Report filed by Stephen Cameron 19-9-08

- Robert Bonnar, ‘Oor Bonnie Jean’, Charlie Baillie, John Robertson
ANTI-DEMOCRATIC MARXIST THUGS
ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT BAILLIESTON POLL
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Candidate
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Party
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Number of First
Preference Votes
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TURNER, David
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Scottish National Party (SNP)
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2318
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MUIR, Andy
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Scottish Labour Party
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2167
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ANDERSON, John
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist
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259
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JACKSON, David
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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159
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MCLEISH, Tricia
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Solidarity – Tommy Sheridan
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74
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BAILLIE, Charles
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British National Party
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73
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O’DONNELL, Daniel
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Scottish Socialist Party-Scrap Council Tax
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58
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CRAWFORD, Moira A
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Scottish Green Party
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45
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DICKIE, Ian
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SUP, Proudly Scottish, Proudly British
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43
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Turnout: 22.68%
After a 3-week campaign, our BNP activists spent polling day, 18 September 2008, visiting the stations in Baillieston, and attending the count.
Candidate Charles Baillie commented on the result: “This is quite a good result for us given that this is the first time standing in this ward. We beat the Greens, who have 5 councillors on Glasgow City council! We just missed beating the Solidarity candidate, which has 1 councillor. So given the resources of these candidates it is a good result for us. It was also very satisfying to beat the SSP by a comfortable margin.”
The day was a little marred by up to a dozen anti-democratic Marxist troublemakers who were intimidating the public who were trying to access the polling stations.
Charles Baillie commented:
“The anti-democratic Marxist rabble got inside the grounds of the polling station – where they were not entitled to be because they were not claiming to represent any particular party – and were shouting absurd lie-filled slogans. They were covering all approaches to the door, walking in front of voters who were trying to get into vote, and aggressively getting into voters’ faces, many of whom were elderly. We were concerned for the electorate’s safety, and also for the safety of the council officials within these polling stations.
“Not only was this an unsuccessful attempt to intimidate our activists who were going about their lawful democratic activity, but it was also an appalling attempt to intimidate voters at the poll. This disgraceful, anti-democratic behaviour is more to be expected from Robert Mugabe’s thugs in Zimbabwe, than on the peaceful streets of Baillieston.
“The British National Party would like to express our appreciation of the professionalism of the Presiding Officers who ensured that voters were able to access the polling stations, despite the best efforts of the Marxist mob.”
INCIDENT AT GARROWHILL
The only party activists allowed inside the grounds of the polling station are the candidates and the official “polling agents” of each party. These people need to apply for, and wear, the official passes which are issued by the council.
The troublemakers, who did not have official documentation, got inside the grounds of the polling station, causing an obstruction, and harassing members of the public who were intimidated, and who were complaining about feeling intimidated. Indeed, two women electors complained to the Presiding Officer that they were being intimidated by the troublemakers.
The Marxists were creating a very nasty atmosphere and demonstrating their contempt for the electoral process.
This was a clear attempt to disrupt the democratic process.
At this point, the Presiding Officer came out and tried to get them to leave. He asked the troublemakers which party they were from and they avoided any direct answers – giving evasive answers. These anti-democratic agitators were breaking the rule that you can only get inside the grounds of a polling station if you have a “polling agent” pass for a specific party.
The Presiding Officer called the police because these people were not moving. Two police officers arrived quite quickly.
When one of the police officers was speaking to one of the troublemakers, an SNP activist came up and sided with the troublemakers and tried to justify their appalling behaviour. Indeed, we were concerned at how pally some of the SNP people were with the anti-democratic agitators.
The support of the SNP activist deflected the policeman from doing what he should have done immediately, which was to tell these totalitarian leftist troublemakers to leave the grounds of the polling station, where they were not entitled to be. If they had refused to leave, then they should have been arrested for breach of the peace. Unfortunately, they were allowed to remain.
At this point, the Presiding Officer decided to call a meeting of the parties in a room in the polling station in order to explain the rules. The SNP candidate, David Turner – who seems a very uncouth, rude and overweight person – said in reference to our candidate, that he did not want to “sit with this shit”.
The Presiding Officer said the troublemakers would have to stand outside the gates rather than inside the gates of the polling station, because they refused to give any information about what party they were representing and were not official candidates or polling agents.
At this point, the SNP candidate sided with the rabble and said he too would stand outside the gate. The only candidate who said he would stay inside the gates was the Conservative candidate.
The Presiding Officer allowed the BNP to stay inside the gates of the Polling Station and at this point, the Marxist rabble moved outside the gates.
However, the BNP activists were concerned for the safety of the polling station staff and for the general public, and decided reluctantly that it would be in everyone’s best interests for us simply to move to another polling station.
The British National Party would like to express our thanks to the staff of Glasgow City Council who administered the election. They were courteous, impartial and completely professional, and were concerned to ensure fairness and the correct democratic procedure. The Presiding Officers at Garrowhill and Caledonia Primary School were exemplary.
The day had its amusing incidents. One of our activists, who was about to give someone a leaflet outside Caledonia Primary School, was deliberately jostled by an extremely unpleasant and inarticulate middle-aged male. Our activist said “No, shoving and physical contact, please.”
This troublemaker replied, “I wouldn’t want to touch scum like you, anyway!”
Our activist replied, “You’re obviously incapable of stringing a sentence together. If you’re a representative of your party then it must be pretty pathetic.”
He replied, hilariously trying to defend the intellectual calibre of his associates, “We have doctors, lawyers and professors in our party.”
Our man replied, “So, where are they?”
That shut him up!
Even though the leftist rabble were trying to intimidate the electorate, the BNP activists nevertheless received warm comments from the public, including a voter who expressed his support and who wanted to take a bundle of leaflets.
Finally, at the count, despite our candidate offering to shake hands after the result was announced, the new SNP councillor, David Turner, ignorantly refused to shake hands.
This new councillor for Baillieston appears to be a coarse and awkward person who does not know how to behave appropriately, with personal manners and social skills well below the standard required for this public position of responsibility. This new councillor also appears to have difficultly in public speaking, and gave a somewhat inarticulate, halting, clumsy, disjointed speech as he struggled to express himself.
Congratulations to our candidate, and all our activists who have helped, once again, to raise the flag of the British National Party and give the people of Baillieston the chance to vote for the hope of our great country.