EU Election Results 2009

It is a sad day for Britain today, specifically for the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber. It was announced yesterday that the BNP had gained 2 seats in European Parliament. One in each of the districts mentioned above.

And so we wake up today to be represented by Nick Griffin and the BNP. I would personally like to say that they do NOT represent me, or many of the North West or Yorkshire and the Humber, due to voter apathy, political disengagement and such.
In the North West we are now represented by BNP chairman Nick Griffin, they gained 8% of the vote, with a poor 32% turnout.
There were only a few thousand votes between the BNP and the Greens, In Liverpool their figure were lower, with them only gaining 6.4%. Overall the number of votes for the BNP across the North-West declined on the 2004 number, but the collapse of the labour vote and increasing apathy has allowed them to win.

There are many protests happening across the country today, Liverpool Town Hall and Manchester Piccadilly Gardens at 17:30.
It is important to show solidarity now and not to blame each other or ourselves for this, it was always going to be a long shot. We will not go away and we must commit ourselves more than ever to fighting the ignorance which causes people to turn to such a vile ideology.
We will rethink our tactics and build our networks, but we will be back and we will stop them.

I would also like to personally commend Hope not Hate, Unite against Fascism, Liverpool Students Against Racism and Fascism, Not In My Name - LGBT Against Fascism, and all other groups dedicated to the anti-BNP cause.

In the infamous words of Friedrick Nietsche
"Those who forget the Past, are doomed to repeat it"

Poggy
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