news
 11th February 2008
Priorities for the anti fascist movement
John Campbell, Chair Yorkshire & the Humber UAF
So although the BNP only won one extra councillor in Yorkshire in the 2007 elections and have recently lost their last remaining councillor in Calderdale following a resignation, we
cannot afford to be complacent. In 2008 we still have much to do
to convince people, that stopping the BNP breaking through into the
mainstream, is much easier than reversing such a breakthrough.
We must also be mindful that although it is vital that we stop the
BNP winning any council seats in 2008, preventing the BNP winning a seat in
the 2009 European elections is critical. The BNP in our region only missed
winning a seat in the 2004 European elections by 76, 000 votes out of an
electorate of three and a half million.
If the BNP wins a Euro seat the degree of threat will rise to a much higher level. It would also mean that the profile and legitimacy of the fascists will become much greater in
every town and city in the region.
The BNP will also be standing candidates in May’s London Assembly elections. In 2004 the fascists missed the five per cent needed to get elected by a mere 0.1%. The BNP’s election to the London Assembly would be the biggest electoral breakthrough by a
fascist organisation in British politics with serious repercussions for us in
Yorkshire.
The cutting edge of the BNP continues to be racism. Challenging
racism and consolidating the alliance between the trade union movement,
Black and Asian communities and all those who wish to defend democracy
continues to lie at the heart of our campaigning.
Only such a strategy will enable us to maximise the anti fascist vote
between now and the European elections in 2009.
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