Racists routed in BNP by-elections nightmare
Lancaster Unity | 11.12.2009 08:06 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | Liverpool
The BNP also lost its Broadway seat on Debden Town Council to a Residents' candidate.
And any hopes the BNP had of salvaging something from another train-wreck night by drawing attention to an obscure town council by-election in Dalston, Cumbria, were dashed when Mick Ashburner, facing opposition only from a Labour candidate, was comprehensively demolished, taking just 15% of the vote.
Nuneaton and Bedworth Camp Hill was another self-inflicted by-election for the BNP, sitting councillor Darren Haywood resigning, according to the BNP, because of work commitments. According to everybody else Haywood had been an "invisible councillor" who had achieved nothing for Camp Hill, and nobody was much surprised when he jumped ship...
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