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The voters of St Helen’s ward delivered a very welcome boost for Barnsley Labour policies and rewarded the hard work of many supporters by electing Roy Butterwood for Labour, last night (15 Oct. 2009). Thankyou to the many workers, supporters and friends of Labour who turned out to contact voters and deliver the message that Labour in Barnsley is the only party who will fight for the interests of working people in the borough.

The results speak for themselves:

1. Labour 1520 votes;
2. BNP 590 votes;
3. BIG party (Independents) 171 votes;
4. UKIP 94 votes;
5. Conservatives 89 votes;
6. Lib Dem 78 votes;

 A majority of 930 for Labour over the nearest party and a majority of 498 over all the other parties. A justified result for all the hard work that has gone into the improvements to quality of life in the ward over the term of a Labour Government. Thankyou to all who helped organise, leaflet and knock on doors to get Barnsley Labour’s positive message to the residents of St Helens.  Barnsley TUC’s activities  to ensure voters know the truth about the BNP’s far right activities are gratefully recognised as part of the effort of the Labour movement to obtain a beneficial outcome for the residents of St. Helens.

We remember Cllr David Bostwick whose untimely death caused this by-election, and whose hard work was instrumental with his colleagues in implementing many of the improvements in St Helens.

 I picked up a leaflet from an ex-squaddie in Barnsley recently which summed up much of the case against the BNP and their fellow-travellers: e.g. English Democrats, National Front, etc. 

It is reproduced below. 

“KEEP THESE THUGS

 OFF OUR STREETS

PLEASE SIGN MY PETITION TO REMOVE THE BNP FROM BARNSLEY TOWN CENTRE TO STOP THEM STANDING UNDER THE SAME FLAG AS OUR BRAVE TROOPS, FIGHTING AGAINST OPPRESSION: NOT EXACTLY ENCOURAGING IT, I AM AN EX-SOLDIER AND FIND IT VERY OFFENSIVE. SOME OF THESE IMMIGRANTS THEY TALK ABOUT ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WE FOUGHT TO STOP THEM ETHNIC CLEANSING IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. ARE WE REALLY GOING TO ALLOW THE BNP TO DO IT AGAIN IN THIS COUNTRY? THE LAST TIME SOMEONE GOT AWAY WITH THIS: YOU REMEMBER ADOLF! THE WHOLE WORLD TURNED AGAINST HIM AND 70 YEARS LATER THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY ARE STILL APOLOGISING. PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO US. THANKYOU.

JUST SAY

 NO

 TO RACIST BIGOTS”

Well done that soldier! You echo the sentiments of the vast majority of good Barnsley people.

In Barnsley we have become used to the Nasties telling lies. It is part of their  “BIG LIE” strategy, as it was with Hitler. They reckon if they tell a big enough lie people will think it is true. Barnsley folk are not that daft. They know a lie when they hear one.

The latest Big Lie is that some of our elected members have had their fingers in the till. In fact it is yet another lie to disrupt the smooth running of democracy in Barnsley. The three councillors mentioned have simply maintained good practice (something the BNP will know nothing about when it comes to finances) by putting money into an election fund bank account. This is part of good practice to keep Branch funds and election expenses seperate so that accurate records could be submitted to the returning officer after the election, which Labour won. Now the Nasties want to re-run the election. Unfortunately for the BNP the report of the enquiry into the matter cleared all three councillors. Our legal team of top lawyers are now looking into the potential LIbel action against those who posted this Big Lie on YouTube.  

The BNP will continue to tell lies and we will continue to tell the truth to the electorate. I think the electorate will know who to vote for.