Rain and wind could not deter the truth truck from venturing out on Sunday. The team were joined by PPC Richard Payne who reported a fantastic reception as the truck made its way through Banff and Buchan into Gordon and onto Aberdeen for one last push in the North east region.

Day two saw the team in the Banff and Buchan constituency to aid Richard Payne’s campaign using the slogan ” Don’t be insane, vote for Richard Payne” accompanied by the swirl of the bagpipes.

Two of the areas main fishing ports gave the ‘Truth Truck’ a real warm welcome’ support here outnumbering anything we have seen so far.

After being waved down by bin men keen to get their hands on leaflets for themselves and work mates the team stopped for a tea break and were relieved of a number of papers by someone whose girl friend had seen us out in Aberdeen the day before, the word seems to be spreading, the BNP have arrived!

More reports over the weekend.

Thanks to a 24 hour round trip undertaken by Barry Scott and Roy Jones the BNP ‘Truth Truck’ arrived in the North east of Scotland early Thursday morning. After a quick hand over to Scottish leader Gary Raikes the truck was off on the first leg of its Scottish tour.

Aberdeen was visited first followed by a trip up Royal Deeside through towns in the constituency. The loudspeaker was more than ably manned by Steve Thompson whose non stop patter made sure our message was clearly put across to the public. The team were pleased to see that the support including thumbs up, flashing lights and even people clapping out matched the handful of obscene gestures from the ill informed few.

In one day BNP Scotland reached more people than weeks of leafleting would of done. The tour continues through out next week as the team visit all the constituencies we are contesting in the coming election.

Never before have so few bought the message to so many.

The North east region has thrown down the gaunlet, not satisfied with one billboard they have confirmed today that three will be going up. Two in Aberdeen and one in Inverurie on the busy A96 to aid Elise Jones with her campaign in Gordon district , Inverurie is where Alex Salmond has his constituency office.

Sub-regional organiser, Barry Scott reported that “The two new huge billboards are due to be posted on 29th March till 14th April with the original banner due to be posted very soon on the 15th March and it is massive”.

Will Glasgow and West, Lothians or Central Scotland be first to rise to the friendly challenge.

Nick Teasdale

March is set to be a busy time for BNP Scotland, with meetings being held in Aberdeen, Lothian’s and Glasgow in the first week, followed by a week long visit from the Truth truck touring all the seats we are contesting, then finishing with the BNP General Election fund raising road show including live music as well as an address from National Chairman Nick Griffin on the 27th.

Aberdeen will also see the first BNP bill board in Scotland going up as we continue to take our message to the people.

Along with paper sales and leafleting sessions already taking place across the regions this will greatly raise the BNP’s profile in the run up to what promises to be a very interesting election.

As always we need more activists to help out, if you want to get involved please contact your sub-regional organiser or the Scottish office.

Fellow Patriots,

It is IMPERATIVE that we all attend the next meeting on: Wednesday 3rd March, 7PM

As you may or may not know, the BNP’s ‘Truth Truck’ is to tour North East Scotland in mid March.
This, as you can imagine, will generate a lot of Party Awareness and we need to back this up with street campaigning after the truck has gone home.

At this Meeting we will Organise a ‘Mobile Campaign Machine’ where a Dedicated and Ruthless Team of Volunteers (ie: the willing amongst us) will hand out Party Leaflets/Papers and talk face-to-face with the General Public as well as distribute Leaflets to Homes.

We will muster as much People, Posters, Banners, Papers, Leaflets and Signage as we can and take this Campaign Machine to Banff & Buchan, Gordon and Aberdeen Districts.

We all know how limited we are in terms of Willing Activists so we must all Commit and Work as one United Team.

Please email me any other ideas/suggestions or bring them to the meeting.

NOW is the Time We All Do Our Bit!

Regards,

Barry Scott, North east regional organiser

Aberdeen BNP took to the streets once again on Saturday, this time in the Aberdeen South area of Kincorth where they were met with the warmest of welcomes yet to be experienced on the streets of Aberdeen.
“It was as if the residents of Kincorth had been counting down the days until our arrival!” a spokesman said.

Candidate, Susan Ross said that “the majority of people just wanted to talk to us about what we should do to help their area”. High levels of crime appeared to be the biggest issue with local redidents and many felt that it was ruining the good reputation that Kincorth has always had.
“Kincorth would improve over-night if we got more Bobbies patrolling the streets like they used to do” a resident said.
“More for teenagers to do at night would be a good start” said another.

As well as the usual distribution of countless leaflets and newspapers, many good friends,supporters and voters were gained in Kincorth and we look forward to returning in the very near future, Organiser Barry Scott said.

The day ended with a well earned visit to the local establishment ‘The Abbott’ or ‘The Covey’s’ as it is known locally, for a refreshment.

Saturday the 23rd January saw a six-strong team of Aberdeen activists take to the streets of the Garthdee, Mannofield and Seafield areas of Aberdeen despite the terrible weather.

“Even though the rain never stopped the whole day we still had a very productive campaigning session, with the distribution of hundreds of party leaflets and newspapers to supportive residents” Organiser, Barry Scott said.
Candidate, Susan Ross was also on hand to meet and greet members of the public many of whom voiced their concerns about the Government’s recently proposed cuts to OAP’s pensions.

In the predominantly middle class area of Mannofield, local residents appeared visibly amazed at the BNP’s presence in their area and many stopped to accept leaflets and chat with Candidate, Susan Ross.
“The residents of Mannofield acknowledge the fact our Country needs massive change in the way it is Governed and the majority of them were receptive to the idea of the BNP as a credible alternative” Susan said.

As well as the successful ’street presence’ campaigning, hundreds more leaflets were also delivered through local letterboxes by enthusiastic volunteers.

We are now feeling the result of having a one issue executive at Holyrood with little experience of government. The SNP populist giveaway budgets now mean millions of pounds which could have been available for essential services have been frittered away.
The freezing of council tax alone will cost in excess of £200million next year. If the council tax had been allowed to rise by 3% a year it would of cost on average 75p per week. This money could have been used to maintain education and social services that councils are now cutting.
Abolishing prescription charges and tolls on bridges can hardly be justified at the expense of basic health, education and social services.
The latest SNP proposal to spend millions on a unwanted referendum shows how out of touch Mr Salmond has become, as does the SNP led Aberdeen councils proposal to close three primary schools to save £147,000 per year while in the next breath considering prescribing heroin to the city’s addicts.
The estimated cost of this is approx £15,000 per year per addict. With an estimated addict population of 3,000 in Aberdeen this idiocy would cost approx £4.5million per year.
A lack of common sense and foresight by the ‘independence at any cost’ SNP will see the one issue party become a one term party in 2011 as the people wake up to the reality of these false nationalists.

Aberdeen Activists ended 2009 with a successful leafleting session in the Aberdeen South Constituency Area of Torry on Saturday 12th.
“We handed out hundreds upon hundreds of leaflets and newspapers to the good people of Torry who were very eager to get their hands on our literature” a spokesman said.

Many people were also keen to share the problems of their area and confided in our Aberdeen South Candidate, Susan Ross who was also present with activists on the streets of Torry. “I very much enjoyed talking with the residents of Torry who shared their grievances with me and I give my thanks to the many who voiced their support for the Party,” said Susan.
As is to be expected, non supporters of the Party let their feelings be known to ourselves with one Polish member of Torry proclaiming that “you need us Poles working here because all you Brits are lazy bas****s”!

This opinion simply galvanised our belief that Torry is one of the most desperate areas in need our of our help and representation. We aim to Campaign vigorously in this area in the build-up to next year’s General Election.

The day was brought to a close with a visit to one of Torry’s fine watering holes ‘The Grampian Bar’ for a well deserved drink.

Local dynamo Susan Ross has been nominated to stand for the British National Party in Aberdeen South, it was announced at the latest meeting of the party in this northern Scottish town.

“My aim as candidate is to offer real representation for everyday people, confronting real political issues and to show Aberdeen that the BNP really is a credible alternative,” Ms Ross told the meeting to great applause.

Organiser Barry Scott described the meeting as a “roaring success” with attendance figures significantly up on the previous gathering. “There were a great many new faces in the audience which which was extremely reassuring,” Mr Scott said.

“The most promising and significant difference this time round was the increase in female attendees. Some 30 percent of the members who turned-up were women, a very encouraging development,” he said.

The meeting was also addressed by local activist John Robertson who gave an informative talk on the forthcoming changes to the party’s constitution and its implications.

The meeting ended with a lengthy question and answer session followed by a collection which raised £170.

Aberdeen BNP were honoured to have been represented at the Remembrance Sunday Parade at Cowdry Hall.

Four members, including the Organiser, attended the ceremony on the 8th of November to lay a wreath in tribute to those who gave their lives in the name of Freedom and Democracy and to those servicemen still at war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As well as the Service held in Morayshire members in Glasgow also took time to remember the fallen.

The British National Party presence in Scotland has been ratcheted up another gear with the appointment of five additional new organisers, Scottish leader Gary Raikes has announced.

Speaking after a meeting to appoint the new organisers in Aberdeen last Friday, Mr Raikes said the new officials were the result of a recent push to recruit officials in Scotland.

“We are proud to report that the latest batch of officials means that over half of all area authorities in Scotland now have an official BNP presence,” he said.

“Each official has received a copy of the BNP in Scotland Local Area organisers’ pack which has ensured that they understand how the party works, what they need to do to hold meetings, contest elections and what needs to be done to promote the BNP in their regions,” Mr Raikes continued.

“I have enjoyed meeting members from across Scotland over recent weeks and have been impressed with their enthusiasm and commitment. I would like to thank them all for standing up and taking on these demanding roles to insure our continuing growth. There is now a real feeling that success is within our grasp,” Mr Raikes concluded.