Back in circulation

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Monday, 23 November 2009, 16:02

After a two week trip to Rwanda and the Congo and then a week off suffering from an unwelcome parasite I picked up while on my travels I am now back in circulation.

Much of my focus, as I guess it will be over the next six months, is on Barking & Dagenham, where the BNP pose a real threat both in the local council elections and in the General Election. Griffin's decision to stand in the Barking seat is a game changer. It will vastly increase BNP activity and exposure in the media and his hope will be that his presence will generate the media frenzy which propelled them to 12 council seats in 2006.

With control of the council and even a parliamentary seat at stake, I think I will be getting acquainted with the borough quite intimately over the next few months.