Against the odds

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Sunday, 17 May 2009, 13:59

Defying appalling weather HOPE not hate activists are once again on the streets. Over twenty-five people came out in Thurrock where a ward was knocked off in less than an hour. About 80 people have turned up in Leeds and another 60 in Leicester. Other groups were out in Birmingham, Trafford, North and South Manchester, Bury, Tameside and Burnley. There were also three events taking place in Wales to formally launch their HOPE not hate campaign. I’ll try to do a round-up of what happened later on today.

I’ve rested up this morning, trying to catch up with a few things and plan ahead for the coming week. I took a moment to look at the newspapers, which were quite pleasant reading, at least in terms of anti-BNP stories. No wonder Simon Darby was moaning in his blog this morning. His day only got worse when he found out that the BBC had cancelled Nick Griffin’s appearance on the Politics Show.