BNP councillor quits

posted by: Nick L | on: Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 21:34

I can now confirm that the BNP has one fewer councillor after Alan Bailey resigned from Havering council citing work pressures. A by-election is set to be held in what appears a tight three-way fight between the BNP, the Conservatives and Labour.

Running the BNP campaign will be local organiser and longtime football yob Jason Douglas who, it would also appear, lives in Bailey's house, although he registers his black cab at a different address.

One of Searchlight's reporters was in the back of his cab the other day and wondered how he has been able to obtain a licence from The Public Carriage Office in London. Maybe the rules have changed but normally convictions like Jason's used to rule you out. (Perhaps a reader could enlighten me?)

Douglas has had problems remembering his address in the past. During one previous election in Redbridge he appeared to be living in two places at once. Mind you he has so much on his plate these days he could be forgiven for making the odd 'slip' in filling out forms. When he is not brawling at football or driving his cab he is running three East London BNP branches.