Newsflash – Chris Beverley defects to the English Democrats
posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Monday, 4 April 2011, 15:11
Chris Beverley, a Leeds BNP stalwart and personal assistant to Andrew Brons, the BNP MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber has defected to the English Democrats Party (EDP) and is standing for them as a candidate in the forthcoming local elections in Leeds.
Beverley, who is also Brons Constituency Officer manager and the BNP’s long term link-man with the openly neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD) in Germany is standing for the EDP in Morley South on 5 May. Beverley was also responsible for posting photographs of anti-BNP campaigners to Redwatch together with his then sidekick Mark Collett whose pronouncements on the virtues of the Hitler and the Third Reich became widely known as a result of the undercover television documentary Young, Nazi and Proud.
The move comes after Beverley, who is well liked and respected within the BNP, was recently suspended by the party chairman Nick Griffin as part of his on-going war on internal dissent within the party which has become increasingly vocal in its criticism of his lacklustre leadership.
Beverely who describes his decision to defect to the EDP as “huge” has promised to reveal his reasons to for defecting from the BNP tomorrow morning. “I am very excited about the coming campaign,” said Beverley, “and am proud to have been selected as a candidate for the English Democrats”.
Quite how EDP members themselves will react when news filters down that the party leadership have allowed a hard line fascist to join their ranks will be of interest.
Posted: 4 Apr 2011 | There are 3 comments
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Comment 1 | From: Stephen Gash | Date: 4 April 2011, 16:09
I stood for the EDP in several elections, but left the party after the Matt O'Connor debacle, and asked for my name to be removed from its database because of its (thankfully short-lived) association with the EFP. Many of us opposed any alliances with other parties, believing the EDP was sound enough to stand on its own platform without the baggage other parties brought with them. Also, it didn't need so-called "celebrity" candidates. I don't know what has happened to the EDP. It always had a firm line on immigration, but was always big on democracy with policies for referenda. It has very good policies on industry and business and portrays itself as an English equivalent of the SNP or Plaid Cymru, although it is probably closer to UKIP, in reality. I don't know if the membership is consulted about people from former parties standing as EDP candidates, but it seems to have gone to pot, which is a pity because it was the only party that would have stopped the flagrant filching of England and the discrimination against England by the laughably named United Kingdom. The latest example, of course, is prescription charges, but the list of disadvantages dumped on England is a lengthy one, and still growing. I don't know why Hope not Hate doesn't speak out against this, as it affects everyone in England.
Comment 2 | From: A R Thompson | Date: 4 April 2011, 19:03
Well now do I detect more deviousness,because of internal disputes! dear boy tread carefully, loyalty is a rare commodity.
Comment 3 | From: Mr Smith | Date: 7 April 2011, 19:21
Why do we keep letting these in the party. Lets stick to what the EDP are best at and what WILL WIN US VOTES Prescription Charges, Student Fees. How do our Asian and black members take to this?
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