http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/ Searchlight: HOPE not hate 2008 campaign en-gb Copyright Searchlight 2008 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:30:37 GMT Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:30:17 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/ http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/images/hopenothate_sun.gif 50 50 nick@stopthebnp.org.uk campaigns@stopthebnp.org.uk http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Congratulations_to_Blackpool_TUC-ref214 I'd like to say a big well done to Blackpool TUC and the good voters of Park ward who soundly defeated the BNP in a council by-election on Thursday. The BNP polled 218 (12.3%), which was considerably lower than the 339 (17.1%) they gained in May 2007, despite the personal involvement in the campaign of BNP leader Nick Griffin. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:30:37 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Congratulations_to_Blackpool_TUC-ref214 http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+The_debate_begins-ref213 There seems a real eagerness to discuss the future direction of the anti-fascist movement. Much of it is supportive of the Searchlight approach, some of it is not. What is important however is that we have a real debate. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:22:39 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+The_debate_begins-ref213 http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+History_in_the_making-ref212 Barack Obama's victory in the Democratic Party Presidential nomination is a truly historic event. Whatever the outcome in November the fact that an African American can today be in this position would have been unimaginable in the 1960s. Back then, black Americans were still being systematically murdered because of the colour of their skin, forced segregation still existed in many southern states and, until the Voting Rights Act in 1965, there was widespread institutional disenfranchisement of the black community through literacy tests. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:42:58 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+History_in_the_making-ref212 http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+The_blog_is_back-ref211 Hi there, apologies for my long silence I guess I was suffering from bloggers block - if such a thing exists! Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:40:12 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+The_blog_is_back-ref211 http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Waking_up_to_a_different_London-ref210 So the BNP has one person on the London Assembly. If someone had offered us this two days ago, coupled with a net gain of just ten councillors across the country, we would have jumped at it. The media's one-sided obsession with immigration and migration and in particular the BBC's and Channel Four's fascination with the anniversary of Enoch Powell, together with the obvious collapse in support for Labour, meant we entered polling day fearing the worst. Sat, 03 May 2008 08:29:47 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Waking_up_to_a_different_London-ref210 http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Barnbrook_gets_elected_to_the_London_Asembly-ref209 The BNP has one person on the London Assembly after the party polled 5.4%. While this is a significant breakthrough for the BNP, and gives them a platform in intervene in every aspect of London life, it is still far below what the BNP themselves were expecting. Sat, 03 May 2008 01:20:38 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Barnbrook_gets_elected_to_the_London_Asembly-ref209 http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Timescale?-ref208 Does anyone know when the rest of the results will be released? Sat, 03 May 2008 12:24:34 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Timescale?-ref208 http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+2004_v_2008_comparison-ref206 While waiting for the party list votes to emerge, I've just been going through the 2004 Mayoral contest results which provide an interesting comparison with the 2008 results. The BNP results this time are higher than in 2004 which indicate that the BNP will get a higher vote in the party list. This probably means that they will get enough votes for one seat on the Assembly even taking into account the increased turnout. Fri, 02 May 2008 11:41:10 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+2004_v_2008_comparison-ref206 http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Greenwich_and_Lewisham-ref205 Richard Barnbrook polls 5,170 (3.5%) in the Mayoral vote in Greenwich & Lewisham Fri, 02 May 2008 11:11:52 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Greenwich_and_Lewisham-ref205 http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Havering_and_Redbridge-ref204 Richard Barnbrook polled 9,563 (5.7%) in Havering & Redbridge. Johnson won with 52% to Livingstone's 27% Fri, 02 May 2008 11:07:52 GMT http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2008_HOPE_not_hate_campaign_blog+Havering_and_Redbridge-ref204