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NICK Griffin and the British National Party’s Elections Officer, Clive Jefferson were in London this morning for a meeting with regard to the Greater London Assembly and the London Mayoral elections which take place in May 2012.

Last night they attended a packed meeting in Barking where it was announced that Nick himself would be taking charge of administering the London campaign backed up by a team of London organisers who would prepare the most professional election effort ever seen by the Party.

Part of the GLA elections are conducted under a proportion representation system and this offers the British National Party a real chance of once again getting a representative elected.

To be successful, the BNP need a high profile candidate who can generate the publicity needed to mobilise the capital’s remaining demoralised traditional British population to come out and vote.

But that’s not all, once elected the BNP representative must be influential within the Assembly chamber and make sure that the patriotic voice of British Nationalism is heard at every opportunity.

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We felt questions demonstrating a range of issues would be opportune before the summer break, I found the response to the Metropolitan Police’s procurement of a French company for computer services particularly enlightening. Giving business to British companies from the British taxpayer funded public sector may fall foul of EU legislation! Two words describe this madness, Economic suicide!

Woolwich Ferry
Richard Barnbrook
The Woolwich Ferry is a critical river crossing for larger vehicles unable to use the Blackwall or Rotherhithe Tunnels. What is the lifespan of the current vessels and landing stages and how advanced are measures to upgrade them?

Mayor’s answer was delivered orally at Mayor’s Question Time!

SAP System
Richard Barnbrook
The Mayor is on record as promising to improve the GLA’s standards of paying its creditors on time (back in 2008). Having adopted TfL’s SAP accounting system in mid-December 2009, figures show that meeting payments on time has seriously deteriorated from approximately 90% to about 50%! Is the Mayor embarrassed by this lamentable performance on his watch and what action does he propose to remedy it?

Answer from the Mayor
As with any new system, the first few months of SAP’s implementation have been difficult. Although just less than 50% of payments were made in 30 days in January of this year, I am pleased to say, that as expected, performance is now at 85%. This is now in sight of the target set of 90%.

Metropolitan Police
Richard Barnbrook
It was reported recently that the Metropolitan Police Translations costs for last year were £10,663,604. Furthermore, recent reports say the new computer system being installed by the Metropolitan Police to save money is already £10,000,000 over budget! Does the Mayor think London Taxpayers are once again being given shocking value for money?

Answer from the Mayor
The Metropolitan Police Service is a very large organisation with a budget of £3.6 billion.

The full cost of the human resources computer system is £52m and will deliver annual savings of £15m. Improving back office efficiency is essential to keeping resources available for frontline policing.

Metropolitan Police (2)
Richard Barnbrook
The contract for the new computer system being installed by the Metropolitan Police was given to a French company Steria. Do London Taxpayer funded organisations within the remit of the Mayor do their utmost to source and give preference to British firms wherever possible?

Answer from the Mayor
London Taxpayer funded organisations, including the Metropolitan Police Authority, are public bodies. All public bodies are bound to procure in line with relevant EU and UK legislation.

Such legislation seeks to ensure open and fair competition as a means to provide value for money in the contracts that public bodies’ source. Included within these provisions are rules regarding the use of inappropriate or discriminatory selection criteria for goods and services that could be provided between member states. Rules prohibiting such restrictions are directly enforceable against a public authority which discriminates in its award procedures in this manner. The tender referenced was carried out in line with relevant regulations.

Obesity (1)
Richard Barnbrook
Results from the National Measurement Programme indicate that London has the highest prevalence of childhood obesity of all English Regions. What does the Mayor attribute this to?

Answer from the Mayor
Obesity is a complex challenge, caused by a wide range of factors such as environmental, social and lifestyle factors. I share your concerns about the high levels of childhood obesity in this city. My London Health Inequalities Strategy, published in Spring 2010, contains a strong focus on ensuring co-ordinated action to address the range of factors that contribute to increased rates of obesity in London. In addition, my Health Team is collaborating with other cities to identify the particular issues affecting obesity rates among city children, and to share learning about effective interventions.

Obesity (2)
Richard Barnbrook
The Mayor has expressed concern about the high level of child obesity in London and has previously suggested measures to improve this worrying situation. Have any of these measures been implemented and are the early indications showing positive results?

Answer from the Mayor
Curbing the rise in childhood obesity is important and my London Health Inequalities Strategy, published in Spring 2010, contains a strong focus on ensuring co-ordinated action to address this, notably to:

With such a complex issue, requiring multiple responses, it is not always possible to attribute success to specific initiatives. However, we are tracking uptake of key programmes, where possible, and are committed to working with partners to evaluate progress and learn about what works best in promoting health and reducing health inequalities.

Obesity (3)
Richard Barnbrook
Does the Mayor believe London Schools should encourage and actively promote competitive sport in order to assist the reduction in child obesity rates in London?

Answer from the Mayor
Yes, schools can and should play a crucial part in motivating children to participate in sport and encourage both healthy competition and sport for personal satisfaction and enjoyment.

The Government recently announced its intention to establish a ‘Schools Olympics’- an initiative that will see competition within and between schools. I fully support this important initiative and we will be working with the Government to see how best this can work in London.

Obesity (4)
Richard Barnbrook
Would the Mayor be in favour of fast food outlets in the vicinity of London schools being shut between Noon and 2pm during term time to discourage schoolchildren indulging in such foods at lunchtime in order to assist the reduction in obesity rates amongst London schoolchildren?

Answer from the Mayor
Many schools in London already operate a closed school policy at lunchtime. Research from Tower Hamlets (City University) found that children often buy food on the way to school and shutting fast food outlets at lunchtime would not address this issue. In addition, it would be difficult to enforce and I am more inclined to focus on promoting initiatives to improve the provision and uptake of healthy food options in and around schools, and to educate support children and their parents to make healthier choices. My Health Inequalities Strategy includes a commitment to work with partners to increase Londoners’ access to affordable, healthy food and we are actively working to identify and build on what works in reducing childhood obesity.

USA Celebrations
Richard Barnbrook
Whilst everyone condemns the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, would the Mayor agree that President Obama’s expression of what in my view are anti-British sentiments, knowing full well that BP is as much an American company as British, is detrimental to Anglo – US relations and in protest at this anti-British bias and the effect Obama’s comments have had on British pension funds withdraw the £150,000 taxpayer funded grant towards USA Day 2010?

Answer from the Mayor
The oil spill has nothing to do with whether London hosts a USA themed event.

We will continue to support a programme of events throughout the year that is as cost effective as it is wide ranging and are in talks with external organisations about the possibility of London hosting a USA Day this year, which would be sponsored.

Cycle Training
Richard Barnbrook
In the Mayor’s Transport strategy there is a provision to “Offer cycle training for people of all ages”. How does the Mayor intend to roll out this programme and will it be free of charge?

Answer from the Mayor
Cycle training is being delivered by all London boroughs, with TfL having invested £3 million in cycle training last year.

TfL will work with London boroughs and other stakeholders to continue to improve cycle training in London. Funding for cycle training is provided to boroughs by TfL through the Local Implementation Plan (LIP) process. Ultimately, the decision to provide cycle training lies with the individual borough, including whether training is being provided free of charge. Those boroughs who do not provide training free of charge normally charge a nominal fee for the service to ensure people attend the training sessions. The rate charged varies from borough to borough. At Cycle Superhighways workplaces TfL provides cycle training directly, free of charge.

We strive to demonstrate to the London public that we are certainly no one trick pony as the media and LIBCONLAB would have everyone believe with regard to our policies. I trust our members, supporters and voters have been happy so far with our efforts to scrutinise the Mayor on issues that affect Londoners! There is no Mayor’s Question Time in August, enjoy the holiday!

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A statement by Chris Roberts – Acting London Regional Organiser.

All political parties have a blip from time to time, we in the BNP are no different and after a number of years of unprecedented success it was bound to happen that we would enter a more difficult phase before our upward curve continues again. I have no doubt that once we work through our current difficulties everyone will concentrate on the important mission ahead, that of securing a better future for our children and our children’s children.

Now I have always believed that without activists our party is impotent and totally ineffective. Activists are the lifeblood of our electoral success and I also believe sometimes our activists are taken for granted and not praised highly enough. Make no mistake, activists get our councillors elected, got our London Assembly member elected and our European MPs elected. Of course its very easy to think when you’ve been elected it was all your own doing and that without “my” charismatic input it would never have happened! As much as I try not to deflate some of the bigger ego’s in this party, sadly they are deluded if they think that’s the case. Furthermore, any elected councillor, Assembly member or European MP is elected to serve the interests of the public who elected them on the manifesto and policies they set out at the election. Working hard for constituents should be a given in order to demonstrate that voting BNP is the right way to progress our nation’s interests which in turn gives the BNP positive publicity and promotion. Sometimes we must take a critical look at ourselves and where we have let ourselves down we must strive to do better.

It was with this in mind when the Acting London Organiser job was thrust upon me that I decided to look and analyse some areas where we could improve our effectiveness in promoting London BNP. It did not not make sense to me that the third highest elected official in the BNP would also have time to be a Branch Organiser, therefore, following a discussion with various high ranking individuals (including our London Assembly member) I decided that it would be a far better use of his talents to be going around London visiting critical organisations such as age concern, hospitals or various transport bodies etc and of course the general public in order to get valuable feedback and act on any concerns they may have as well as heighten the profile of London BNP. After all our GLA Assembly member was elected on the London wide top up list and has a duty to the whole of London.

In my opinion the Assembly Member has not been been sacked as the Dagenham and Barking organiser, rather the spirit of that manouvre is designed to give the member more time to work on and enhance his London wide responsibilities as well as positively influencing London BNP’s profile.

So to all London BNP organisers, officials, members and supporters, any decision I make is only done with the best interests of London BNP in mind, ego’s and personalities are of no interest to me. The legacy we leave our children and our grandchildren will ultimately be our judge and jury. So allow me here and now to thank all London activists from the bottom of my heart, without you we will not endure, it is a privilige to work with you and I know once these current difficulties are out of the way we will once again together be working hard to get more London BNP candidates elected and they will in turn strive to make our capital city a safe and pleasant place for our people to live and work in!

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Our team at City Hall continue to do London BNP proud. The questions posed to Mayor Boris Johnson have demonstrated that we have a broader grasp of the problems facing Londoners over and above the intolerable amount of immigration our city has had to put up with these last 30 years or so. The mainstream media today are full of reports about high electricity and gas prices. They point out that market forces are not causing high tariffs rather they have arisen due to Climate Change laws brought in by the previous government and now enthusiastically endorsed by the new Condem coalition! Whilst these policies place the emphasis for renewable energy on the energy suppliers, all they do is pass the cost onto the consumer, hence whilst wholesale gas and electricity prices are reasonably stable and have been for many months our bills continue to be sky high! This intolerable burden on the consumer at a time of serious economic hardship can be attributed to loony Climate Change policies of LIBLABCON.

Now remember the BNP question to the Mayor in March this year:
“”London taxpayers’ millions are being committed to your new “Climate Change” strategy. Energy providers are citing infrastructure projects to comply with government co2 reduction targets and renewable energy initiatives as the reason for keeping tariffs high despite much lower wholesale prices. Is it right that Londoners should be hammered twice for what is an unproven theory and doesn’t this actually compound fuel poverty?”

The Mayor scoffed at our question and claimed his policies are “reducing fuel poverty”, yeah ok Mayor if you say so!
We followed this up in May with the following question:

“The French have scrapped their “Green Tax” to ensure their companies can ride out the recession. Do you believe London should follow the French lead and lobby Government to suspend all environmental taxes until economic recovery is well established?”
Answer from the Mayor
No, I do not agree with this approach

So there you have it, Mayor Boris is happy for the economic recovery to be jeopardised by continuing with policies on what is as yet an unproven theory, pretty scary stuff if you are trying to survive on a low income!
Team BNP at City Hall also flagged up the certain demise of Tube Lines long before it happened, so we trust all our members and supporters in London are supportive of our efforts to hold the Mayor to account on a broad range of issues demonstrating to Londoners that contrary to media myth London BNP are very capable of serving the capital!
Mayor’s Question Time for July is this Wednesday 10am City Hall in the main chamber, please come and support us, it means a lot when you do!

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Our 2012 campaign will begin in earnest later this year and with that in mind we are inviting applications from London BNP members to apply to become our 2012 Mayoral candidate. If you would like to be considered as the BNP Mayoral candidate in the London 2012 Mayoral Election, please forward a curriculum vitae about yourself to PO Box 61680, Eltham, London SE9 9BE.
Please include in your CV your BNP membership number, a contact address and phone number as well as the usual history about yourself (career to date, history of BNP activism, hobbies etc.) normally contained in applications of this nature.
The closing date for receipt of CV’s is 31st July 2010.
The person chosen may well have the mouth watering prospect of seeing Red Ken banished from London for good!

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Our oral question about the interests of Black Cab Drivers certainly had Boris on the backfoot at this month’s MQT. You will also note one of our written questions remains outstanding and we will publish as soon as received! The answer on equality initiatives is very illuminating! We certainly strive to scrutinise Mayor Boris on a variety of issues that affect Londoners, however, please feel free to contact our team at City Hall if you have something that needs bringing to the Mayor’s attention.

London Taxis
Question No: 2005 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Do you envisage many black cab taxi drivers being forced to give up earning a living as London Taxi drivers when age limits on Taxis are imposed on the fleet in 2012?Oral Answer at MQT

Rape
Question No: 2006 / 2010
Richard BarnbrookDoes the Mayor think the various applicable London Authorities are failing women bearing in mind the reported increase in victims of rape in the capital over the last year?
Answer from the Mayor:
I have made tackling violence against women and girls a priority and The Way Forward strategy and action plan set out my priorities for London. This sets out an integrated approach to tackle violence against women rather than an approach based on specific types of crime.

Equality Intiatives
Question No: 2007 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
If ethnic minority communities become the majority in London, do you believe spending London Taxpayers money on equality initiatives will be unnecessary and unfair?
In the London Boroughs where ethnic communities are in the majority, namely Brent and Newham, (soon to be joined by other Boroughs) should the spending of London Taxpayers’ money on equality initiatives now cease?
Could you give a timescale on when you believe spending London taxpayer millions on equality issues will finally cease and disadvantaged people in the whole community will be assisted without recourse to race?
Answer from the Mayor:
Spending on equalities activities and community engagement is a means to ensure that my policies meet the needs of all of London’s diverse communities, including some of the most disadvantaged. I will continue with this to ensure that my policies continue to reflect their needs, priorities and aspirations.

Stop and Search
Question No: 2008 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Black people in London are four times more likely to be stopped and searched by the Police than their white and Asian counterparts. Why do you think this is and do you think the Police have good reason for their actions and therefore this statistic cannot be attributed to “racism” within the Metropolitan Police?
Answer from the Mayor:
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

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Strange how politicians seem to assume that the majority of voters suffer with amnesia. Or maybe they put it down to the pendulum effect which can be described as follows:

A government, from one (or even maybe two) of the half-baked main parties gets elected.
Everyone feels a warm glow of optimism.
That cheery feeling soon fades.
The government shows itself completely inept.
The voters groan.
Time for an election- let’s give the other guys a chance!
This time, the former party in opposition is elected.
The people feel optimistic again.
The optimism soon fades as the pre-election promises are disregarded.
The country sinks further into bankruptcy and chaos…..

And so it continues, back and forth.

Presumably Ken Livingstone thinks we’ve forgotten all the disasters of his mayoralty in the general reaction against the inadequacy of bungling Boris!

However, a quick canter back down memory lane should serve to remind us just what a disaster the reign of Mayor Livingstone was! Remember who introduced the congestion charge?
The £200 000 payoffs received by 8 of his City Hall advisers?
The scandal that surrounded his race advisor Lee Jasper with grants from the Mayor’s office?
The money wasted on zany multi-culti projects like the Rise music festival?
The celebrations for the Muslim festival of Eid held in Trafalgar Square for the first time?
And his ridiculous, tearful and nonsensical apology for the slave trade of 200 years ago.
And don’t forget the 27 teenage murders that took place on the streets of London.
All the money wasted on his ludicrous promotion stunt in Venezuela.
And going back yet further, his historic support for of the IRA when he was on the GLC is yet another example of his daft adherence to political correctness and positive discrimination.

And after all this, instead of hanging his head in shame, Ken’s now eyeing up the mayoral contest in 2012. Maybe he thinks that Londoners will be so deliriously punch drunk with having to stump up for the Olympics that they won’t mind forking out for him to deliver yet more of his mad ideas!

It’s about time that Red Ken, Up-in-the-clouds-Blue-Boris, and anyone else from the main parties that has their sights on the Mayoral throne got the message:
Londoners need less government, not more!
We want less interference from the pen-pushers at the GLA.
We want to keep more of our own money, instead of being fleeced with higher congestion charges and exorbitant council tax.
We want less regulation, surveillance and interference in our daily lives, not more of it.
We want the burden lifted from small business, currently over-regulated and priced out of existence.
And we want a London that we can be proud of, that reflects the character and input of the past generations of British people that built it, not one that bends over backwards to reflect the diversity of newcomers at the expense of the people who already live here.

That’s the sort of London I believe that Londoners want. Both Ken and Boris have shown by their past records that they are clearly not up to the job!

By the way, as a keen supporter of animals and wild life I fully applaud Ken as a newt fancier, and. I also appreciate Ken’s support for rare endangered Australian Rhino Iguanas, so I do hope that he has a licence for them now!

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This event, due to take place this month, has apparently been upgraded this year,”to enable the highest number of people to take part and put their questions to Mayor Boris Johnson and senior members of his administration.” For the first time, Londoners will be able to question the Mayor by using Twitter, and the GLA website.

I wish all Londoners who take the trouble to participate, the best of luck!

From my experiences in confronting Boris in the Assembly Chamber face to face, all I get in response to my carefully aimed questions are bluster, avoidance and dismissal. Nothing constructive in the practical sense that would address the concerns of ordinary people of London about immigration, overcrowding, rising crime rates and lack of jobs. And, come to think of it, nothing seems to have been done by the Tories about the programme of affordable (council) housing which was apparently going to be implemented in the Boroughs. But I expect when he’s in front of the cameras in this well publicised and stage managed event, Boris will probably make more of an effort to pander to the points made by members of the public than he does to me! After all, he’s got his beady eye fixed on the 2012 mayoral election already, as indeed has Ken Livingstone.

The purpose behind what are effectively carefully orchestrated public events like this, is simply to placate the voters by giving them the illusion that they can be personally involved in formulating policy, when nothing can be further from the truth. I can tell you from my first hand experiences in the Chamber that Boris and this cronies simply don’t want to know! They know what they think and they certainly don’t want to want to know what you or I think, save to pay lip-service to a choice few voters’ aspirations in order to get themselves voted in again.

Unfortunately, words come cheap, and under the current political system where so much of our daily activity is regulated by Europe, and politicians are never held personally accountable, talking-shops are seen as a useful tool for diffusing voters’ frustrations and getting the politicians themselves trowel-loads of publicity at the same time. Meanwhile, the wheels of a bloated, ineffective and wasteful bureaucracy grind inexorably on, ever more restricting our lives, and strangling personal initiative and freedom. The end result of all this is that nothing changes- to the delight of the top echelons of civil servants who continue to clandestinely run the show and get paid handsomely for doing so.

Enjoy the debate by all means, and do try to bate Boris and get him in a twist if you can! But don’t be surprised when all is said, there’ll be next to nothing done, if anything!

We need to roll back regulation and reduce unnecessary government. The BNP sees the importance of limiting legislation, cutting bureaucracy and restoring power to where it truly belongs- the people!

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Boris betrays the Black cab drivers, watch this video of Richard Barnbrook and Chris Roberts.
Several good points are made, and attention is drawn to the hard work and financial suffering the aspiring cabbie has to go through to gain the coveted badge for hire.

The scrappage system means that the owner of the cab will not get a decent return on his outlay of something in the region of £40,000. Maintaining a black cab is far more expensive than for an ordinary vehicle, and if after fifteen years the owner is forced to scrap it, what is the point of doing ‘the knowledge’ for three years to be out of pocket on a capital outlay?
Another good point is the safety aspect, how safe do you feel in a black cab? A lot safer I am sure than using a mini cab from some back street outfit run by some fly by night unlicensed hacks. I do not recall ever hearing of a licensed black cab driver being convicted of kidnapping, robbery or rape, do you?

The life of a cabbie is hard enough in these straitened times without the financial penalties Boris has planned for them. I think Boris does not want the iconic black cab on the streets of London, what other reason would he have for increasing the cost of running one?

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Mayor’s Question Time (MQT) is on Wednesday 9th June, in the main Chamber, City Hall from 10am. This event is open to the public and you can witness Richard Barnbrook scrutinising the Mayor’s use of London Taxpayer money.
We will be attempting to question the Mayor on the current difficulties facing London Black Cab drivers.
Your support of Richard in the chamber is immensely important as at last month’s MQT the Con – Lab parties were waxing lyrical that the BNP is finished in London. Please do your utmost to get along and by your presence demonstrate that their “writing off” of London BNP is very premature! Afterwards why not join Richard and his team for a cup of tea in the City Hall canteen. Look forward to seeing you there!

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Once again the Mayor’s answers to our questions borders on contempt, spending large amounts of London taxpayers money for little benefit to real Londoners is par for the course. Boris completely ignores our question about the plight of unemployed youngsters who do not resort to crime as an excuse for their plight!

Metropolitan Police Spending
Question No: 1327 / 2010
With public finances being put under the spotlight to limit any excesses, does the Mayor think London taxpayers are being well served with the Metropolitan Police spend on translation costs in the year 2008/09 being £10,663,034?

Oral Response at Mayor’s Question Time:

Time For Action
Question No: 1328 / 2010
Project Daedalus states that “young offenders leaving the Heron Unit move into training and jobs to reduce their chances of re-offending”! Some unemployed youngsters who have not offended but are really struggling to find work have said to me that this is tantamount to rewarding bad behaviour. How does the Mayor respond to their concerns?
Answer from the Mayor
Project Daedalus aims to reduce the unacceptably high rate of reoffending by young offenders leaving custody. In 2008, 78% of young offenders leaving custody had reoffended within 2 years. Poor resettlement outcomes represent a massive cost. In 2008, a bed at Feltham cost the Treasury £54,018. In 2008, some 1133 young offenders from London were sentenced to custodial sentences at a cost of £65m per annum. Project Daedalus represents a Justice Reinvestment approach, which seeks to drive down the cost of reoffending to the taxpayer. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) highlight support with education training and employment as crucial in reducing the likelihood of reoffending and ensuring that offenders are able to make a positive contribution to society.

Time for Action (2)
Question No: 1329 / 2010
Whilst the monetary funding for this Project is shown as £981,000, it was noted in Daedalus update that an LDA grant of £2.5 million was given to experienced third sector organisations! Why has this amount not been included in the overall cost?
Answer from the Mayor
The Mayoral Decision for GLA funding for Time for Action specifies on page three, para 1.6 that Project Daedalus will be funded through an LDA commissioned contract. As such none of the £981,000 referred to in that document is allocated to Project Daedalus as clearly stated on page five, paragraph 3.1

Being a Londoner
Question No: 1330 / 2010
You advised, following the Akmal Sheikh incident, that anyone can be a Londoner without the need of being born in this fair city! Londoners born in London have commented to me that you have undermined and devalued the proud heritage of being born in this city. What is your response to their sense of disenfranchisement?

Answer from the Mayor
Londoners born in London and those that have chosen to make this fair city their home have collectively contributed to its artistic and cultural heritage, its economic success and its reputation as a world-class city. We are all Londoners.

Being a Londoner (2)
Question No: 1331 / 2010
You advised, following the Akmal Sheikh incident, that anyone can be a Londoner without the need of being born in this fair city. Why, therefore, do you spend lots of Londoners’ tax pounds on celebrating Eid, Diwali, Maslenitsa? If we are all “Londoners” together then should tax pounds only be spent celebrating St George’s Day?
Answer from the Mayor
One of London’s strengths is its diversity. Events such as St George’s Day, Eid, Diwali and Maslenitsa aim to raise awareness and understanding of London’s diversity and bring communities together to celebrate the economic, cultural and artistic contribution made by all Londoners. I would also like to point out that the GLA now mark significant Christian events such as Christmas (Mayor’s Carol Service) and Easter (this year for the first time, a Passion of Christ play on Trafalgar Square).

Global Warming
Question No: 1332 / 2010
The French have scrapped their “Green Tax” to ensure their companies can ride out the recession. Do you believe London should follow the French lead and lobby Government to suspend all environmental taxes until economic recovery is well established?
Answer from the Mayor
No, I do not agree with this approach.

Clearing the Air
Question No: 1333 / 2010
Would it be fair to say that the measures needed to achieve optimum success in your draft air quality strategy are potentially expensive? And if so, do you anticipate the majority of this additional cost being met by the London taxpayer?
Answer from the Mayor
The Government estimates that the annual cost of the health impacts of poor air quality in the UK is around £15 billion. This would suggest that in London, the health costs of poor air quality could be as high as £2 billion per year. Reductions in emissions will generate significant savings in health budgets. Failure to meet EU limit values could also lead to the Government being fined by the European Commission. Action to improve air quality now will therefore save taxpayers money.

Many of the measures in my draft Air Quality Strategy are relatively low cost, such as information campaigns and schemes to encourage behavioural change. Other measures such as RE:NEW – the home energy efficiency programme, have wider benefits other than just air quality and will be prioritised.

The current GLA and functional body settlement from Government did not include provision for the level of action envisaged in my draft Strategy to improve air quality. Over the coming months, I will continue to work with the Government to develop a joint action plan for air quality in the capital to ensure that the measures in my draft Strategy are adequately resourced.

London Murders
Question No: 1334 / 2010
With rush hour passengers on their way home from work at Victoria Station being forced to to witness a gang of animals fatally stabbing a young boy, does the Mayor believe he is failing Londoners on law and order?
Answer from the Mayor
No

London Murders (2)
Question No: 1335 / 2010
In light of the last few weeks’ events of fatal stabbings at Victoria Station and Croydon Sports Arena, together with the fatal shooting of a girl in Hoxton, does the Mayor think London is a more dangerous place today than, say, 40 years ago, and if so what does he attribute that to?
Answer from the Mayor
No

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Mayor’s Question Time (MQT) is on Wednesday 19th May, in the main Chamber, City Hall from 10am. This event is open to the public and you can witness Richard Barnbrook scrutinising the Mayor’s use of London Taxpayer money.
We will be attempting to question the Mayor on the millions of pounds of London taxpayer money being spent on Translation costs.
Your support of Richard in the chamber is immensely important as we demonstrate to the Mayor and the other Assembly members that the BNP is and will remain a force to be reckoned with in London for many years to come.
Please do your utmost to get along and afterwards why not join Richard and his team for a cup of tea in the City Hall canteen.

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One of the main tasks of Assembly members is to scrutinise the Mayor and hold him to account. Hopefully, London Patriot readers find the BNP’s monthly questions to the Mayor go some way to achieving this aim especially those on behalf of native Londoners who have only the BNP speaking up for them!

If you wonder what the other Assembly members ask, here’s one from the Tory Andrew Boff;

Tug of War
Question No: 960 / 2010
Andrew Boff
I have been contacted by a Londoner who is interested in whether you would support the reintroduction of ‘Tug of War’ at the Olympics in time for 2012?
Answer from the Mayor:
It is not possible to include new events in the sporting competition schedule for London 2012 at this late stage.

You may remember Boff from last month, saying at February’s MQT that wherever the BNP go trouble follows! Well he’s exceeded that with a pointless question from a pointless party! I don’t know about you but the only rope that I believe should be re-introduced is the one for scum like Ian Huntley and Roy Whiting who murdered innocent young girls for their sexual perversion!

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Here are the Mayor’s answers to the BNP’s March 2010 questions, the first question received an oral answer at Mayor’s Questions last Wednesday:

Global Warming
Question No: 945 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
London taxpayers’ millions are being committed to your new “Climate Change” strategy. Energy providers are citing infrastructure projects to comply with government co2 reduction targets and renewable energy initiatives as the reason for keeping tariffs high despite much lower wholesale prices. Is it right that Londoners should be hammered twice for what is an unproven theory and doesn’t this actually compound fuel poverty?
Oral Response

Global Warming (2)
Question No: 946 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
According to Isabel Dedring’s briefing on your “Climate Change” strategy, 66% of Londoners don’t believe in man made global warming. Is it an abuse of your power to press ahead with your strategy and charge them for something they don’t believe in?
Businesses in London have been warned to expect rising energy costs to fund “low carbon initiatives”. Does the Mayor believe these increased costs will hamper their ability to ride out the recession?
Answer from the Mayor:
This not a statistic that we have ever used in our discussions or briefings on the Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Strategy.

This strategy will benefit Londoners and London’s businesses by supporting them to reduce their energy consumption and consequently exposure to increasing fuel costs.

For example:

1. By making funding available for retrofitting homes we are helping people to reduce their energy bills and reducing the number of people in fuel poverty;
2. By investing in retrofitting public buildings we are already saving taxpayers £1m a year from our energy bills and have a further 50 organisations interested in signing up for the scheme.
3. Retrofitting London’s buildings will in many cases be cheaper than building expensive new power plants.
4. By investing in local decentralised energy projects we are diversifying the supply of energy to London and reducing our reliance on increasingly expensive imported fossil fuels.

Apologising (1)
Question No: 947 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
A couple of years ago your predecessor held a major event at City Hall to say sorry to Africans and afro Caribbean’s for the transatlantic slave trade. Do you think a similar event to say sorry to the working classes of this country who lived and worked in the most disgusting and appalling conditions of deprivation in London at the time of the slave trade would be beneficial?
Answer from the Mayor:
It is right to acknowledge all aspects of our nation’s past, both good and bad, which is why I support strongly the teaching of history in schools; however I have no plans to hold such an event at City Hall.

Apologising (2)
Question No: 948 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
A couple of years ago your predecessor held a major event at City Hall to say sorry to Africans and afro Caribbeans for the transatlantic slave trade. Do you think a similar event to say sorry to the children separated from their families and sent to Australia between the 1920s and 1960s would be beneficial?
Answer from the Mayor:
The UK and Australian Governments have recently issued an apology to the adults who were separated from their families as children. My understanding is that these apologies were welcomed by the people affected and I have no plans to hold a London Government event.

Apologising (3)
Question No: 949 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Should London champion an annual memorial day for the transatlantic slave trade?
Answer from the Mayor:
I have no proposals to do so.

Apologising (4)
Question No: 950 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Should London champion an annual memorial day for the children forced to work in the most horrendous conditions for a pittance, down mines, up chimneys, in the cotton and matchstick industries in the 1800s and 1900s much of which occurred in London?
Answer from the Mayor:I refer you to my answer to MQ947 / 2010.

Childcare Affordability Programme (CAP):
Question No: 951 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
In a recent breakdown of the above, the boroughs of Brent, Croydon, Hackney, Lambeth, Newham and Southwark received close to or in excess of £3 million. This was very nearly double the funding level of the next highest borough! What does the mayor attribute this huge disparity to?
Answer from the Mayor:
The payments made to Brent, Croydon Newham & Lambeth (CAP Phase 1) and Southwark (CAP Phase 2) were made according to the numbers of nursery places secured. These were the five largest borough payments due to their success in delivering these outcomes. These boroughs engaged a large number of nurseries early-on in their delivery and this translated into successful pilots and therefore larger payments.

Hackney (Phase 2) – LB Hackney was the lead in the East London CAP Consortium, which included the five Olympic host boroughs. In this role, the borough received a single payment on behalf of all the members of the consortium.

Gipsies / Travellers:
Question No: 952 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
What is the mayor’s response to Bromley council leader Stephen Carr’s assertion that the Mayor’s request to Bromley to provide 58 more pitches is “preposterous”?
Answer from the Mayor:
We are of course considering the responses to the draft replacement London Plan very carefully, and will be bringing forward a minor alteration to the draft replacement London Plan in due course.

Foreign Languages (1)
Question No: 953 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
You made a point of saying in last month’s Mayor’s Question Time that it was wonderful that London has 322 languages spoken here and this is of great benefit to this City. A number of my constituents have asked if you could elaborate on where the benefits are in having so many languages spoken?
Answer from the Mayor:
London’s diverse population is a significant element in its economic competitiveness. However I believe all immigrants to this country need to learn to speak English, as set out in my Refugee Integration Strategy.

Foreign Languages (2)
Question No: 954 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
In light of your comment at last month’s Mayor’s Question Time that having 322 languages spoken in London is beneficial, would the Mayor have any advice to London teachers who have complained to me that classes with students speaking many languages has actually put many students at a disadvantage as much time is lost in actual teaching?
Answer from the Mayor:
London’s schools do an excellent job in integrating newcomers and I pay tribute to the hard work of teaching staff and Governors.

Foreign Languages (3)
Question No: 955 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
In light of your comment at last month’s Mayor’s Question Time that having 322 languages spoken in London is beneficial, would the Mayor admonish Phil Woolas the Immigration Minister who has stated that his son’s education in London has been adversely affected by the numerous languages spoken in his class by students and the inability of teachers to cope with this?
Answer from the Mayor:
Mr Woolas must speak for himself.

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Do you suffer from pent up rage, do you find yourself annoyed or angry, are you bad tempered and short with others, do you feel uncomfortable or uneasy when strolling peacefully in London?

You probably live in Lewisham…then again it might be Lambeth, or Enfield.

According to the latest statistics, Lewisham is one of the angriest places in London, it came seventh in a survey carried out by ‘The British  Association of Anger Management’. These results are from a study which took place between January and December 2008. Lambeth was top of the league for anger, followed by Enfield.

Inability to handle anger and outrage are highlighted by ‘BAAM’ .                                                                                                                                                  The ‘BAAM’ director Mr Mike Fisher, “I believe issues such as crime, violence, road rage, addiction, eating disorders, depression and many other mental health issues all stem from our inability as a culture to handle or express our feelings, especially those of anger”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1) What does he mean by ‘culture’, does he mean the artificial construct we have been forced to live with for the last 60 years, or does he mean the ‘culture’ that existed before the ‘multicultural’ hell that passes for ‘culture’ ?

2) I do not recall fifty years ago when we had a relatively stable society, many of us having problems with eating disorders, or the violence we experience these days, or depression, or addiction, or the myriad other imported problems that, if we were allowed to express our feelings without fear of recrimination, would be laid firmly at the door of the traitors that have led us by the nose down the ‘Road to Perdition’.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I am deliberate in my choice of words in the last sentence, the idea that we must refrain from commenting about how we feel is the fuel that feeds the fire of resentment towards our betrayers, and so feeds the fire of Patriotism.

3) What do these Boroughs have in common?                                                                                                                                                                                                     I refer you to the previous paragraphs!!

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Mayor’s Question Time (MQT) is on Wednesday 17th March, in the main Chamber, City Hall from 10am. This event is open to the public and you can witness Richard Barnbrook scrutinising the Mayor’s use of London Taxpayer money.
The Mayor recently launched his Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Strategy and Richard is hoping to question the Mayor’s plans to spend £millions of London taxpayers money on this project.
Your support of Richard in the chamber is immensely important as we demonstrate to the Mayor and the other Assembly members that the BNP is and will remain a force to be reckoned with in London for many years to come.
Please do your utmost to get along and afterwards why not join Richard and his team for a cup of tea in the City Hall canteen.

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Here are the Mayor’s answers to the BNP’s February’s MQT.
Will you find the answers (or lack of em) as astonishing as I did? The Hate Crimes question is completely ignored! On being a Londoner you can now be one no matter where you are born! Born within the sounds of the Islamabad mosque? Terrific, you’ll make a great cockney!

London Enriched
Question No: 366 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Does the Mayor believe that the large amounts of London Taxpayers’ money being utilised to support his and the former Mayor’s initiative “London Enriched” is a signal to refugees everywhere that London in particular is the home of milk and honey and exacerbates the arrival of thousands more refugees to Calais hoping eventually to get to London and access these perceived riches?
Oral response given at Mayor’s Question Time

Hate Crimes
Question No: 367 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Ben Kinsella, Robert Knox, Jimmy Mizen, Martin Dinnegan, Peter Woodham, Richard Whelan, Billy Ward and Blly Gregory to name but a few in recent times, were all murdered by individuals from ethnic communities. Do you share the concern of many Londoners that absolutely none of these killings have been designated ‘racist murders’ by the Metropolitan Police, and that double standards are being applied, bearing in mind that, in my view, an enormous guilt trip was imposed on British people after the Stephen Lawrence murder and the subsequent numerous investigations?
Answer from the Mayor:
We must condemn all forms of violence as it affects all of London.

Global Warming (1)
Question No: 368 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
After your attendance at the Copenhagen Climate change Summit, would you agree with the sentiments of EU spokesman Nick Griffin MEP when he asserts that in fact “the world is cooling” and global warming is a fraud?
Answer from the Mayor:
Clearly I don’t agree as I launched my two climate change strategies earlier this month.

Global Warming (2)
Question No: 369 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
With the climate change agenda badly discredited with false data combined with one of the coldest spells on record, is it time to abandon our obsession with carbon footprints and tackle the real environmental disaster affecting London, namely overpopulation?
Answer from the Mayor:
Please see my response to MQ368 / 2010.

Global Warming (3)
Question No: 370 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Would the Mayor agree that all his recent initiatives on water shortages, energy shortages, housing shortages and waste disposal problems actually point to London being populated beyond its means and is it not incumbent upon the Mayor to address that issue above all others?
Answer from the Mayor:
The ‘shortages’ and ‘problems’ to which you refer cannot all be attributed to population. A range of factors bear on them including changes in technology, lifestyles, incomes, governance, climate and relationships with neighbouring regions.
My initiatives to address them have taken into account these factors as well as London’s changing population.

Akmal Shaikh
Question No: 371 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Your answer to Brian Coleman in Mayor’s question no: 318/2010, has provoked a number of constituents to ask how you conclude that Akmal Shaikh is a Londoner bearing
in mind he was born in Pakistan, lived in America for many years and moved to Poland in 2003? Is it now possible to be a Londoner without the need for being born in this fair city?
Answer from the Mayor:
Of course ones does not have to be born a Londoner to be one. London has a proud history of making people from all over the UK and the world Londoners.

Notting Hill Carnival
Question No: 372 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
What were the clean up costs in the aftermath of the Notting Hill Carnival for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009?
Who pays the clean up costs in the aftermath of the Notting Hill Carnival?
Answer from the Mayor:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and Westminster City Council (WCC) pay for cleaning their respective boroughs as their contribution of support for this international event.

RBKC’s costs were as follows:
2007/08 – £141,147
2008/09 – £151,699
2009/10 – £174,768

WCC’s costs are not specifically itemised within their cleansing contract, as it is part of an ‘all in’ service for special events, for which Carnival is only one activity.

Sexual Violence
Question No: 373 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Is the Mayor taking any action in relation to the following report in “Safeguarding Children”: “A London Young Offenders Team has reported concerns about the number of young women who regard abusive behaviour from young men as a ‘normal’ part of adult relationships”?
Answer from the Mayor:
My draft violence against women strategy, “The Way Forward: a Call for Action to End Violence Against Women” highlighted the attitudes and beliefs held by young people in relation to violence against women including rape being used as a weapon and young women being passed around as “sexual accessories”.

The resulting strategy and action plan, will contain a number of actions that address the concerns raised about young women.

My Advisor on Health and Youth opportunities, Pam Chesters chaired a roundtable event at City Hall in October 2009 to explore the specific issues facing young women/girls and to jointly develop solutions. Through this event, I have ensured that this issue is firmly on the agenda of London partner agencies and we will continue to work with a wide range of partners to take matters forward for London.

Sexual Violence
Question No: 374 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Following the report in “Safeguarding Children”, in particular the shocking revelation that “nearly all the girls involved with gangs have been raped by male group members. Some senior gang members pass their girlfriends around to lower ranking members and sometimes to the whole group at the same time”, what action is the Mayor taking to protect these vulnerable young girls from this kind of sexual abuse?
Answer from the Mayor:
Please see my response to MQ373 / 2010.

Sexual Violence (3)
Question No: 375 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
Following the report in “Safeguarding Children”, in particular the shocking revelation that a Year 10 student was recently gang raped by some gang members, the girl and her mother are extremely frightened and when questioned the mother insisted it was consensual, what action is the Mayor taking to protect vulnerable girls exposed to this kind of sexual abuse?
Answer from the Mayor:
Please see my response to MQ373 / 2010.

Positive Discrimination
Question No: 376 / 2010
Richard Barnbrook
In light of the disastrous Ali Dizaei fiasco, will the Mayor seek the abandonment of promotion in the public sector on grounds of race and gender and allow qualifications and probity to flourish once again become best practice?
Does the Mayor believe that organisations run more effectively when promoting people on their abilities rather than promotion on the basis of meeting equality targets?
Answer from the Mayor:
I believe that appointments should be made on merit. To do anything otherwise would be unlawful. However, I also believe that the public sector should have a workforce representative of the community it serves and that it should be representative at every level. This means that we should ensure we create an even playing field for every sector of the community – in applications, appointments and promotions to roles within public sector organisations.

A pitiful response from the Mayor on a whole range of issues. LIBLAB and CON have had their day, for 2010 VOTE BNP.

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There will be a Peoples Question Time this Wednesday 3 March at 7pm Harrow School, High Street, Harrow on the Hill HA1 3HP. The nearest tube is Harrow -On the-Hill on the Metropolitan Line.
Mayor Boris Johnson will be there with a number of Assembly members including our own Richard Barnbrook to take your questions.

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Last Wednesday in City Hall the Conservative Mayor and Conservative Assembly members made a major and outrageous attack on the British National Party. A perfectly sensible question by gay Conservative Assembly member Brian Coleman about the increase in anti Semitic attacks in London increasing by 96% over the last year, was hijacked by another Gay Conservative member (its getting like Heaven nightclub in the GLA there’s so many gays) Andrew Boff, claiming that our intention to stand Mayoral Candidates in Lewisham, Hackney and Newham presented a threat to peace and harmony (quite what this has to do with anti Semitic attacks is anybody’s guess). Boris the Bluster joined in with this outrageous “lets attack the BNP” bullshit.
BNP Assembly member Richard Barnbrook robustly rebutted this cowardly and disgraceful onslaught by pointing out that so-called race hate attacks are down 25% since the election of 12 BNP councillors in Barking and Dagenham.
Any attack on an individual over their ethnicity is abhorrent, however, as far as I am aware no Jews have been killed in London due to their religion in recent times. Contrast that with the list of young whites killed by ethnics on the streets of London (and below there’s a list of some to jog your memory) and the fact that none of these crimes were considered “racist” with not one Conservative Assembly member having the guts to point this out or bring it to the Assembly’s attention then it underlines in capital letters that the Conservatives care not one jot for indigenous Londoners. As they fall over each other in their concern for foreigners with Mayor Boris Johnson and his current pet project “London Enriched” shining like a beacon over refugees worldwide let us in the BNP not be deflected from shining like a beacon of hope to the people that matter to us, our own people, disgracefully abandoned as they have been by LIBLAB and CON.
The Tories from David Cameron downwards are a desperate despicable bunch of opportunists, speaking up for anyone other than the rightful owners of these British Isles as they look to save their sorry arses in the 2012 GLA Elections. Who the hell does Andrew Boff think he is, telling London Patriots that standing for election in our Capital City is a threat to peace and security. No Mr Buff (sic) the unrelenting immigration fostered on the British people without a bye or leave by previous Conservative Governments which assisted Labour in bringing about this wretched state of affairs, is the reason for a lack of peace and harmony. The only party big enough, strong enough and with the heart and passion to tackle this potentially hideous legacy for our future generations is the British National Party! Support it, cherish it, grow it and vote for it, it really is our last hope!
IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING LONDONERS AND ALL OTHERS NOT LISTED HERE, RECENTLY SLAUGHTERED ON THE ALTAR OF MULTI-CULTURALISM:
Ben Kinsella, Robert Knox, Jimmy Mizen, Martin Dinnegan, Peter Woodham, Richard Whelan, Billy Ward and Billy Gregory.

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Mayor’s Question Time (MQT) is on Wednesday 24th February from 10am in the main chamber at City Hall. This is open to members of the public so come and support Richard Barnbrook as he debates with Boris Johnson on issues that affect Londoners. Its normally a lively exchange between Richard and Boris and this month should be no exception.
After the session join Richard in the City Hall canteen for a cup of tea or coffee.

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