By Cllr Angus Matthys – At the latest joint Allerdale and Copeland meeting in Cumbria this week, four of our local councillors set about collecting postal vote application forms. There was fierce but friendly competition between the Allerdale secretary and the Copeland organiser – super activists and cllrs Dawn Charlton and Malcolm Southward – to see who could collect the most applications. With this month’s meeting on home turf for the Allerdale secretary, there was a definite advantage, as most of the members of the public present were voters from the Allerdale borough. 

By Jennifer Matthys – Despite the howling winds and the rain, West Cumbria British National Party were out again on Saturday, this time with another stall in Whitehaven. 

By Cllr Clive Jefferson – A huge battle has been raging in Copeland since the close of nominations in April. It is a battle that we have won decisively at every stage, yet the leader of the Conservatives in Copeland is insisting on making himself look a bigger fool than he already has done so far. 

The welcome return of the Truth Truck gave Cumbrian activists a great surprise boost on Bank Holiday Sunday, reports Cllr Clive Jefferson. 

The British National Party is forging ahead after a difficult year and membership renewal rates are highly positive and an indication that the party has stabilised, political administration manager Mark Walker told the latest Allerdale and Copeland branch meeting.

Another weekend of activism from the dedicated British National Party activists of Cumbria’s West coast were has seen the 1,000 mark topped in the branch’s petition to end the war in Afghanistan, reports regional organiser Clive Jefferson.

After the massively successful first week’s outing with the “Bring our boys home” campaign, the British National Party in Copeland purchased an extra table and an additional five clipboards — but still had people waiting in line to sign the anti-Afghanistan war petition, reports North West regional organiser Clive Jefferson.

The British National Party’s Copeland and Allerdale groups are already out of the starting blocks for next year’s local elections and at their regular meeting last night signed up another four members and selected candidates, reports organiser Paul Stafford.