Ahead of the game

posted by: Nick | on: Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 06:38

If the election outcome was determined by our pre-election organisation then there would be no doubt that the defeat of the BNP would be in the bag. I can honestly say that in all the time Searchlight has been running local election campaigns we have never been so organised. There is a great network developing around the country and a real thirst to learn from one another and help each other out.

Of course it isn't and there is still plenty of work to be done.

Over the next few weeks I will be in most regions of the country, speaking at meetings and dayschools and having more private conversations with local anti-BNP group organisers in the key local authority areas.

If anyone has been following my blog on the http://www.stopthebnp.org.uk/ website then you'll know about the internal problems in the BNP. Obviously any in-fighting is good news for us but it does create new problems. How do we plan Yorkshire when we have no idea if the rebels will be standing for the BNP or at all? Just how many far-right parties will be standing in the Greater Manchester area?

The February issue of Searchlight, which is out at the end of the week, gives our assessment on the likely electoral impact of the BNP split. If you don't already subscribe to Searchlight I reckon it's time you did!