If Barking vote Griffin in then they must be ......... BarkingLenny wrote:God help Barking if these two are leading candidates to choose from?
Well, if he became MP for Barking, he would walk out on his MEP seat, so there would be no conflict of interest.whicker wrote:Given that Nick Griffin is a Member of the European Parliament, surely he won't be allowed to stand as candiadte for the seat?
No-one else seems to do that.
Why, it's almost like a boxer getting a fight scheduled and signed and then pulling out of it late on to take a more lucrative fight.....
MEPs earn about £100 000 . Thats our taxes, of course- so why it acceptable for them to abandon the job?
No, all the major parties will provide candidates, too. The incumbent is Labour MP Margaret Hodge. I don't know who'll run for the Tories or Lib Dems. But given that the BNP finished in third, only 27 votes behind the Tories in second, and that Hodge was one of the MPs caught up in the expenses scandal, and that the BNP has become more popular over the last five years, you have to think that Griffin has parachuted in because he thinks he has a genuine chance of winning.Lenny wrote:God help Barking if these two are leading candidates to choose from?
Oh I get that Carbo, but lets not pin our hopes on Frank Maloney, who when it comes to politics, is a very good boxing promoterCarbo wrote:Well, if he became MP for Barking, he would walk out on his MEP seat, so there would be no conflict of interest.whicker wrote:Given that Nick Griffin is a Member of the European Parliament, surely he won't be allowed to stand as candiadte for the seat?
No-one else seems to do that.
Why, it's almost like a boxer getting a fight scheduled and signed and then pulling out of it late on to take a more lucrative fight.....
MEPs earn about £100 000 . Thats our taxes, of course- so why it acceptable for them to abandon the job?
However, he became an MEP for some seat in the North West, and I think that they have every right to feel aggrieved that he's fighting for a seat in London when he should be representing their interests in Europe.
Meantime, the people of Barnet should ask how much he actually cares for their interests when he has no connection with the area and is representing in Europe an area hundreds of miles away.No, all the major parties will provide candidates, too. The incumbent is Labour MP Margaret Hodge. I don't know who'll run for the Tories or Lib Dems. But given that the BNP finished in third, only 27 votes behind the Tories in second, and that Hodge was one of the MPs caught up in the expenses scandal, and that the BNP has become more popular over the last five years, you have to think that Griffin has parachuted in because he thinks he has a genuine chance of winning.Lenny wrote:God help Barking if these two are leading candidates to choose from?
Well, that's fair enough, but at least Frank has the bottle to take him on.Lenny wrote:Oh I get that Carbo, but lets not pin our hopes on Frank Maloney, who when it comes to politics, is a very good boxing promoterCarbo wrote:Well, if he became MP for Barking, he would walk out on his MEP seat, so there would be no conflict of interest.whicker wrote:Given that Nick Griffin is a Member of the European Parliament, surely he won't be allowed to stand as candiadte for the seat?
No-one else seems to do that.
Why, it's almost like a boxer getting a fight scheduled and signed and then pulling out of it late on to take a more lucrative fight.....
MEPs earn about £100 000 . Thats our taxes, of course- so why it acceptable for them to abandon the job?
However, he became an MEP for some seat in the North West, and I think that they have every right to feel aggrieved that he's fighting for a seat in London when he should be representing their interests in Europe.
Meantime, the people of Barnet should ask how much he actually cares for their interests when he has no connection with the area and is representing in Europe an area hundreds of miles away.No, all the major parties will provide candidates, too. The incumbent is Labour MP Margaret Hodge. I don't know who'll run for the Tories or Lib Dems. But given that the BNP finished in third, only 27 votes behind the Tories in second, and that Hodge was one of the MPs caught up in the expenses scandal, and that the BNP has become more popular over the last five years, you have to think that Griffin has parachuted in because he thinks he has a genuine chance of winning.Lenny wrote:God help Barking if these two are leading candidates to choose from?
Barking mad.Lenny wrote:God help Barking if these two are leading candidates to choose from?
Here is the result from Last years Euro Elections:Horse wrote:Is Maloney only running to help try to stop the BNP getting a seat in parliament?
Or does he actually have a chance of winning?
Would he have a better chance of winning in another area?
This is general question. Given the BNP were just some 27 votes away from finishing second last time out, what does that tell us?Carbo wrote:I guess most of you will know by now, but boxing promoter and friend of Boxrec's British forum is standing against Nick Griffin for the Barking seat in the next general election.
Frank is standing as the UKIP's candidate.
The BNP was only 27 votes away from finishing second in the seat last time out, but I reckon that Frank's just the sort of fella who could eat away at their vote.
http://j.mp/7MSbpi
Let's all give Frank our support, and hope he can deliver a knockout blow to the odious BNP and their snarling supporters.
Yes, but they were an absolute mile off finishing first, the only position that matters.Rocky Balboa wrote: This is general question. Given the BNP were just some 27 votes away from finishing second last time out, what does that tell us?
Do you think if either the UKIP or the BNP dropped out the other party might have a reasonable outside chance of winning, or at least making it somewhat close?whicker wrote:Yes, but they were an absolute mile off finishing first, the only position that matters.
Potentially, but I think that it's more likely that most people who vote BNP or UKIP would rather stay at home than vote for the modern Tories.Horse wrote:Do you think if either the UKIP or the BNP dropped out the other party might have a reasonable outside chance of winning, or at least making it somewhat close?whicker wrote:Yes, but they were an absolute mile off finishing first, the only position that matters.
No.Horse wrote:Do you think if either the UKIP or the BNP dropped out the other party might have a reasonable outside chance of winning, or at least making it somewhat close?whicker wrote:Yes, but they were an absolute mile off finishing first, the only position that matters.
Yes.Horse wrote:So, Labour is going to win this seat and none of the others stand a chance?
If this is the case then does any of this Maloney vs Griffin stuff really matter?
I can't see it happening. In the communities that the BNP is strong in, there are an equal number of Voters who will be against the BNP on all levels.leforge wrote:I have a horrid feeling bnp will get a seat somewhere in the country there so many stupid people out there. Griffin is a pudendum, he deserves a kicking!