Simon Bennett Stunned By Brunshaw Support!With the British National Party's election campaign now in full swing, this week saw the turn of voters in Brunshaw ward to receive a visit from the BNP election team.BNP candidate, Simon Bennett, was stunned by the response his team received, "We were expecting to find support in parts of Fulledge that have now come under Brunshaw ward, but nothing could have prepared us for the reception we received up on the hill. "When we collated the returns later in the day, we found BNP support running at 34% with Labour and the others down on 26%. 40% were still undecided." Canvasser, Paul Stafford, said that the excellent response slowed up the morning's work. "We just wanted to locate our support and move on, but people were so pleased to see the BNP that they just wanted to talk". But Brunshaw is not the only ward that has surprised local workers. Joan Dewhurst's campaign in Bank Hall has certainly made an impact with early returns on a par with those from Brunshaw and Rosehill, while Mark Terrell is already making inroads into Labour's 376 vote lead in Trinity. Next week the BNP bandwagon rolls on into Queensgate ward and Lanehead, while from Wednesday party workers will be on the ground in Padiham, covering Gawthorpe and Hapton wards. The Burnley Bravepages website had it's 4,000 visitor early this morning, and now 11,500 pages have been viewed. The online canvassing returns have been supplied by 38 visitors, promising 67 votes for the BNP in eight wards across the constituency. Bravepages editor, Martin Wingfield, is very pleased with the response to the website. "We had 129 visitors on Thursday viewing 272 pages. I'm very hopeful that we can be averaging 150 visits a day by the end of next week, and push that up to 200 a day as we go into April. The website is proving a useful source of information for those who have received an election address and are keen to find out more about the BNP"
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