White Dragon
02-23-2005, 12:39 PM
The far right British National Party will be entitled to a party political broadcast and a free mailshot to 7 million voters as it puts up a record number of candidates in the forthcoming general election, the Guardian has learned.
According to a confidential briefing document sent to Labour MPs, the BNP will field between 100 and 120 candidates, three times more than at the 2001 general election. The memo, prepared by the anti-fascist organisation Searchlight, states that senior figures within the extremist organisation plan to target seats held by members of the shadow cabinet as well as focusing on its "traditional strongholds" in West Yorkshire, the north-west, the Midlands and east London.
Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,11981,1418958,00.html)
According to a confidential briefing document sent to Labour MPs, the BNP will field between 100 and 120 candidates, three times more than at the 2001 general election. The memo, prepared by the anti-fascist organisation Searchlight, states that senior figures within the extremist organisation plan to target seats held by members of the shadow cabinet as well as focusing on its "traditional strongholds" in West Yorkshire, the north-west, the Midlands and east London.
Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,11981,1418958,00.html)