Area man
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1:37pm Tue 16 Mar 10
The BNP are Nazis
The BNP are led by a man who denies that the Jewish holocaust - the murder of 6 million people for the sole reason of their ethnic background - took place
The BNP seek political platforms only to spread this racist agenda, not to help the people governed by those platforms. They have no agenda beyond division and discrimination based on ethnic background.
Donna-T
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1:47pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Area man wrote:Ah i see you have to resort to childish name calling and lies because you can't win the argument.
Whatever your opinion of the performance of the current government, there is nothing they could do so bad as to turn us toward the BNP.
The BNP are Nazis
The BNP are led by a man who denies that the Jewish holocaust - the murder of 6 million people for the sole reason of their ethnic background - took place
The BNP seek political platforms only to spread this racist agenda, not to help the people governed by those platforms. They have no agenda beyond division and discrimination based on ethnic background.
Area man
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2:09pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Donna-T wrote:Far from wanting to be childish, by calling you a 'Nazi', I hope to be considered on the most mature and level headed terms possible.
Area man wrote: Whatever your opinion of the performance of the current government, there is nothing they could do so bad as to turn us toward the BNP. The BNP are Nazis The BNP are led by a man who denies that the Jewish holocaust - the murder of 6 million people for the sole reason of their ethnic background - took place The BNP seek political platforms only to spread this racist agenda, not to help the people governed by those platforms. They have no agenda beyond division and discrimination based on ethnic background.Ah i see you have to resort to childish name calling and lies because you can't win the argument.
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=04QolIvfQ
Ew
The above link takes you to a video which shows the Nazi leader of your party sat with the violent racists of the Ku Klux Klan in the US. He exponges on how - to get through the net of democracy, you must put up a front that suckers people into believing you are more moderate and caring. He explains how once you've achieved that, you can bring down the trap door - and force through your real, violent, racist agenda.
If you have been suckered to the point that you have unwittingly joined, and now plan to stand for, the party - I feel pity for you, but as long as you stand for them I cannot do anything other than fight you every step of the way.
GGGG
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9:54am Wed 17 Mar 10
The more controversial your stance, the more important it is to communicate in a clear and precise manner. But then again, Donna is only BNP, and this shows us a good example of the lack of calibre of their candidates – unless of course Donna is deliberately dumbing down her comments to appeal to the less educated members of our constituency.
The BNP do not seriously expect to take any seats in the general election – the best they are hoping for is publicity and an increase in votes.
Stu_B
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9:58am Wed 17 Mar 10
grisleyreg
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10:28am Wed 17 Mar 10
Job Done
( Ps What has ILG done for the town)
Stu_B
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10:59am Wed 17 Mar 10
Only me!
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2:39pm Wed 17 Mar 10
That you then choose to align yourself to the British arm of the National Socialist party - a party that Hitler founded, is almost laughable! It's like taking cat poo and then gilding it in dog poo! So don't start coming down here spouting your posionous, vitriolic rhetoric about wanting to represent us - because compared to any member of the National Front - sorry, British Nazi Party - sorry, Bone-headed Neanderthal Party, ILG is a saint on the scale of St.Francis of Asisi. There are cats that come into my garden to do their business on my lettuces that I would vote for before I voted for you. There are boils growing on my nether-regions that I would vote for before you.
bgirl1
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5:22pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Edith Crowther
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6:41am Fri 19 Mar 10
20thhole
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12:03pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Game Set andMatch
grisleyreg
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5:11pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Perhaps a better voting system is required the one we have now does not seem to work
bgirl1
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8:49pm Fri 19 Mar 10
numpty1
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10:58pm Fri 19 Mar 10
somertel
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12:19pm Sat 20 Mar 10
grisleyreg wrote:Here here Reg! We desperately need to reform the electoral system; First Past The Post means our votes count for nothing. Locally and nationally there is so much that needs to be done; under the present system our political lords and master can sit on their fat a***s for four years out of five and pretend they're better than the rest of us, while the country quietly goes to the dogs. We need to vote for a change www.voteforachange.c
Many of the comments on this item are just as extream as the Bnp neither are a good advert for democracy ,
Perhaps a better voting system is required the one we have now does not seem to work
o.uk .
Reverend
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10:40am Mon 22 Mar 10
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Only me! says...
4:53pm Mon 15 Mar 10
'An end to boom and bust' ? Well, he was right about one thing - the boom is gone.
What we need is a candidate who'll concentrate on local issues - such as sorting out the town congestion by getting a relief road built from the North Petherton roundabout down to Cannington. This would relieve the commuter and holidaymaker congestion on the Taunton Road.
The last thing we need is for an extremist to start spouting rhetoric about race and immigration issues we don't have here.