Biggest Meeting Ever For Burnley & Pendle BNPDespite heavy rain, sleet and snow, over 100 members and supporters of Burnley and Pendle British National Party packed a into local pub last night for their February meeting. So full was the venue that the landlady allowed an audience overspill behind the bar so that latecomers could observe the proceedings. But unfortunately for some, they just couldn't get in to the meeting, and had to listen from the corridor outside.Bolton Orgnaiser, Ian Haigh, was the first speaker and he called for a minute's silence for Gavin Hopley, the Oldham youngster who was brutally battered to death during a racist attack this month. Ian later went on to outlined the party's progress in both Bolton and Wigan. The BNP's North-West Regional organiser, Chris Jackson, in an equally humorous and cutting attack, ridiculed the media's biased slant when covering any topic that involved the ethnic minorities. He also reviewed in detail 'The Ritchie Report', the so-called independent inquiry into the disturbances in Oldham last April. The main speaker of the evening was Simon Bennett, Burnley & Pendle's Election Agent and candidate for Brunshaw ward in the May council elections. He launched a stinging attack on Burnley's Labour councillors and their contemptible attitude towards the vast majority of Burnley's population.
Simon was particularly scathing with regard to Wednesday's award of yet another £1.25 million to Daneshouse for further regeneration,
A big collection was taken towards the end of the meeting, before members and supporters went away with this message ringing in their ears,
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