The Quiet Revolution continues . . . quietly!

Congratulations to the British National Party's Lynne Smith who yesterday received 208 votes in the Castle Ward by-election in Tamworth in the West Midlands. It was a 13.6% vote share in a seat never fought before by the BNP and double the vote of the Lib-Dem candidate who had stood last time around and finished third.

Labour gained the seat from the Tories after a re-count, overturning a 181 Conservative majority from the last election in May in a parliamentary constituency that is a Lab/Con Midland marginal. The Labour vote was just up 2% but the Tory vote was down 8%, as was that of the Lib-Dems.

The full result from last night was:
Tamworth Council
Castle Ward
Thursday 8th November 2007
Marion Couchman (Lab) 619
Ian Cooper (Con) 613
Lynne Smith (BNP) 208
Jenny Pinkett (Lib-Dem) 95
BNP Percentage: 13.6%
May 2007: Con 917, Lab 736, Lib-Dem 236.

Regular readers of this blog will know I call these sort of election results the Quiet Revolution. The opinion pollsters tell us there is no trace of support for the British National Party in their surveys and the media just never mentions electoral support for the BNP. Yet in council by-elections across the country since May, voters have been regularly turning out to support our Party. One-in-seven of those who actually registers a vote has been putting a cross against a British National Party candidate and that is quite something in this feverish political climate when Labour and the Tories are going at each other hammer and tongs on our TV screens almost every day.

The Quite Revolution is my front page for the December issue of Freedom because I believe it sums up our year. Before the May elections there was a feeling that we might score a spectacular success but that didn't happen. Our results were good but nothing out of the ordinary, more of a holding operation. Since May the BNP has fought 40 by-elections. In 28 contests our candidates have polled over 10% and in 11 contests over 20%. This signifies steady progress being built on firm foundations and bodes well for the future.

Freedom's front page lists these BNP by-election percentages along with photographs of many of our brave candidates. The page is nearly complete with just one space left for a photo of a candidate which I hope will be filled by the smiling face of John Rowe. He was our candidate for Rosegrove with Lowerhouse Ward in Burnley in May who was defeated by the drawing of lots after the votes of the BNP and Labour candidates were allegedly tied. John went to the High Court because two previously rejected spoilt ballot papers were included as Labour votes. A judge ordered a re-count which took place six weeks ago but since then nothing has happened. I have got my fingers crossed that we shall hear something before Freedom goes to the printers on November 22nd and that it will be very good news.

A ton of reaction to my piece on Stephen Lawrence yesterday, proving that the constant publicity for his case compared to the media blackout on the Gavin Hopley case still rankles with many on our wavelength. There was an interesting contribution from Clive Wakely, a dedicated nationalist who has been around as long as I have. Clive wrote:

"Am I the only one to find the Stephen Lawrence development suspect? The MET has never been held in such low-esteem than it currently is. Ian Blair has lost the support of the London Assembly and the Lib-Dems/Tories. Ian Blair is "close to Labour" by all accounts and it is significant that the people looking out for him are Labour Home Secretary Jacque Smith and Labour's London mayor, Ken Livingstone.

Now - like a Godsend - the MET announce a major breakthrough in a major case and may soon be able to crack the Stephen Lawrence murder. Ian Blair really must have a guardian angel - as he was responsible for this brilliant initiative - which means some of the heat on him to resign will now dissipate. He, of course, reflects in the success of his force's "breakthrough" - although he is not responsible for it's failings!

The breakthrough appears to be that fibres have been found on Stephen Lawrence's clothes that match the fibres from an item of clothing worn by one of the accused - both having been in police hands for years (probably stuffed in the same bag).

Now it may well be that the MET have made a breakthrough and the timing is pure co-incidence - however something much more disturbing strikes me as being likely and the two words "fit" and "up" come to mind!

From a media agency report (note the pivotal role of Ian Blair):
"In a fresh review of the 14-year-old murder inquiry, ordered by Met Chief Ian Blair, forensic scientists have re-examined hundreds of pieces of evidence, using new forensic techniques.
The police have declined to publicly reveal what the tests have found but the Daily Mail, which has campaigned for the re-arrest of the five main suspects, claimed earlier this week that the new techniques used had revealed fibres from Lawrence's clothes on those believed to have been worn by some of the suspects."

Continuing my theme of yesterday on Radio 4's Business News, this morning we should be celebrating that the great British company Hornby, which now also now includes Scaletrix and Airfix (all three brilliant makers of toys in their own right when I was a lad), made a profit of £2 million last year. Before you get out the champagne, you better reflect on the fact that all these great 'British' toys are made in China nowadays.

Tomorrow all roads should lead to Gigg Lane for the FA Cup First Qualifying Round Bury vs Workington, but unfortunately for me the car is in the garage after years of neglect so I shan't be there. I comfort myself with the knowledge that I would probably have had to work anyway so shall just be listening to updates from the game on Radio Cumbria.

Last Friday, despite laying Bathwick Breeze the first winner at Uttoxeter, I eventually just won on the day. It would have been more but I laid the last winner as well. Fontwell and Hexham are on At The Races this afternoon but I'm struggling to fit in any form-studying time, so if I do have an interest it won't be until the later races.

Any new forensic evidence in Gavin Hopley's case?

Good luck to Lynne Smith, the British National Party's candidate in the Castle Ward by-election for Tamworth Council today. I've received no inside information on this contest, so will just be hoping that Lynne can keep up the 10 to 12% average vote that BNP candidates have been polling in by-elections across the country since May's local council elections.

The main story on the front page of The Guardian is that police have confirmed that they are investigating new forensic evidence surrounding the murder of London teenager Stephen Lawrence, which could lead to the re-arrest of the five main suspects in the case. All five men could be questioned again following the re-examination by independent forensic technicians of hundreds of pieces of evidence relating to the 1993 murder.

While the police must be praised for their diligence in seeking to find the murderers of Stephen Lawrence, one is left to wonder whether they are doing the same for other similar cases, such as the murder of Gavin Hopley in Oldham by a gang of Pakistanis.

The newspaper reports that sources confirm that the re-examination of the Stephen Lawrence murder had been conducted in secrecy, with few people made aware of how far it had progressed. It was also suggested that it was highly unusual for Scotland Yard to announce the imminent arrest of a suspect. Now I wonder if there's a secret re-examination of the Gavin Hopley murder using this new forensic evidence also underway. Perhaps those who are having success using the Freedom of Information Act to uncover some of the secret workings of various authorities could find out? And while you are at it, maybe you could ask how much money has been spent investigating the Stephen Lawrence case and how much has been spent on that of Gavin Hopley.

The Guardian used the usual cropped photo of Stephen Lawrence which looks lopsided and must make people wonder why it doesn't look quite right. What The Guardian is hiding from its readers by its careful cropping, as do all the other newspapers, is that Stephen Lawrence is making a Black Power salute in the photo. But why do those in the media feel it is necessary to keep this from the public? Well, in order to make every White Briton feel guilty for the murder of this unfortunate young lad and the probable racism behind it, for him to be seen giving a Black Power salute might make people question whether Stephen was quite as saintly as he is always portrayed.

On Radio 4 this morning in the Business News on the Today programme, a spokesman for BT was bragging over the company's continued profit growth. The interviewer question him about the profits coming on the back of 5,000 job losses, but the spokesman dismissed this, saying that managerial jobs were being cut in some places but recruitment was taking place for similar jobs in others. The interviewer should then have chipped in:

"Don't you mean that the 5,000 jobs are being lost here in Britain and the new recruitment is taking place in India." But he didn't, of course, which makes a nonsense of the report being on a British business news programme. They care only that BT is making a profit, not how, even if this means that British jobs have been shippped overseas. This is the trouble with many of the business programmes. Profit is God and it doesn't seem to matter whether it's achieved to the detriment of this country, our people and our economy.

That irritated me for a start but then to hear the appalling James Naughtie with his fawning introduction to a report on South Africa and the ANC just about finished me off. I could fill the rest of this posting with my view of this presenter and how he parades his political baggage in the very way he articulates the news, so I won't get started. Suffice to say, in this report a White South African explained how he was unable to get a job because of the Government's policy of affirmative action. Employers are obliged to give 55% of jobs to Black Africans, 40% to coloureds, and just 5% to Indians and Whites. Surprise, surprise there's no outcry from the equal opportunities lobby over this, they're probably just disappointed that they can't introduce similar affirmative action over here.

And finally have you seen those advertisements on television for " . . . the fantastic debut album" from someone you have never heard of, showing footage of them singing, "their sensational new single". I wonder how much one of those adverts costs? Wouldn't it be great to have one for "Truth Hurts, the fantastic new album from Colin Auty featuring the sensational new single Where's it all gone now," accompanied by film of Colin performing at the RWB!

Talking of Colin, we are delighted to have him and his guitar booked for a Sunday afternoon social and meeting next month here in Cumbria. That's a date definitely in my diary.