London Organisers met in Central London last Thursday 22nd July, to discuss their plans for the crucial 2012 Mayoral and Greater London Assembly elections due to take place on 3rd May that year.

A committee has been set up to oversee the election with various representatives given specific roles to fulfil as the campaigning gets under way later in the year. Further members will be co-opted onto the committee as and when required.

As we advertised on London Patriot back in June, if you want to be considered as our London Mayoral candidate please forward your curriculum vitae giving information about yourself and your political experience to date, to PO Box 61680, Eltham, London SE9 9BE. Don’t forget to include your BNP membership number. The closing date for this has been extended to Saturday 14th August.

Acting London Organiser and GLA researcher Chris Roberts gave organisers a paper which contained a foreword from himself together with the members of the committee, their respective roles and their contact details.

A draft leaflet for the campaign start in October this year was also put in front of organisers for their input and comments. Chris Roberts commented “it is important all London activists buy into our strategy if it is to have maximum effect and we are to deliver a strong campaign”.

After obtaining a bridgehead in the GLA with one Assembly member in 2008 it’s vital the BNP build on this success in 2012, however, that will only be achieved with every organiser, member and activist in London coming together to deliver our most intense campaign yet.

The meeting went off very well with all those present agreeing that our theme for 2012 will resonate with hard pressed London taxpayers and is something all London BNP can get their teeth into!

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I found this leaflet on my doormat and was just about to consign it to the recycling pile when I noticed a hand-written note attached, which read: ‘Roberta, I found this in a Greenwich library, please pass on’. It was unsigned and I assume had been directed to me in my capacity as a representative of the British National Party in Greenwich.

The leaflet is headed ‘Mama Afrika Family Association – Putting the needs of young refugees and asylum seekers first’. Amongst their services they claim to ‘Refer, link and signpost to relevant services e.g. Health, Schools and Colleges, Housing, Immigration, Social Services, Welfare and Benefits’.

Mama Afrika also offers practical support ‘writing CV’s and filling in welfare benefit and other relevant forms’ and ‘to improve and support the lives of young refugees and asylum seekers in Greenwich and Lewisham Boroughs’ However, the name of the association would indicate that it’s services are aimed, not at all refugees and asylum seekers, but specifically those of African origin.

I can only assume that my informant was shocked by the blatant ‘racism’ of this leaflet and perhaps more so that it was available through a public library. Maybe they were also struck by such double standards in a public body promoting such an exclusive self-interest group at a time when the British National Party is being persecuted for attempting to do just the same for the indigenous British people of this country.

While I can understand Mama Afrika wanting to put the interests of their specific racial group first, I would claim the same right for my own racial group. Why is it only us, the indigenous British people, who are accused of ‘racism’ when we seek to address the concerns of our own people, and do this, not with government funds (assuming Mama Afrika is funded by Greenwich/Lewisham boroughs) but with the small £5 and £10 contributions of our own supporters?

Robert Woods

British National Party Greenwich

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