Voter Anger Over Burnley TUC's Attempt To Prop Up Labour"They should be doing something about the 15,000 postal jobs that have been lost today. Not wasting time and money attacking the BNP."That was the verdict of one Brunshaw Road resident this morning after he had received a leaflet, produced by Burnley TUC, telling him not to support the BNP in May's local council elections. "What on earth are they doing trying to prop up this ailing Labour Council, when jobs are being lost on a daily basis in the town thanks to their incompetence." A BNP spokesman told Burnley Bravepages, "We understand the leaflet, which is very crudely produced, started circulating on Wednesday of last week in Brunshaw and Bank Hall. A small number were also handed out in Padiham. "We immediately contacted the relevant authorities and it is hoped that this interference in the electoral process will be nipped in the bud. "The leaflet is not only a waste of hard earned trade union dues, but also union time, which should be spent defending workers' rights - not telling them how to vote. "Its distribution is illegal, and the matter has been reported to the Elections Department at the Town Hall and Burnley Police." Back in Brunshaw Road, a life-long Labour supporter tore up the leaflet and placed it in his dustbin, "I feel betrayed by the unions and betrayed by Labour. They are worse than the Tories. They have stabbed the British working man in the back. Nowadays they are only interested in their friends in the City, immigrants and asylum seekers. I will never vote for them again."
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