Today the result of the 2011 British National Party leadership election will be announced. This story will be updated throughout the day.
A hustings meeting for an Enfield by-election has been cancelled after the Labour candidate refused to debate with the British National Party.
The British National Party’s candidate in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, Derek Adams, was physically removed from his seat at a public election hustings today by police after Labour Party fascists objected to his presence.
The British National Party should give serious consideration to holding primary “hustings” contests to select local candidates, writes Chris Beverly, Yorkshire regional organiser.
“A free, fully democratic election process which is fair to all potential candidates, from start to finish, and which protects the British National Party from attempt to abuse the process.” That’s the basic guideline for the first possible BNP leadership election under the party’s new (Version 12.2) constitution.