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Nick Griffin at 5/1 for Barking Seat

Submitted by Election Correspondent on Sunday, 8 November 20099 Comments

Liebore - Margaret Hodge Nick Griffin will contest the Barking seat at the next general election, he will face an uphill struggle to displace the posh Labourite Margaret Hodge.

Here is a list of prices from the bookies on seats which the BNP will be fighting and the chances of winning them. The BNP will be fighting a lot more seats, but these are the only prices available at present from the main bookmakers.

Ladbrookes appears to have the best prices with much wider odds than Paddy Power, and so they will generate the most profit, should we win.

5/1 BARKING (P)

20/1 DEWSBURY (P), KEIGHLEY(P)

33/1 BURNLEY (P), DAGENHAM AND RAINHAM (P)

66/1 HYNDBURN (P), DERBY NORTH (L),

100/1 SOLIHULL (P), BRADFORD EAST (L), CHIPPENHAM (L), SW NOEMANTON PONTEFRACT CASTLEFORD (L), ROCHDALE (L)

PRICES FROM
(P) = PADDYPOWER
(L) = LADBROKES

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Agent Chameleon said:

Pardon my confusion, but can an MEP be an MP in Westminster as well? How can Nick contest a seat when he's already in office? Or do you mean he's going to be fielding a candidate in Barking?

- 8 November 2009 at 8:20 pm

Asmo said:

You can stand in an election for your home parliament when you're an MEP, but if you win then you must relinquish the seat. In this case Nick's seat would go to Martin Wingfield as he was the second candidate in the North West.

- 8 November 2009 at 8:28 pm

Unrepentant said:

Yes, I was opposed to this originally, but seeing as Farage is standing I can't see a problem with it. Seeing as he will relinquish his seat, it's not a big deal.

One thing, though – I have seen a lot of pictures of Richard standing in front of a billboard with the slogan 'Barnbrook for Barking'.

http://my.telegraph.co.uk/cllr_richard_barnbrook/...

He states on his blog that it was the launch of his parliamentary campaign. What's that all about?

- 8 November 2009 at 9:12 pm

Asmo said:

Yeah, originally I had heard that Nick was going to stand in Thurrock. I hope RB doesn't stand in Barking as an Independent.

- 8 November 2009 at 9:46 pm

whistle said:

What makes you think that Richard Barnbrook will stand as an Independent,am I missing something?

- 9 November 2009 at 3:24 pm

Asmo said:

Because on his Telegraph blog he has been saying that he will be fighting Hodge for the Barking seat, and the billboards he had made were lacking any mention of the BNP, no logo, nothing.

The latest whisperings are that Nick will be standing in Barking, which means Richard could fight Jon Cruddas for the Dagenham seat, or stand as an Independent if he's not happy about the situation.

- 9 November 2009 at 3:48 pm

mr Commonsense said:

The BNP will get elected members into parliament in 2010 period .Pay no heed to previous comments They have no rational foundation and are defeatist. The British spirit is proven at it's best when our backs are against the wall.Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party…..as we used to say in the Royal Corps of Signals.And look at the steps taken this year which are fast becoming giant strides to recover our native land.Analyse the Euro results and note it will only take 25% of the total electorate votes to win in almost 90% of the seats.Some of our best results are in the 16% range…..and this was before QT and the huge well of public support we now enjoy.To reach the magic 25% level every effort must be made not only to retain our increased support but to motivate all in the non- voting disenchanted group in that their involvement and votes are vital to the survival of our island people.As in many times before we expect every man will do his duty. W e must therefore make every effort that all our potential voters do their bit and make sure they vote when this nation calls.Let us therefore take up this burden and begin the trek into the future,a journey that is not without hardship but one that leads us to a more prosperous and happy time.

- 11 November 2009 at 4:25 am

britt_n_prowd said:

The only way we'll get a seat is through continual donations and activism.

- 14 November 2009 at 12:14 pm

william said:

was not magaret oppenheimer hodge born in egypt .as she is such a good friend of israel why does she not live there.and as her father was a millionaire german jewish steel magnate and her mother was from austria she does not seem ideally placed to talk for the working class in britain. or to lecture them on being tolerant . they have tolerated enough of these marxist millionaires and their frankfurt subversive bullshit .it is time for the people of britain to stand up and vote for the party that sets the political agenda to suit the majority not the minority[respect the minority but plan for the majority]

- 17 November 2009 at 5:56 am