The following letter was published in the Daily Mail and is of special interest as it was written by someone who spent time on the campaign trail recently.

“I’m not racist, but…” that’s what I heard on the streets of Glasgow North East, time and time again. As the dust settles, activists in the main parties should consider the wider implications.
The BNP came within a few dozen votes of pushing the Tories into forth place and became the new home for angry and disillusioned voters rather than Solidarity, the Scottish Socialist Party and the Liberal Democrats’
Many voters were disillusioned with mainstream politicians. “Politicians? There all the same,” they all told me.
I found an increasing number of traditional non-voters were going to vote BNP. ” Someone needs to grab this country by the scruff of the neck,” was a common feeling.
If the main parties continue to be seen as indifferent or ineffective, then the BNP will continue making inroads in Scotland.
When voters ask why their children can’t get a council or housing association tenancy, the answer “they aren’t priority status” is remembered.
When gangs roam the streets and drug dealers ply their trade with little, if any, interference from the police, voters know who really calls the shots. People have had enough.
Alex Salmond has made much of Westminster dancing to a Scottish tune after next’s years General Election.
If I were him, I would be more concerned about the BNP holding the balance of power in Holyrood after the next Scottish Parliamentary elections in 2011.

MEV BROWN, Independent candidate in the Glasgow North east by-election, Currie, Midlothian.

All I will say is I promise that I will work night and day to make this a reality! We will deliver a BNP MSP in 2011 and nothing will stand in our way.

Gary Raikes

We’re glad to report that the British National Party has pulled off our best-ever result in a parliamentary election in Scotland, demonstrating just how far we have come in a very short time and the extent to which the party is now perceived as a credible, mainstream contender by increasing numbers of voters.

There was no surprise about the top two positions at the Glasgow North East by-election on Thursday 12 November 2009, but the entire story of the contest was the battle for third place.

For our party to even be fighting over third place at this early stage in our Scottish growth is astonishing. Three years ago we wouldn’t even have placed in the top six. Now we’re fighting for third. It just demonstrates the potential out there.

For our readers in England, remember that this result is even more remarkable given that we have four, not three, Westminster parties up here.

When we consider what we were up against, we really have done remarkably well.

Let’s reconsider our seven stated aims at this by-election, which we published in our article on the BNP website on 9th November, here.

Our first aim, to beat all the extreme left-wing parties was achieved, in spades. In fact, we beat the combined vote of Solidarity, SSP and Socialist Labour, added together. So, aim achieved.

The second aim, to get in the top six. Achieved.

The third aim, to beat one of the following: the Greens, Conservatives or the Lib Dems, who on past outings have come above us. Well, we tanked the Greens, and that is so necessary if we are to stand a chance of getting our candidate elected on the Holyrood PR ballot in 2011 or more probably 2015. Achieved.

The fourth aim, to come in the top five. Achieved.

The fifth aim, to beat any two of the Greens, Conservatives or Liberal Democrats. Well, we also tanked the Lib Dems. Achieved.

We said that if we achieved any one of our seven aims then we would have done extremely well in the first by-election that the BNP has ever contested in Scotland.

Fact is, we achieved five of our seven aims, failing only to save our deposit (by 17 votes) and come third, which would have needed an additional 63 votes.

So we came fourth, but consider what we are up against.

The Conservative Party is a multi-million pound machine. It has virtually unlimited access to finance from the City. We had access to exactly £890.34 which we raised at our fundraiser on 27th October.

The Conservative Party has a big team of well-paid, full-time employees in Scotland who are dedicated full-time to winning elections for their party. We had a small band of hard-pressed men and women, squeezing in activism when they could get time off their work.

And then there is the full-spectrum dominance of the Conservative Party, and the other Westminster parties, on our national mass media. We can’t escape seeing them or listening to them in the papers, the TV and the radio, every day, 24/7/365. Yet they have the cheek to complain because Question Time hosted Nick Griffin … once.

Yet still we pushed the Tories to the wire. Indeed, the entire story of last night’s election on TV was whether we were going to take third place from them or not.

Furthermore, all the four Westminster parties had privileged access to the national mass media. They were invited onto radio hustings. We weren’t. They were in the Scottish press every day. We weren’t. They received invites to all the hustings meetings in the constituency. We received not one.

Yet still we tanked the Lib Dems, taking over twice its vote.

We’ve also learned many valuable lessons in this campaign. These lessons are being recorded right now. We know several areas where we need to improve, and we’ll be rolling out this best practice for all our teams during the General Election next year.

Talking of which, we are launching the biggest-ever campaign in Scotland for next year. We have identified 23 seats and we aim to contest them all. That makes a difference from the 2005 General Election when we contested two.

As our candidate, Charlie Baillie, said at the count, this election has established us as a credible alternative in Scotland.

Incidentally, while all the candidates lined up on stage for the announcement of the result, they all, like ill-mannered peasants, left the stage when Mr Baillie walked forward to speak. By so doing they were demonstrating their sneering contempt for the 1,013 good people of Glasgow North East who voted for the BNP, as well as their contempt for the democratic process.

Let us leave the final word to Mr Baillie who told this website: “I’d like to thank all the activists from Glasgow, and the others who travelled far distances to be with us, and without whose help this result would not have been possible. I’d especially like to thank our Chairman Nick Griffin for visiting Glasgow twice. His tremendous popularity really helped us deliver this result. Thank you, Nick. To the 1,013 people of Glasgow North East, thank you.”

Now please take the next step. Please register your interest on this website. We want to meet you and speak with you. We need your help.

If you can help BNP Scotland at the General Election — we are looking for candidates, activists and people who can help pay for the £500 deposit in each constituency — please contact Scottish Regional Organiser Gary Raikes at Scotland @ bnp.org.uk with your full name and address, or send a letter to PO Box 11815, Turriff, AB53 8WB.

And remember you can help us do all these things, and more, without even being a member!

It’s a lovely sunny but chilly morning on Monday 9th November 2009 and BNP Scotland is delighted to welcome to the streets of Glasgow North East, Nick Griffin MEP and Richard Barnbrook GLA (Member of the Greater London Assembly) for a day’s campaigning in the constituency.

We started in Springburn Shopping Centre just after 11am where we spent a full hour in the presence of the national media.

Richard Barnbrook took up the megaphone and regaled shoppers with our message while BNP activists leafleted everyone coming and going. Meanwhile Nick spoke to an eager media as the Truth Truck drove all around the area with its positive message blaring from the speakers.

Interestingly, there was no sign of the other parties at all, as Nick went walkabout, meeting and greeting the locals.

It was then onto Saracen Street with the media keen to keep up.

Richard walked ahead of our entourage, right down one side of Saracen Street with his message sounding out from his megaphone. It was clear to us all in BNP Scotland that Richard is a real professional and judging from his confidence and skill, he has done this many times before! In fact, Richard told us that Glasgow North East reminded him of Barking and Dagenham 3 years ago.

Nick followed and greeted passers-by, shaking their hands, stopping to talk to them and giving them our leaflet. On the other side of the street, our party activists were handing out leaflets as the Truth Truck drove up and down the street.

On one side of the leaflets was the message “SNP – The Mass Immigration Party” and on the other “Fair Play for Glasgow – Stop Asylum Dumping Now!” The leaflet was well-received by everyone.

The leaflet continued: “The SNP are showing their real unpatriotic colours. They want to see even more immigration to Scotland and don’t care that it’s unfair on our own jobless, homeless and taxpayers. An SNP vote is a vote to import even more unemployment, crime and poverty into Glasgow.”

The Truth Truck is very tall and visible. As a passerby commented, “You can see it for miles!”

After spending time in Saracen Street everyone set off for Duke Street. Here we did the same thing. Our entourage walked down one side of the road, led by Richard with Nick and the media and our leafleters in tow, and then we walked down the other side, while the Truth Truck drove up and down and round about the entire area.

Nick was on top form and was as happy to be with us as we were to see him. He is a very friendly politician and loved to shake hands with the people who recognised him – which was everyone.

Everyone was friendly. The only sour note was from an SNP activist who stumbled into our entourage. He called one of our leafleters a “fascist”, only to be brought up short by our activist who rebuked him, “You Sir, have not been brought up properly!”

The frantic SNPer also received a particularly unwanted reminder of his own party’s history from our activist: “Calling us ‘fascist’ is rich coming from a member of a party whose former leader, Arthur Donaldson, was a Nazi sympathiser during WW2 and wanted to set up a Vichy-style regime in Scotland!” he was told. The SNPer stormed off in a huff – we guess the truth hurts!

The facts about Donaldson were explained in a 2005 Sunday Times article which stated:
“Arthur Donaldson, the former SNP leader, planned to set up a Vichy-style regime in Scotland in the event of a Nazi invasion, according to a newly released MI5 file. Donaldson intended to infiltrate the party with Nazi sympathisers, who would undermine the British war effort by carrying out acts of sabotage and spreading misinformation. Following a widely anticipated invasion by Hitler’s forces, the Nationalist leader hoped to establish himself as a ‘Scottish quisling’ in charge of a puppet government. Donaldson, who led the party from 1960 to 1969, was arrested in 1941 and was held for five weeks at Barlinnie.”
(Peter Day, “SNP boss planned Nazi Scotland”, The Sunday Times, 6 November 2005).

You can read the story yourself here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article587207.ece

Let our candidate Charlie Baillie have the final word after today’s wonderful activity. As he told us:

“This was a great day’s activism. Thanks to Nick Griffin MEP and Richard Barnbrook MLA for coming up to help. We really appreciate that. Nick got a great response from the voters and Richard is an extremely impressive politician who really helped to turn the visit into an event! It was especially appropriate that Nick and Richard were here on the same day that Alan Johnson, Home Secretary, was also in the constituency. This is a man who says in today’s papers that he wants ‘a debate’ on immigration. Well, talking is nice, but action is what is needed now! The fact is, Alan Johnson can debate immigration until the cows come home, but he has no intention of ever actually doing anything about it! The voters can see through him. That’s one of the reasons why voters in Glasgow North East are supporting the British National Party – the only party that is not just talking about it, but will actually do something to stop mass immigration.”

Voting is this Thursday 12th November between 7am-10pm. See the “Point of Light” manifesto on which Charlie Baillie and the BNP are standing here:
http://bnp.org.uk/2009/11/a-point-of-light-the-bnp-manifesto-for-glasgow-north-east

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6905279.ece

Mainstream parties say that Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time has raised the BNP’s profile.
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The mainstream political parties are increasingly worried that British National Party could achieve a political breakthrough in Scotland in next week’s byelection.
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Some privately believe that the BNP stands a chance of winning third place in Glasgow North East, ahead of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, or, at best, save its deposit — something the party has never achieved in an election in Scotland.
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In the European elections in June the BNP won 545 votes in Glasgow North East — 4.4 per cent of the overall vote on a 21.5 per cent turn out. To save its deposit on Thursday, the BNP needs to achieve 5 per cent. If the turn-out in Glasgow North East is around the predicted 40 per cent, the BNP would require only 1,200 votes to reach that target.
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The main parties believe that the BNP’s campaign was boosted by the appearance of Nick Griffin, the BNP’s leader, on Question Time last month. They also say that the BNP is feeding off voter antipathy created by the MPs expenses scandal
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Allied to that, Glasgow North East is the only Scottish constituency with a relatively high number of asylum seekers. Ten years ago the city decided to take part in the Home Office’s asylum seeker dispersal programme and many of the several thousand asylum seekers who were sent to Glasgow ended up in the constituency’s notorious Red Road towers.
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Asylum seekers say they regularly face accusations that they are given preferential treatment over local families when it comes to housing allocations.
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Labour MPs out canvassing in the constituency say that they have come across growing support for the BNP among voters.
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“It’s not just in these places where you would expect it but among some of the better-off people as well. I’m worried that the BNP could cause a real shock here,” said one.
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Another was concerned that the BNP could achieve 10 per cent of the vote, although his colleagues disputed that support was as high as that.
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Professor John Curtice, Britain’s most respected polling analyst, said: “You would have to say that this is potentially the best place in Scotland for the BNP.
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“The social profile in Glasgow North East means it is the kind of area where the BNP tend to do well throughout the UK. But you do not expect them to do as well in Scotland as they would do in the same social situation down south.”
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He said that the chances of the BNP coming third were slim. For it to do so would mean that support for parties other than Labour and the SNP had totally collapsed.
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The BNP candidate in the byelection is Charlie Baillie, a long-time member of the party. “The message is that the BNP is opposed to the dispersal policy enacted by the city council. We are opposed to mass immigration and we seek an immediate return for bogus asylum seekers,” he said.
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With the byelection campaign now in its final lap, the Labour candidate, Willie Bain, appears increasingly confident of holding off a strong challenge from the SNP and avoiding a repeat of Glasgow East byelection last year, when the SNP overcame a 13,000 Labour majority.
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Political observers say that the SNP campaign has failed to develop any real momentum.
Labour has made great play of the SNP government’s recent decision to cancel a rail link project from Glasgow to the city’s airport. The SNP has tried to hit back by reminding voters that they have been electing Labour representatives at all levels of government for the past 74 years but that the constituency still remains one of the poorest in the UK.
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The byelection was triggered by the decision of the former Commons speaker, Michael Martin, now Lord Martin of Springburn, to stand down in June as the MP for Glasgow North East in the wake of the expenses scandal.
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Both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, which will also be fighting to save their deposits, did not contest the seat at the General Election in 2005, observing the Westminster tradition that the Speaker is not opposed.
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My information to date, which includes a very good estimate of the votes already cast via the postal votes, is that third place and a stunning shocker is ………..possible, very possible!

Lets not disapoint them! Every member who can get to Glasgow over the next week please contact 07827811008 or 07717774730

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!

A very fair article in today’s Sunday Herald (1 November 2009)
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/the-respectable-face-of-the-bnp-1.929674

This illustrates the extent to which the British National Party in Scotland is growing and developing into a credible alternative, which stands a chance of having a candidate elected at the 2011 Scottish election, or perhaps more probably in 2015.

The Sunday Herald reporter was at our launch on Tuesday night and he writes:
“True to the BNP’s ’suits not boots’ rebranding, there are no skinheads, no fixed scowls at the press, and almost no tattoos on show. Most people are in their 30s and 40s, with women making up about a fifth of the crowd.”

The report quotes quite a bit from our Glasgow North East candidate, Charlie Baillie’s enjoyable and colourful speech, including his paraphrasing of the Randy Travis song, “Point of Light”.

As the article says: “Mr Baillie detects a ‘darkness’ threatening Britain. ‘It’s a darkness everyone must face. That darkness covers everything in sight. It needs a single point of light. The BNP is that single point of light. We alone stand for the survival of this nation and will secure a future for British children,’ he says.”

Charlie and his team need all the help they can get for the by-election on Thursday 12 November 2009. If you can help Charlie and his team to provide the Point of Light for the electorate in Glasgow North East, then please give him a call on 07827 811008.

Now is the time to come forward – and if you cannot campaign physically, please donate to us financially by sending a cheque payable to “BNP-Scotland” or “British Heritage” and sending to PO Box 11815, Turriff, AB53 8WB.

There is a point, when you cannot walk away.
When you have to stand up straight and tall,
and mean the words you say.
There is a point you must decide,
just to do it ’cause it’s right.
That’s when you become a point of light!

There is a darkness, that everyone must face.
It wants to take what’s good and fair
and lay it all to waste.
And that darkness covers everything in sight.
Until it meets a single point of light!

Point of Light, Randy Travis, 1991

The British National Party would turn back “asylum seekers” trying to enter this country if they have passed other safe countries on their way here.

This was said by BNP candidate in the Glasgow north east by-election, Charlie Baillie, in response to a question from a journalist while campaigning in the constituency.

Mr Baillie told the journalist that he would be campaigning on an anti-immigration platform, focusing on the arrival of asylum seekers.

Asked whether he would turn away a “torture victim from Zimbabwe,” Mr Baillie said “Yes. They have neighbouring countries they can go to.”

Meanwhile, BNP Scotland continues to campaign like never before in the seat. So far, some 25,000 leaflets and 4,000 Voice of Freedom newspapers have been delivered in the north east of Glasgow.

The party’s Truth Truck is also being deployed in the campaign. Its first appearance was last Friday when it was out for a 16 hour stint. The drivers report that they were greeted with cheers everywhere they went.

The Truth Truck was also out campaigning over the weekend, despite awful weather.

The British National Party will support the right of Scotland to have a referendum on independence, even though the party is opposed to independence per se, said Nick Griffin MEP.

Speaking after a packed out meeting to officially launch the BNP’s by-election campaign in Glasgow, Mr Griffin said that he supported the call for an independence referendum.

“We will oppose (independence) because we think overall it will be bad for Scotland and the United Kingdom. But if the Scots choose it then they are entitled to have it,” Mr Griffin said.

It was standing room only at a packed meeting for the official launch of the Glasgow by-election campaign at a plush hotel in Glasgow City centre on Tuesday night, reports our Scottish correspondent.

More than 80 members and supporters filled the room with members of the press in attendance to hear Mr Griffin, BNP Scottish leader Gary Raikes and candidate Charles Baillie speak.

Mr Raikes talked about election strategy in Scotland and of how important it was for supporters to take an active part in the campaign.

Mr Baillie provided a round-up of the campaign’s progress. Mr Griffin then spoke and a collection afterwards raised £890 for the campaign.

Mr Griffin then went live on a local radio station for nearly two hours the next morning, and conducted numerous media interviews.

Mr Griffin told the radio show that the BNP hoped to gain ground in Scotland and the main aim of contesting the Glasgow North East by-election was to build on the party’s profile before the next Holyrood elections in 2011.

“We were 4.4 percent in Glasgow North East in the European elections,” Mr Griffin said. “We are going to be running a better campaign and there is a lot of public interest and sympathy for us so I think it is realistic.

“In Glasgow there is a [Holyrood] seat to be taken with probably about 6.5 percent of the vote and we believe that is a do-able thing.”

The next stop on his tour was to visit the FEBA centre for ex-veterans. Some BNP members been involved with helping that organisation and Mr Griffin was able to speak to a number of veterans. He later described their accounts as “harrowing.”

Mr Griffin also spent some time with FEBA founder Mr Tommy Moffat. Many ideas for helping FEBA further were discussed which will likely come to fruition within the next few months.

Mr Griffin said he planned to continue supporting veterans. “If the generals want to be involved in politics for the British Isles, then all they have to do is come out openly and say that how the Government treats our ex-servicemen is a disgrace,” he said.

He also pledged to set up a support network for FEBA if it did not find the £100,000-a-year funding it needed over the next five years. “They are doing wonderful, important work here and they need recognition from the Scottish government,” he said.

Mr Moffat stressed that he was not a BNP member and said that FEBA was a non-political organisation.

It has been reported to our news team that women living in Glasgow are being offered cash by criminals trying to arrange bogus marriages.

One Glasgow MP says he is aware of several cases where young Polish women have been approached and offered cash to marry men from countries outside the EU.

Polish citizens can live and work in the UK since the country joined the EU in 2004, and many Poles have moved to Glasgow.
The criminals are said to be demanding up to £10,000 to set up the weddings, which allow non-EU nationals to remain in the UK. The sham weddings are a quick and easy way for the criminals involved to raise a huge sum of money.

Dozens of young Polish women have come forward and reported being approached by the criminals.

Once asylum seekers have been set up with a woman, the couples then go abroad to get married, away from the scrutiny of the British authorities.

The ‘husbands’ can then legally stay and work in the Britain.

Ian Davidson MP, who represents the Glasgow South West constituency, said: “I’ve been contacted by a number of Polish girls who live locally and say that they’re being offered up to £3000 to marry asylum seekers.

“The men, from Algeria, Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan, hope that by arranging a bogus marriage they will be able to claim the right to stay in the UK.”

He added: “This is a subject that has been concerning me for some time now and one which I fully intend to give increased attention to over the coming weeks and months.”

Which sounds rather like ” I wont be doing anything about it” to us!

The only party that would do something about it is the British National Party and on November 12th the good people of Glasgow North East will have the chance to put their cross next to our candidates name on the ballot sheet. VOTE BNP ON NOVEMBER 12TH.

The media are sitting up and taking notice of the BNP campaign in Glasgow, a small piece in the Sun last week and a splattering of local papers, and now Charlie has been invited to do an interview for the BBC which should get an airing wednesday 21st.

Charlie also heads the list of candidates on the BBC web site!

Local Campaign manager Walter Hamilton has called tonight for members to help distribute 5000 new leaflets saying ” Just think a few hours of your time will help change history in Scotland”.

This is no idle boast, the times are changing, the BNP have never been out of the news during the run up to Nick Griffin MEP appearing on Question time, this is your chance to play a part in making history, a few hours is all we ask, help let the good people of Glasgow North East know there is a real alternative to the expense swindling gang of four, the BNP is here and it is here to stay!

Contact Walter Hamilton on 07717774730

We are receiving a steady stream of enquiries as a result of the leafleting sessions taking place in Glasgow North east showing that we are having an effect in this by-election. However more activists are urgently required to help our teams in Glasgow.
This weekend will see days of action with organisers from across Scotland descending on Glasgow. The truth truck will also be spreading the message throughout the constituency. If you can help please contact your local organiser every extra pair of hands will be welcome.
This is every members chance to do their bit for the BNP in Scotland. Many eyes are upon us lets get our commonsense message to every single household, lets give hope to every voter ignored by the old parties, lets all support our brave candidate Charlie Baillie in the continuing struggle for our country.

We also have to raise funds to continue the good fight please donate whatever you can to ‘Scottish Heritage’ PO Box 11815 Turriff AB53 8WB Together we can make a difference!

Activists canvassed in Saracen Street which is a busy shopping area in a part of the Glasgow North East constituency which has not, hitherto, been visited by the BNP.
This area includes Possilpark which has a reputation for being one of the tougher parts of Glasgow. Our team spent some time here and discovered that the residents were very friendly and forthcoming. The issues here are similar to those in other areas of the constituency; namely a feeling of detachment from their rulers in government which manifests itself in neglect and even disdain. Virtually nothing is done here by the politicians and if any action is taken then it is usually too little too late. The bare minimum seems to be the rule. Needless to say this has a depressing effect on the people and leads to apathy and a sense of hopelessness which translates into a low turnout at elections. We hope that we breathed some optimism and fresh air here and that the people feel that they are no longer taken for granted.

Meanwhile, other activists were busy at Springburn Shopping Centre and although they encountered some opposition from the socialists this was half-hearted and ineffective. To prove the point we set up a stall and six of us continued for another 2 hours. In the meantime, Charlie Baillie received a text from a 25 year old woman we had canvassed an hour before in Saracen Street saying that she would vote for him. A wonderful morale booster to finish the day on.

Campaign team member

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With hundreds more Scottish people waking up to face life on the dole every day you would think Alex Salmond had more pressing matters to attend to than his dream of breaking up the Union.
After trying to rig any vote on ‘independence’ he has suggested that children just out of school should have a vote in it, the fact that these children would be the most likely to be swayed by an internet led media campaign appealing to their natural love of their country could not of passed him!
Now he says he is ready to hold a multi-option vote. Instead of a straight yes or no vote, which would be a resounding no as all recent polls suggest, there would be a third question asking voters if they supported more devolved powers to Holyrood.
Of course any such multi-option ballot would split the electorate three ways.
And, under Salmond’s preferred single transferable vote option whereby voters can list their second preference on the ballot a minority vote for independence could win.
After showing to be wanting on the international stage the SNP have retreated abandoning manifesto promises along the way back to the one issue that they exist for, breaking up the union by any means they can.
At least in the coming Glasgow North east by-election the voters have the choice of voting for a true nationalist party, the BNP, together we are stronger.

It has been reported to BNP Scotland that Labour controlled Glasgow City Council is ensuring that full support is given to an ever growing sector of the Economy.

Three ton vans based at the City Building Depot, Petershill Rd, are regularly loaded with pallets of flat screen tv`s, hoovers, washing machines and prams, to be shuttled to their eager recipients on the Refugee and Asylum seeker scam.

Free electricity is available to subsidise the running of these appliances until the cash comes pouring in! Then benefit thieves quickly convert the ‘unwanted gifts’ into cash on the second hand market.

VOTE TO STOP IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM!

VOTE CHARLIE BAILLIE GLASGOW NORTH EAST