Close of Nominations:
Queensgate and Trinity Now Look Winnable Seats
An IT boffin and a former Trade Union convenor have suddenly become the most likely BNP prospects for making it on to Burnley Council.
"We always knew that our chances of success depended on how the other candidates stacked up against us", BNP organiser Steve Smith told Burnley Bravepages this afternoon, "and things seemed to have turned out especially well for us in Queensgate and Trinity wards."
In Queensgate the BNP candidate, computer specialist David Haworth, faces opposition from three Labour candidates and a Liberal Democrat, while in Trinity, former union official Mark Terrell, faces three Labour candidates, a Lib-Dem and a Socialist Alliance.
The big surprise is the lack of Independent candidates that might have attracted some of the BNP vote, and the unexpected arrival of a Liberal-Democrat in each seat that could take some votes from Labour.
*Burnley MP Peter Pike was given a rough ride on the doorstep in Padiham on Sunday afternoon. He left feeling very dejected after his brief canvassing forray, in what is becoming regarded by Labour as a BNP stronghold, ended early.
BNP window posters in both Gawthorpe and Hapton wards are outnumbering Labour ones by five to one.
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