As a resident of Brinsley I want a bi-election. Our councillor was a BNP, then a Real BNP then an Independent Nationalist and now a Voice of Change, come on! The policies (on the website) of this new party are absolutely laughable and don't stand up to any scrutiny - they are going to 'cut fuel tax' and then in the next policy they are going to make the 'polluter pay' Hmmm. Same old BNP masquerading as yet another 'ligitimate' political party with no real substance to any of their policies. We all know what the BNP and Voice of Change's real agenda is and now there has been split in the party we can only hope that it will go the same way as UKIP and Veritas and that silly orange faced Kilroy - flushed down the toilet of history.

Come on Broxtowe Borough Council - we want a bi-election in Brinsley. We have a councillor who doesn't appear to know what political party she is in. What a complete joke and mockery they are making of the electoral system.

The number of police here on Sunday was dreadful - there would probably be less police presence for a murder or shooting.

According to the Enough is Enough blog, run by Sadie Graham and a number of the other "rebels," the conference was attended by "113 patriots" from 10 of the BNP's 13 regions. While an impressive figure it is worth noting that it is not substantially larger than the Stop the BNP conference held a week earlier in The Meadows and that was a regional rather than a national event.

The write-up gives the distinct impression that the event was less than exciting and makes no mention of the fact that it was taking place behind rows of police. (Incidentally the police presence appears to have included at least six vans, two horses and even a FIT Team brought up from the Met.)

The thrust of the meeting seems to have been that they remained loyal to the BNP, but believed in the need for reform and change in the higher echelons of the party. "A vote on whether a leadership challenge should be launched this year received an overwhelming yes vote from the conference floor." Quite who they intend to put forward is not clear, particularly with Sadie, the obvious candidate, having been expelled from the party.

They also made a fair amount of money from donations, a book sale (make your own jokes about their reading ability) and a St George Society merchandising stall. This will presumably pay for the swanky new banner they've bought themselves and their less than impressive website.

Interestingly, the report claims, "The venue and date had previously been set aside for the BNP’s annual January Organisers’ Conference but that was before Sadie was purged by Griffin." Whether this event would have required such an overwhelming police presence is unclear. One can certainly ponder whether they're more worried about local anti-fascists (who at Kimberley last year demonstrated their ability to effectively disrupt BNP events) or BNP loyalists with a chip on their shoulder.