Becontree by-election
After concerted anti-fascist campaigning involving UAF and others, the BNP were soundly defeated in last night’s Becontree by-election on the border of east London and Essex. Their sick stunt of putting out a leaflet with a picture of the London bus bombing saying “”Maybe it’s time to start listening to the BNP” clearly backfired with a vote rejecting the Nazis’ racist rubbish.
This is the BNP’s second serious defeat in Barking & Dagenham borough within a month and shows the power of united broad-based local anti-fascist campaigning to expose the Nazis and to mobilise the anti-Nazi vote. Of course 19% is still a serious vote for the BNP but this was another place where they expected to win.
The BNP have no base in London and we aim to help keep it that way!
Congratulations to everyone involved in keeping east London Nazi-free.
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Results:-
Alok Agrawal Lab 1171 59.8%
John Luisis BNP 378 19.3%
Anthony Chytry C 283 14.5%
John Bolton UKIP 125 6.4%
Turnout 25.9%.
