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		<title>New Sunday Morning BBC programme poses question &#8220;Should 7/7 Bombers be forgiven?&#8221; and invites convicted murderers as panellists</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Lewis Allsebrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sunday Morning Live presented by news reader Susanna Reid is the latest deplorable offering from the BBC.&#160; Liberal idealism has never seemed so dangerous until now. 
The hour long programme which goes out at 10:00am on Sunday mornings on BBC1 aired it’s second programme today with a hardened feminist and a convicted murderer invited [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><a href="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/image.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="left" src="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/image_thumb.png" width="352" height="200" /></a> <strong>Sunday Morning Live</strong> presented by news reader Susanna Reid is the latest deplorable offering from the BBC.&#160; Liberal idealism has never seemed so dangerous until now. </p>
<p align="justify">The hour long programme which goes out at 10:00am on Sunday mornings on BBC1 aired it’s second programme today with a <strong>hardened feminist and a convicted murderer invited as their “respected” panellists</strong>.&#160; The Beeb have dubbed the programme as a <em>“topical debate show covering religious, moral and ethical issues.” </em>However I’d say it’s only the BBC’s morals and ethics that should be called into question.</p>
<p align="justify">If you can stomach an hour of disgusting suggestions that Britain plunge further into the liberal nightmare the programme can be viewed again <a href="http://bbc.co.uk/i/t6qq6/">here</a>.&#160; I must warn you the way the BBC have loaded their questions towards a liberal do-gooder point of view is frightening and astonishing even by their standards. </p>
<p align="justify">The first programme (aired last week) asked the shocking question<em> “Should the 7/7 London Bombers be forgiven?”&#160; </em>The BBC in a sinister manner spun an argument that the Sin can’t be forgiven but the people can be, and indeed that the Bible teaches people to forgive.&#160; Of course people were allowed to give the argument that some things are unforgivable, but these people were put on the backfoot and defensive by the increasingly insensitive BBC who in a clever but sinister way seemed to show these people as unreasonable.&#160; </p>
<p align="justify">Following on from last weeks abhorrent <strong>Sunday Morning Live</strong> calling for us all to forgive the terrorist bombers and move on to embrace Islam, today we’re pushed towards a point of view that convicted murderers should not be locked up for life!&#160; To add credence to that viewpoint the BBC brought in a convicted murderer who has served his so called “life” sentence.&#160; </p>
<p align="justify">Norman Parker spent 24 years in prison for murder, during his time inside he took part in riots, hunger strikes, escape efforts and rubbed shoulders with the Kray twins, but because he has a degree and has wrote a few books he’s now a respected guest on BBC programmes.&#160; He made the argument that life (if life is life) in prison is a fate worse than death. If the BNP were in charge he’d get the same opportunity to write books and have cosy discussions on TV chat shows as his victims, because capital punishment would be an option for multiple murderers.</p>
<p align="justify">Sadly for <strong>Sunday Morning Live</strong> the sick drag down of society didn’t end with making a case for the release of murderers.&#160; The programme went on to make out that the Burka is empowering for women.&#160; Looks like the BBC is paving the way for an Islamic future for Britain, where all women will be “empowered” by being able to wear the Burka, in fact, like in many existing Islamic countries, they probably won’t be allowed to take them off for fear their nose will be chopped off.&#160; </p>
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		<title>&#8216;Red, White, and Blue Festival&#8217; not returning to Amber Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Lewis Allsebrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report by Cllr Lewis Allsebrook
This weekend it was announced that the Red White and Blue Family Festival will not return to Denby Village, this year.  In fact there will be no national BNP Festival this summer, however key BNP activists will be taking part in team building events and localised social events will take place [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Report by Cllr Lewis Allsebrook<a href="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSCF0933.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;" title="DSCF0933" src="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSCF0933_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="DSCF0933" width="410" height="400" /></a></strong></p>
<p>This weekend it was announced that the Red White and Blue Family Festival will not return to Denby Village, this year.  In fact there will be no national BNP Festival this summer, however key BNP activists will be taking part in team building events and localised social events will take place across the East Midlands.</p>
<p>It was at the East Midlands BNP Regional Organisers meeting last weekend, where confirmation of the news was made. </p>
<p>In making the decision the BNP leadership took into account information that I forwarded regarding underfunding of Derbyshire Police, threatening Islamic counter-terrorism measures.  In 2008 counter-terror measures cost around £3m. </p>
<p><a href="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSCF0940.jpg"><img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="DSCF0940" src="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSCF0940_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="DSCF0940" width="121" height="262" align="right" /></a>The leadership were surprised and concerned to discover that <strong>Derbyshire</strong> has been used for <em>“terrorist training purposes related to almost <strong>every single terrorist plot</strong> within the UK” </em>to quote a Derbyshire Police report.</p>
<p>The threat of the Labour sponsored rent-a-mob, diverting scarce Police resources away from vital counter-terror operations to supervise protest was a key consideration in the decision not to return to Derbyshire.</p>
<p>This decision can no longer be rolled back for the Codnor-Denby Lane site because the land owner Alan Warner has now continued his normal farming activities.  It is illegal to hold the festival on land that’s not been free of agricultural animals for more than 3 months.</p>
<p>Running and setting-up the RWB Festival is very labour intensive and can consume whole months of key activists time.  At a time of huge organisational steps forward, it was also felt that key people would be <a href="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSCF0948.jpg"><img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="DSCF0948" src="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSCF0948_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="DSCF0948" width="241" height="244" align="left" /></a>better utilised by focusing them on the upgrade of the party election machine.  </p>
<p>Last year when anti-BNP protestors left Denby Village they strewn their used posters all over Codnor-Denby Lane.  Michael Clarke and I cleared up after them, at least that’s one job we won’t need to do this year.  Pictured left is Alan Warner throwing “Stop the BNP” posters into a skip.</p>
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		<title>Will Tories withdraw from &#8220;broken 13th century&#8221; Afghanistan or not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 18:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Lewis Allsebrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Tory Defense Secretary Liam Fox has said to British Troops that Britain is not the world&#8217;s police force and that he would like to see a quick withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan.  However Liam Fox also spoke to General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of US troops in Afghanistan, who after speaking to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The new <strong>Tory Defense Secretary Liam Fox</strong> has said to British Troops that Britain is not the world&#8217;s police force and that he would like to see a quick withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan.  However Liam Fox also spoke to General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of US troops in Afghanistan, who after speaking to the new Defence Secretary was confident that we would continue to serve in Afghanistan. The US General said <em>“British support is absolutely rock- solid”</em></p>
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<p>The United Kingdom supplies the most troops of any European nation to the mission in Afghanistan and in fact provides more than the rest of Europe combined.  British troops currently number about 10,000 and 285 British soldiers have died since 2001.  Mr Hague has repeatedly refused to put a date on withdraw from the war.</p>
<p>A senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation Sally McNamara says <em>“What Liam Fox actually said is, we want UK troops out of Afghanistan as soon as possible. That’s exactly what Barack Obama said, exactly what Chancellor Merkel says.”</em> Of course we know that mainstream politicians say one thing and do another. Obama maintains the Afghan mission is primarily humanitarian but is sending another 30,000 troops in a months time.</p>
<p>Unlike Obama, Liam Fox says the Afghan conflict is primarily a military mission, not a humanitarian one.  Fox said that there must be a distinction between military and humanitarian goals. <em>“We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country.” </em>Some common sense at last?</p>
<p>Liam Fox was under attack last night for damaging Britain’s relations with Kabul after he described Afghanistan as a <em>“broken 13th-century country”.</em></p>
<p>A senior Afghan government source said: <em>“His view appears to be that Afghanistan has not changed since the 13th century and it implies that Afghanistan is a tribal and medieval society.</em></p>
<p>The source went on by saying Afghanistan has no mutual respect for Britain and true to tribal fashion condemned our country and threatened to become more ‘difficult,’:<em> “We see Britain as still a colonial, orientalist and racist country that they should have this view. Dr Fox really believes what he said, and he is not alone. London and Kabul must move on or things will be more difficult.”</em></p>
<p>The issue provoked furious editorials in the Afghan press, with the daily Arman-e Melli publishing a leading article yesterday with the headline:<strong> “We don’t need Britain in Afghanistan”.</strong> </p>
<p>So if we are not wanted or needed in Afghanistan, lets withdraw now, rather than linger in a <em>“broken 13th-century country”</em> that sees Britain as oppressive, <em>“colonial, orientalist and racist.”</em> Withdraw NOW and save huge sums of money and most importantly British troops lives. </p>
<p>That’s BNP policy, I’m not quite sure what ConDem will do, they send so many mixed messages out!? One minute they tell our troops we’re out, then they tell an American General we’re in, who knows what they will do, but they certainly have made a rod for their own back. ConDem have been ruling less than a month and clearly they are already lying to somebody!</p>
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		<title>Unite and the Hard Left Madness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 07:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Clarke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterdays violent protest by the Socialist Workers Party which broke up the BA/Unite peace talks at ACAS highlighted the madness of the Left.
Described by Unite joint leader Tony Woodley as &#8216;idiots&#8217; and &#8216;lunatics&#8217; the SWP laughably claimed they were there in support of the cabin crew, yet their actions ruined any chance of a favourable [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterdays violent protest by the Socialist Workers Party which broke <a href="http://ambervalleymatters.org/?attachment_id=1011" rel="attachment wp-att-1011"><img src="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/uaf-altered-300x274.jpg" alt="" title="uaf altered" width="300" height="274" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1011" /></a>up the BA/Unite peace talks at ACAS highlighted the madness of the Left.<br />
Described by Unite joint leader Tony Woodley as &#8216;idiots&#8217; and &#8216;lunatics&#8217; the SWP laughably claimed they were there in support of the cabin crew, yet their actions ruined any chance of a favourable deal.<br />
But this is what the Left do, it is in their blood. Their ideological sentiments cannot be argued in the real world, only in the playground and student union bars; their vision of a socialist utopia may appear wonderful whilst under the influence of a spliff of &#8216;wacky baccy&#8217;. Because they can&#8217;t debate with any logical reasoning they have to resort to violence to get their point across.<br />
We&#8217;ve seen it in Amber Valley with the protests against the Red, White and Blue Family Festival. Those of us who are members of the BNP have  seen them in action at our meetings, and following the leaking of the membership list.</p>
<p>To compound the madness of the &#8216;idiots and lunatics&#8217; it should be mentioned that the Socialist Workers Party control the violent Unite Against Fascism group, and the UAF are financed by Trade Unions, the largest single donations coming from&#8230; you&#8217;ve guessed it&#8230; UNITE!</p>
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		<title>Local LibLabCon Watch (or should that be LabConDem Watch?)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 13:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Lewis Allsebrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MP’s swear, affirm, pledge, erm take an Oath
Yesterday, newly elected MP’s were sworn into parliament, all of them have to make an Oath pledging their loyalty to Queen and country.&#160; A simple matter you would think? Wrong, in politically correct Britain even that’s an over complicated matter.&#160; Each member can choose to swear on a [...]]]></description>
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<p align="justify">Yesterday, newly elected MP’s were sworn into parliament, all of them have to make an Oath pledging their loyalty to Queen and country.&#160; A simple matter you would think? Wrong, in politically correct Britain even that’s an over complicated matter.&#160; Each member can choose to swear on a huge variety of holy books that are all made available in the Commons, and if a new MP dares not swear on the Bible (or their chosen Holy Book), they can choose to make a slightly different oath with no religious reference.&#160; The whole process takes forever and because everyone is signing-up as they please, to what they want, instead of to one common oath it’s no wonder that Westminster is full of traitors?&#160; No doubt some have broken their oath already by conspiring to hand more sovereign power to Europe.</p>
<p align="justify">MP’s we will be monitoring every time they speak are Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) and all MP’s bordering our area.&#160; We will let you know if they’re not acting in your interest, so you have the opportunity to lobby them.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>Judy Mallaber watches longingly as New Mayor is appointed to Amber Valley</strong></p>
<p align="justify">At the same time that Nigel Mills MP was being sworn in at Westminster, at Amber Valley Borough Council the Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place.&#160; Obviously the new Tory MP can’t be in two places at once, and was not in attendance. However someone I’ve never seen at a local council meeting before, and did not expect to ever see again, no longer in Westminster was slouched in the public Gallery.&#160; It was non other than Judy Mallaber (former Communist Party member and ex-MP), I thought <em>‘what’s she doing here?’</em> Then I clicked, after the new Mayor and Deputy Mayor are appointed at the AGM, the Council put a buffet on, she must have been there for the free food.&#160; Unsurprisingly she stuffed her face afterwards plonking herself near the sausage rolls.&#160; Without being able to claim free food on parliamentary expenses anymore this is probably the only gig she can get!</p>
<p align="justify">The AGM sets the council up for the ensuing year, the new Mayor is appointed, now Alan Cox who will chair meetings and be the public face of the Council for the next year. Ron Ashton who has a very genuine grounded personality was appointed Deputy Mayor. This meeting also appoints people to committees and outside boards.&#160; It’s quite a formal affair and allows for a bit more pomp and gesture than normal meetings, which is quite nice.&#160; It is good to see some old traditions being upheld and enjoyed, such as the Mayor wearing full traditional red Mayoral coat and a hat that resembles that of a pirate.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>“Orwellian thought-policing” </em>in the Tory Party</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Interestingly and whilst we’re still on <em>LabConDem watch, </em>I came across this snippet from Roger Helmer (East Midlands Tory MEP).&#160; The CON artists that are the Tories are a completely different breed in Europe, to the point where they sound like BNP MEP’s.&#160; Maybe Roger (and his mate Phil for that matter) would be better off joining the BNP if they don’t like David Cameron&#8217;s Orwellian thought-policing. This is what Roger Helmer MEP has to say on the matter;</p>
<blockquote><p align="justify"><em><b>“…the outrageous treatment of a Conservative candidate:</b> Philip Lardner is a friend of mine, and was Conservative Candidate for North Ayrshire and Arran.&#160; He is also, as it happens, the Freedom Association’s point man for Scotland.&#160; Yet he was dumped by the Party as its candidate, during the course of the campaign.&#160; His offence, it appears, was to say that while all citizens should have equal rights, he personally, as a Christian teacher, was not prepared to teach homosexuality to the children in his charge.&#160; To discipline a man for the simple expression of a conscientious view goes beyond mere political correctness.&#160; It amounts to extraordinary intolerance.&#160; It is positively Orwellian thought-policing, and we should be ashamed of it.&#160; One wonders if the Party would have taken the same action if a Muslim candidate had expressed a similar view”</em></p>
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		<title>Did you vote for Punishment or Preference?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you vote for Punishment or Preference?  Sometimes people like to know that their vote counts even though they&#8217;d prefer a BNP government the threat of Judy Mallaber getting her claws in again is unthinkable. For others this same principle works in reverse.  Did you vote for who you wanted, or for who is most likely [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you vote for Punishment or Preference?  Sometimes people like to know that their vote counts even though they&#8217;d prefer a BNP government the threat of Judy Mallaber getting her claws in again is unthinkable. For others this same principle works in reverse.  Did you vote for who you wanted, or for who is most likely to oust your worst nightmare.</p>
<p>I came across the following servey, it&#8217;ll be interesting to see how the results come out.  Feel free to take part by clicking on the link below;  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XWX5BKS">Click here to take survey</a></p>
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		<title>PR: The Way Forward?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 22:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Clarke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having to watch a third rate leader of a third rate party prostitute himself to the highest bidder is more than a little disconcerting, and does nothing to enhance the broken, corrupt image of politics in this country.
Personally, I have mixed feelings about proportional representation. The current ‘first past the post’ system usually provides decisive [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having to watch a third rate leader of a third rate party prostitute <a href="http://ambervalleymatters.org/?attachment_id=997" rel="attachment wp-att-997"><img src="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ballot-paper-300x216.jpg" alt="" title="ballot paper" width="300" height="216" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-997" /></a>himself to the highest bidder is more than a little disconcerting, and does nothing to enhance the broken, corrupt image of politics in this country.<br />
Personally, I have mixed feelings about proportional representation. The current ‘first past the post’ system usually provides decisive Government, good or bad, but too often in recent history it has given the controlling party licence to indulge in their own spiteful politics. We should never forget Thatcher destroying our coal industry to get revenge on the miners who toppled Ted Heath, nor should Blair and Brown ever be forgiven for flooding our country with an immigrant invasion to (in the words of Blair advisor Andrew Neather) ‘rub the rights noses in it’.<br />
This is not the way politics should be conducted, and the clamour for a change in the system is quite understandable. Even though a FAIR system of PR would possibly benefit the British National Party, I am not over enthusiastic about the weak Governments that would result, and watching the shenanigans of the last couple of days, which would become a regular occurrence, has done nothing to enamour me to the prospect.</p>
<p>However, it looks as though Clegg and his Lib Dims are grabbing their opportunity, and some form of PR will be put to a referendum (although past broken promises and cast iron guarantees suggest we shouldn’t take anything for granted).<br />
What form of PR will they go for? Now, there’s the rub. I would be inclined to think they will want something that is designed to keep the BNP out, but in doing so will it also freeze out other smaller parties?<br />
For instance, if they imposed a lower limit, say 15%, then all the smaller parties would suffer with only the big three getting elected.</p>
<p>Whatever the outcome, here’s something that caught my eye on <a href="http://cllrcliffroper.blogspot.com/2010/05/time-for-electoral-reform.html">Cllr Cliff Ropers Blog</a> that certainly highlights the injustice of the present system:</p>
<p>Democratic Unionist Party     8 MPs from     168,216 votes<br />
Scottish National Party         6 MPs from     491,386 votes<br />
Sinn Fein                           5 MPs from     171,942 votes<br />
Plaid                                 3 MPs from     165,394 votes<br />
Social Dem Labour Party       3 MPs from     110,970 votes<br />
Green Party                        1 MP from      285,616 votes<br />
Alliance Party                      1 MP from      42,762 votes</p>
<p>British National Party             0 MPs from    563,743 votes</p>
<p>Certainly food for thought.</p>
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		<title>Won&#8217;t Get Fooled Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 19:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Clarke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to say a VERY BIG THANK YOU to everyone in Amber Valleywho cast their vote for the British National Party on Thursday. You have helped us to increase our vote by 250% and secure the return of our deposit for the first time. For the other parties the deposit is no big [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to say a VERY BIG THANK YOU to everyone in Amber Valley<a rel="attachment wp-att-979" href="http://ambervalleymatters.org/?attachment_id=979"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-979" title="mick count3" src="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/mick-count3-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>who cast their vote for the British National Party on Thursday. You have helped us to increase our vote by 250% and secure the return of our deposit for the first time. For the other parties the deposit is no big thing, after all what’s £500 when you are getting MILLIONS in funding from mega rich donors and/or the Trade Unions? But for Amber Valley BNP who have raised our whole campaign expenditure from the generosity of local members and supporters, then the return of the deposit IS important. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL.</p>
<p>THE RESULT</p>
<p>As for the result, congratulations to Nigel Mills on his victory. Nigel is a very personable young man and I wish him well, we will just have to wait and see whether he can cut the mustard in the big league. I have no doubt he cares for Amber Valley, certainly more so than the miserable Communist he has ousted (apparently she was seen today at Alfreton Leisure Centre still demanding a recount), but my memory goes back to an earlier posting where former Tory MP Phillip Oppenheim claimed that Cameron wanted his new intake of MPs to be little more than nodding dogs, much like Blair in 1997. I fear Nigel may soon be proven to fit the bill perfectly, which may not be so good for Amber Valley.</p>
<p>THE COUNT</p>
<p>A very enjoyable but tiring time at the count(s). Peter Carney, as Returning Officer, showed considerable restraint when confronted with Labours Mallaber demanding two recounts even though she was 600 votes behind. Then to cap it all, her and her agent wasted even more time bitching over a couple of disputed ballots. Mr Carney did make me smile however when Mallaber and Co rather petulantly disputed his decision to allow a ballot paper with a doubtful mark near the Tory candidate. Having let them argue the toss, he then laid down another ballot paper with a similarly doubtful Labour mark and, with a deadpan expression, asked if she would like him to reject that! The words face and egg-on immediately sprung to mind!</p>
<p>THE MEDIA</p>
<p>A friendly reception from the media, with interviews given to Sky News, Derby Telegraph and The Ripley and Heanor News. The only exception, sadly, was Wesley Mallin from Ambersound Radio who was transmitting live reports from the count. Wesley, for the most part is very professional as Ambersounds Newsman, but I feel he let himself down, and more importantly, Ambersounds audience down, by completely blanking out the BNP. Maybe it was a personal reason for his reluctance to include the BNP viewpoint, after all I had been allowed two interviews in the run up to polling day when broadcasters have to obey strict rules on impartiality, but once the polls close those rules no longer apply. However, whatever his reason, the end result is he may have scored a minor personal victory but he did Ambersounds listeners a great disservice. WESLEY MALLIN 1 – AMBERSOUND LISTENERS NIL.</p>
<p>Fortunately not everyone at Ambersound is as small minded. Taking a short break from the counting tables I went over to their mobile studio where I was given an insight into the intricacies of taking a brief interview from the microphone, putting it onto the computer, editing it, sending it to base and transmitting over the airwaves – a process that takes just a few minutes. For a technophobe such as me, it was quite bewildering, but very impressive. Ambersound can be found on 107.2 FM – it is a community radio station that gets a massive audience of 20,000 listeners – why don’t you give them a try.</p>
<p>One final point on the media. At a national level, I believe the media let the British public down. Cleggs meteoric rise in the polls following his ‘satisfactory performance’ in the Leaders Debates, suggests the public are desperately looking for alternatives to the old gang Tory/Labour corruption. The national media should have grasped the nettle and provided people with more coverage of the smaller parties so that the people could make a more objective decision, as opposed to the X Factor beauty parade.</p>
<p>The Greens, UKIP and of course the BNP would all have benefitted from more balanced coverage, and I’m sure viewing figures would have increased. I’m interested in politics, but I couldn’t cope with the wall to wall blandness, and ended up turning off many times. Do we really need to know what Camerons missus is wearing today? Or if Brown has been to the loo?</p>
<p>THE FUTURE – Won’t Get Fooled Again</p>
<p>The future could be very bright for the BNP. Much of the positive feedback has come from new and (in a lot of cases) surprising sources. People from all walks of life are waking up to what the Establishment Parties are doing to our country, and they are increasingly looking to the BNP as the only viable alternative. Now that the immigration genie is out of the bottle and the LibLabCon have promised to do something about it I can see more and more people becoming disillusioned. All of their promises combined won’t make a blind bit of difference to the feeling that we are being colonised. This is not the amount of immigration that people are comfortable with, and nothing much will change, except of course the lies will become ever more unbelievable.</p>
<p>And that my friends allows me the indulgence of sharing some music from my favourite band……. The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again</p>
<p>‘the parting on the left, is now a parting on the right’<br />
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		<title>Islamic Extremism is under-reported in Derbyshire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 21:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Lewis Allsebrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It should be a huge concern to everyone in Derbyshire that our Police force is one of the most under funded forces in the country next to the duties it has to carry out.  Continued under-funding of Derbyshire Police could mean the force’s ability to continue to fund counter-terrorism collaboration will be vulnerable, meaning [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/beheadthosewhoinsultislam.jpg"><img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="behead-those-who-insult-islam" src="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/beheadthosewhoinsultislam_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="behead-those-who-insult-islam" width="286" height="240" align="left" /></a> It should be a huge concern to everyone in Derbyshire that our Police force is one of the most under funded forces in the country next to the duties it has to carry out.  Continued under-funding of Derbyshire Police could mean the force’s ability to continue to fund counter-terrorism collaboration will be vulnerable, meaning the Police won’t have the ability to call on special operations units as often as they’d like.</p>
<p>Derbyshire Police has already undergone a huge restructure recently to make the force leaner.  The efficiency savings will see Amber Valley’s main Police HQ move from Ripley to Chesterfield, the Chief Constable maintains that backroom office cuts won’t affect frontline services.  For Derbyshire’s sake I hope he’s right, because reports of Islamic extremism have been rising year on year.  It should be born in mind that the UK’s first suicide bomber came from Derby and areas within the Peak District have been used for training purposes.  The latest police figures we have, show an estimated 2800 reports of Islamic extremism in Derbyshire during 2008. The rising trend on the graph shown to us suggests today&#8217;s figures could be much higher.  There remains a high level of counter-terrorist activity within Derbyshire which clearly impacts on normal policing issues.</p>
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<p>Some facts on Terrorism in Derbyshire are shown below they come from a report of the Derbyshire Police Authority and Derbyshire Constabulary. For full report follow <a href="http://www.derbyshire.police.uk/sei/s/760/f581.pdf">link</a></p>
<blockquote><p><em>Emerging <strong>new communities</strong> from Europe represent new and ongoing challenges for the force to maintain social cohesion and provide a quality service to all. </em></p>
<p><strong>Illegal immigration</strong> is challenging our policing response in a number of ways. The force has created the Foreign National Crime Team (Operation Rebutia).</p>
<p><em><strong>Derby is recognised as one of the country’s highest threat areas for terrorist activity.</strong> Over the last 12 months Derbyshire has seen some of the highest security service counter terrorism operations within the UK. </em></p>
<p>Derby has been recognised as a popular venue for the<strong> extremist groups Al Muhajiroun.<br />
</strong><br />
Extremist leader, Omar Bakri Mohammed has publicly stated that <strong>Al Muhajiroun has carried out recruitment activity at Derby University.<br />
</strong><br />
A number of arrests have occurred within Derby related to several national counter terrorist operations.</p>
<p>Derby resident, Omar Khan Sharif was involved in a suicide bombing in Israel.</p>
<p>Derby resident, Uman Javed, imprisoned for soliciting to murder during Danish cartoon protests.</p>
<p>Recently a Derby man was arrested following investigations regarding online threats to kill the Prime Minister.</p>
<p><strong>Areas within the Peak District have been used for terrorist training purposes related to almost every single terrorist plot within the UK.</strong></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Post-Election Message from the Leader of the BNP in Amber Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 17:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Lewis Allsebrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I’ll start by thanking everyone who supported and voted British National Party in the local and General Election. Our vote, although squeezed, held up in Amber Valley and I’m very pleased that for the first time ever we’ve saved our deposit of £500 which will be a welcome boost to local funds following an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSCF1091.jpg"><img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="DSCF1091" src="http://ambervalleymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSCF1091_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="DSCF1091" width="155" height="244" align="left" /></a> I’ll start by thanking everyone who supported and voted British National Party in the local and General Election. Our vote, although squeezed, held up in Amber Valley and I’m very pleased that for the first time ever we’ve saved our deposit of £500 which will be a welcome boost to local funds following an election.</p>
<p>During the campaign it was hard for the BNP to deal with wall to wall TV coverage of the LibLabCon, and many voters took the decision (through gritted teeth) to back the bigger parties to unseat the unpopular Judy Mallaber.</p>
<p>Surprisingly Labour voters also turned out in force.  This made it a tight contest, desperate Labour even argued that one spoilt ballot should be cast against the BNP rather than the Tories!  I don’t think in the General election people turned out for Mallaber’s benefit but more because they feel uneasy at the prospect of a Conservative government. Traditionally the Tories cut essential services that people who are not rich rely upon.  People have been looking back to the last Tory government with foreboding where the NHS was on the verge of collapse and state schools were falling apart.  To Labour’s credit when they were first elected in 1997 the situation for education and health services was improved.  In that respect I can understand why people would stand by Labour, but when I hear people say I’m voting Labour because my Dad and Grandad did so, it frustrates me.</p>
<p>In Labours 1997 manifesto the following statement was made;</p>
<blockquote><p>“I want to renew faith in politics through a government that will govern in the interest of the many, the broad majority of people who work hard, play by the rules, pay their dues and feel let down by a political system that gives the breaks to the few, to an elite at the top increasingly out of touch with the rest of us.”</p></blockquote>
<p>The above is obviously a key promise Labour have welched on, they put minorities first, protected claimants above workers, made prison life easy and have been the worst robbing elite, out of touch with the rest of us, in history. That’s the reason why I feel it’s right they’re bought down a peg or two.  If Labour are ever going to be a force for good again they need to be grounded so they can see how hard it is to find a real job, how difficult it can be to make ends meet, so basically they see things through the eyes of a working class person.  Personally I think the Labour Party is so full of stuck-up snobs that they’ll never get back to that.  That’s why I’m a BNP member and to quote Edward Holmes “<em>The BNP is the real new Labour Party.” </em>I feel that statement could never be so true and Edward would know, he is the ex-Labour Chairman of Ashfield District Council, now BNP parliamentary candidate for Ashfield.  To back this up further I pose the question, why are Labour not asking the following question that Keir Hardie (founder of the Labour Party) made in 1906, one of their first manifesto’s?;</p>
<blockquote><p>The House of Commons is supposed to be the people&#8217;s House, and yet the people are not there.</p>
<p>Landlords, employers, lawyers, brewers, and financiers are there in force. Why not Labour?</p></blockquote>
<p>Sadly electing the Tories won’t achieve the above goal either.  Our new MP is Nigel Mills and his background is in finance.  Don’t get me wrong I think Nigel Mills is a thoroughly nice bloke and I wish him all the best in his new role, but I’d rather be represented by Michael Clarke (BNP candidate) a hard working tradesman who knows the struggles of building an award winning upholstery business from scratch.</p>
<p>But on the Tories the same could be said about them not being the same Conservative Party of the past who under Winston Churchill led Britain to victory against all odds, and a Nazi enemy that would have destroyed everything Britain stands for and left our long and proud historical heritage in bits.  Once the defenders of our great heritage the modern Tories don’t even know which way up to fly our national flag as was demonstrated in Heanor when they hoisted it above the Conservative Club upside down.</p>
<p>Nevertheless I’ll be giving Nigel Mills some grace to get into his new position as our MP and hoping that unlike Mallaber he’ll put Amber Valley first rather than pursue pet projects in places like the Republic Of Congo in Africa.  Although I don’t believe Nigel is a ‘strong voice’ he is an intelligent local man, and I believe his heart is in Amber Valley.  Hopefully he’ll get over his nervous imposition to murmur and gain the confidence to be a strong local advocate for Amber Valley.  The last thing we need right now is a shrinking violet who toes the Conservative party line.</p>
<p>For us in the BNP locally we have to face the reality that we’ll need to work even harder than ever before to push for real change and break the deep seated mis-guided loyalties of the supporters of the failed old parties. It’s not going to be easy and it’s not going to happen over night but to get the social justice and fairness that we all crave we’ll need to get better organised and be more determined than ever before.</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Lewis Allsebrook (Leader of the BNP in Amber Valley)</p>
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