OUR 5-POINT PLAN TO CREATE EMPLOYMENT
Firstly, Invest in Industrial Revival throughout Glasgow:
The Westminster Constituency of Glasgow North East has the highest unemployment rate of any Westminster Constituency in Scotland and the 14th highest unemployment rate in Britain.

It has 17.5% male unemployment, 6.4% female unemployment and 12.2% overall unemployment, according to the House of Commons publication, Unemployment by Constituency, August 2009 RESEARCH PAPER 09/72, 16 September 2009, at page 20 (which shows the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance recorded as resident in each constituency).

We are committed to creating and protecting British Jobs for British Workers. The area within Glasgow North East was formerly known for producing locomotives – back when Glasgow was known as the second city of the British Empire.

Engineering used to be Glasgow’s genius! Where is its industry now?

To return to genuine, long-term wealth and jobs we need investment into the productive economy, into industry. Instead of pouring money into the banking sector and down the drain, we need to invest in industry. The prescription to ensure long-term wealth and jobs is Industrial Revival!

Secondly, Promote Green Jobs:
The BNP stands for energy independence for Britain. We want to see Britain aiming to provide for as much of its energy needs as possible. Nationally, it is dangerous and uneconomic to be reliant upon outside sources for our energy needs.

We advocate investment in jobs and in communities in order to achieve the aim of energy independence for Britain. For example, we want to see an insulation programme for houses throughout Glasgow, creating long-term jobs and saving energy!

We also advocate investment in appropriate sustainable energy sources, as part of our programme for national self-reliance – these would be small-scale energy initiatives, rather than industrial-scale wind-farms which damage and blight the countryside.

Thirdly, Create Apprenticeships:
We want to see the creation of skilled, secure, well-paid, long-term work for our young people. With a programme of Industrial Revival and Green Jobs, we will be able to invest in apprenticeships which will train our young people in useful and productive skills.

By protecting British Jobs for British Workers we will ensure their efforts and wages are not undercut by foreign goods and labour.

Fourthly, Encourage Small Businesses to Succeed:
The best way of doing this is to give small businesses, rates relief. The high cost of business rates in Glasgow is making many small, independent businesses unviable. Slashing business rates is an absolutely essential policy which will allow small businesses to succeed, while boosting employment throughout Glasgow.

Fifthly, Encourage Alternative Methods of Raising Finance:
We support the creation and promotion of local Credit Unions, and we support the “Grameen Glasgow” initiative of Prof Muhammad Yunus – which could allow people to take out a business loan without forfeiting their benefits and without putting up any collateral. (”Grameen” means “rural” or “village” in Bengali.)

IMPROVING EDUCATION
We must make educational attainment a priority. The Westminster constituency of Glasgow North East is the 4th worst for educational attainment in all of Scotland, and the 14th worst for educational attainment in all of Britain

Out of 628 Westminster constituencies, Glasgow North East is the 615th worst for people with no qualifications, and out of the 59 in Scotland, it is 4th from the bottom. That is to say, more than a quarter (25.5%) of people in Glasgow North East have no qualifications at all.
(Christopher Mackie, “Millions spent but location still key to earning degree”, The Scotsman, 19-10-09 at pages 14-15)

We want less politically correct teaching methods, and better discipline in schools. We will concentrate on the “3Rs”, and we will not just “throw money” at the matter. Smaller class sizes are helpful but useless without the proper teaching methods.

We want an end to the politically-correct, multi-racial brainwashing of our children. We want to remove all such harmful propaganda from our schools. We will promote British and Scottish history and heritage first.

While we acknowledge a link between economic deprivation and poor educational attainment, there are other reasons for poor educational attainment! Family breakdown, unemployment, addiction, and debt are other drivers and must all be addressed as part of an overall package to fight poverty and raise educational achievement.

ENDING MASS IMMIGRATION
We say, “No to mass immigration and bogus asylum seeking. Yes to repatriation of bogus asylum seekers and illegal immigrants.”

Most so-called asylum seekers are bogus. For example, of the 19,400 “asylum seekers” who had decisions made in 2008 by the Home Office, 70% were refused refugee status or any other kind of leave.
See: Home Office Statistical Bulletin, “Control of Immigration Statistics, United Kingdom 2008″, at page 21 and at Table 2.1b on page 58, published August 2009.
Download at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs09/hosb1409.pdf

Glasgow is currently home to the largest number of dispersed asylum seekers in the UK. The Sighthill estate in the constituency of Glasgow North East is home to the majority of dispersed asylum seekers. Cowlairs in the constituency of Glasgow North East is the area of Glasgow with the highest percentage of resident asylum seekers.
See: http://www.icar.org.uk/9983/glasgow/current-situation.html

We are unique in campaigning for these policies. All the other major parties, and especially the SNP and the Labour Party want to promote mass immigration and bogus asylum seeking into Scotland, and into Glasgow in particular. They want to overcrowd our city and bring down the wages of Glaswegians. Only the BNP stands against this irresponsible and immoral policy.

REFERENDUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY
We will offer a Referendum on the Death Penalty! We are the only people committed to giving the people a choice on this matter.

We want serious jail sentences for serious crimes. If you commit the crime – you must do the time.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS: BRING THEM HOME
We support our troops and we say, “Bring the troops home and put them on our border!”

We ask, why are we in Afghanistan, “protecting Britain from the Taliban”, when it would be more effective to stop them coming into Britain in the first place!

We also want to replace the politically partisan Donald Dewar statue at the top of Buchanan Street in the centre of Glasgow, with a non-political memorial to the soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Remember that the by-election is on Thursday 12 November 2009. Charlie needs your help. If you can be with him on the streets, please call him on 07827 811008. If you cannot campaign physically, please donate to us financially by writing a cheque payable to “BNP-Scotland” or “British Heritage” and sending to PO Box 11815, Turriff, AB53 8WB. We really need your help. If you cannot do anything else at this time, then please donate to the Party!