London's elections & the BNP

A low turnout in May's elections could result in the BNP winning a seat on the London Assembly. The more of us who turn out and vote, the harder it becomes for the BNP to slime their way onto a capital-wide stage.

In case you didn't read it in Tuesday's Evening Standard, this is what the person who the BNP felt so well represented them that they placed him second on their list of candidates thinks about rape:

"Rape is simply sex. Women enjoy sex, so rape cannot be such a terrible physical ordeal. To suggest that rape, when conducted without violence, is a serious crime is like suggesting that force feeding a woman chocolate cake is a heinous offence. A woman would be more inconvenienced by having her handbag snatched."

Since his comments became public the candidate has been dropped by the BNP. But ask yourself whether he's been sacked because of the views he holds, or because those views have been unearthed?

I hope you will vote for Ken, Leonie Cooper and Labour in May's elections. But if you do not want the BNP and their abhorrent opinions elected to represent YOU in London, whoever you support make sure you vote on 1st May.