Local Politics Versus Party Politics

Cllr Tom Bates

I came across this interesting quote from a Councillor Tom Bates on the interweb:

Too many councillors make decisions they know are not the right choice but do so simply because they have been ordered to by the political parties they happen to represent. I firmly believe local councillors have a duty to put the interests of local residents  before the interests of political parties. 

Sounds very much akin to what Third Positionists have been saying since the 80s.

The whole 'party system' with its whips to keep its members voting on party lines, often to obey vested interests and not local peoples' interests, has long been a con.

As long as objective truth is not turned on its head (e.g. one cannot vote that faggotry is correct, coloured immigration beneficial or similar -- but these shouldn't normally come into local politics anyway), then local councillors should not be parts of political party machinery because keeping local parks open, funding libraries, caring for schools and keeping the streets clean does not require an ideology per se, it requires that local councillors do what local tax-payers ask them to do!

If a Labour Council leader obeys a Labour Party ruling and votes against the interests of local people, then that leaves any pretence of "democracy" dead in the water. If local representatives (who should truly represent) want to join bodies, they should form tradesmen guilds or similar to defend the interests of local businesses etc. Third Positionists have also long argued that local politicians should be recallable if they go against the interests of local communities -- making them truly accountable to the people.

You not only do not need political parties in local politics, but they undermine local politics, setting up voting blocs, covering up sleaze and tit-for-tat decisions etc.

So well done Cllr Bates. If only some Tories, Labour and Libs would follow his example...

NF on Yorkshire Politics Show, BBC1 on Sunday 21/02/10

THE POLITICS SHOW SUNDAY FEB 21st 12 noon

BBC Yorkshire - The Politics Show on Sunday Feb 21st which is be aired at 12 noon features an interview with Tom Linden, NF Press and Publicity Officer and also with Steve Smith, NF Burnley Organiser. On Friday 19th Feb, Radio Leeds broadcast hourly news bulletins throughout the day mentioning the increasing number of patriots leaving the BNP and coming over to the racial-nationalist National Front. The Politics Show will be available nationally on BBC iPlayer one hour after its transmission.

[From NF News e-zine #42].

BNP Leadership in Trouble

As there is no independent report on the Nick Griffin organised Leeds meeting to come to terms with the "rebellion" of leading members over the BNP's action in burgling one official's home and in bugging other officials' communications, we publish here a link to an account from a left-wing source:

Link

We'll be happy to publish other accounts when we get them.

On the reported actions of 'Tony Mac' in the report we can state that a leading FC activist met Tony at a recent nationalist shindig and he was a perfect gentleman and obviously a hard-working and well-meaning nationalist.

If the report is factual in this regard we can only imagine the incredible provocation that must have proceeded the uproar.

One thing's for sure though, even if there are tweaks and twists to the story here, any account on the BNP official site of (yet another) "successful" meeting for the corrupt leadership will have to be seen for the Blairite spin that it is.

Speaking to another FC activist who has met both Chris Beverley and Mark Collett his words were: "

Chris was a nice bloke, genuine and sincere. He was happy to work with us and to network with other nationalists to the betterment of nationalism, without compromising the BNP. Everyone who mentioned him before and after had nothing but nice things to say about him.

"Collett on the other hand is a nutter. He approached a couple of us and flew into a spittle-enducing rage about 'Creationism' as if this was intended to "wind us up." He came over as a megalomaniac, puffing his chest out like a hard man, who follows Griffin's line to the nth degree. Contrary to Chris Beverley, everyone who has spoken to me about Collett says he is corrupt, degenerate, a disgrace and a waste of space.

"You could not have two characters further apart in style, substance and character."


P.S. In the Comments section of the left-wing/Zionist post someone has posted a similar account of the meeting - allegedly published by Martin Webster - the homosexual ex-NF National Activities organiser of the 70s. If that is true, both reports seem to concur on the events