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Originally Posted by blueblood1920
Oh dont talk stupid, the reasons given for not standing in crewe were that it was too close to the may elections and that the party wouldnt of been able to put in a decent campaign. The BNP have the chance to put in a decent campaign here because it hasnt even been called yet, Nick Griffin will still go and help here as he usually goes and leafletts everywhere else. So dont know what people are trying to say by talking as if Griffin avoides going out on the streets.
Also with this election it wont have as much of a squeeze like the crewe by-election so smaller parties should do better.
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Firstly the BNP knew about the imminent Crewe by election six weeks before it happened. When an MP dies we know there is going to be a by election. And as I have argued before the short timescale was of benefit to the BNP not a deterrent. It would have limited costs and restricted the use of the oppositions "Big Guns" thus leveling the playing field to as much an extent as was possible to imagine.
The proximity to May's elections is irrelevant because it would have weighed equally on all parties. Not to mention that the Northern units of the BNP, if they indeed still exist as campaign ready units, had not taken part in any significant way in the GLA election.
I have never heard of or seen a credible report of Griffin campaigning yet. My guess, based on my year as an activist, is that he delivers one speech per unit per year, at an optimistic estimate that means one days "work", if you call delivering the same speech in a couple of hours and the drive there and back work, a week. Plus a 3000 word essay every few weeks. Essentially he has the same work load as a first year sociology student.
And why won't Henley be "such a squeeze"? The electors of Henley are the most Tory in the land and they certainly aren't going to miss the opportunity to laud Cameroon with a triumph given the opportunity. Unlike the Crewe electorate who were desperately searching for an alternative to a Tory protest vote. The Tories won the election almost 2:1 hardly a close run thing.
The BNP are going to get butchered in Henley, I really have no idea why Griffin has submitted himself to this bloodbath. There is nothing to gain and he has proven his excuses for Crewe to be lies. Just another example of his incompetence and the dismal view he has of his Party's critical faculties.
By the way do you actually believe the stuff you write, or are we just supposed to?