Pressure is mounting on British National Party leader Nick Griffin as party activists fury over the disastrous election campaign continues to grow and has now turned into open infighting.
On the BNP’s official Facebook page, Eddy Butler, BNP head of elections and former PPC for Harlow, has openly positioned himself as leader of the BNP and attempted to create some distance between himself and Griffin.
Butler has told party members, contrary to the official line taken on the party’s web-site, the BNP is “troubled times” and that he sympathises with many members who are feeling “disillusioned”. He adds (click here for a screen grab of Butler’s message on Facebook):
“I know some of you are thinking of quitting. This would be a fatal mistake… I will not insult your intelligence by claiming that we just had a good election. In most places (with the notable exception of Barking) our Parliamentary election results improved marginally but at the same time we lost over half of our ‘proper’ council seats.”
Butler has set out his stall to party members by saying the party needs a new leadership which “is a bonus and a credit to our Party in the eyes of the public and not a downward drag on our vote.” In a direct reference to Griffin’s bad judgement over the past twelve months on issues such as the EHRC and Marmite, Butler also calls for greater “political competence”, saying he wants the party to avoid “costly and unnecessary legal battles”.
Another critic to come out in to the open is Dave Strickson, a former PPC for Peterborough and council candidate in Thurrock. Strickson wrote on his Facebook wall “Griffin has to go.” He is calling for Emma Colgate to replace the unpopular leader and his calls are supported by Mark Collett, the former BNP publicity director, who attended Colgate’s count in Thurrock.
Nothing British has also spoken exclusively to Alby Walker, a former leader of the BNP in Stoke. Walker believes Butler is clearly “touting himself as a contender” for the leadership, but he didn’t think he would make much of a difference to the BNP’s electoral fortunes. “Butler lacks intelligence and is not very good at elections.”
Another former member of the BNP has told NB that Griffin’s election campaign “totally backfired” and said party members were feeling “deflated” and “furious” with the leadership. He said:
“Griffin should be very worried. The BNP is on the verge of implosion. Members are very angry.“
If Griffin had any sense he would do a Gordon Brown, but if I was a BNP member I wouldn’t expect any announcements too soon.
Maurice Cousins
I think nothing will be settled until the discussions on the electoral system are finished.
Some may leave, others may join.
It really depends on the outcome of that & if a new system would offer any advantages to the BNP or not.
It looks like we will see another General Election within a year but what will be the voting method?
I admit that a rerun of this election would probably not see the BNP doing any better & that probably applies to the UKIP too.
So I am in favour of some sort of PR now.
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The BNP one day will have MPs,
All you people at NB you have voted for,
Our troops to be killed in Afganistan,
To give £9.1 to £ 13.5 Billion to foreign aid,
To except more immigrants into, schools housing, Nhs,
To except any asylem seeker form anyware, free food and house,
To give the EU another £10. Billion for Greece,
This is the legacy you are leaving for your future families,
i hope you are proud of your selves.
PR will happen, when it does, that will be the start of the recovery of our
Country not this poor excuse for MPs, who still think of their selves first
and formost,
I can sleep at night for voting against the above, i couldn’t if i voted like NB.
NOT A RACIST FACIST NAZI OR A KNUCKELDRAGER, just some one who’s worked hard all my
life like most of the British people and voted for the LABLIBCON but NEVER AGAIN.
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You ungratefull conservatives.
You only won the election because the BNP exposed the truth about the Labour party!
And the public know it even if you won’t admit it.
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Foreign aid works. It is to create interdependence of economies.
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If NG goes do you honestly believe the BNP are finished?
Darby will be the next ‘leader’ but NG will always be there in the background!
You have been taken for the bunch of fools that you genuinely are!
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http://www.paltelegraph.com/columnists/peter-eyre/5954-harrys-place-and-the-bnp–know-the-difference-there-isnt-one The BNP are nothing like the zionist scum at HP, opinions differ but interesting to read, anyone could find the scrote now, oh dear.Lets hope your muzzy mates don’t?
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