Leigh bridge is closed at the moment and looks as though there is a BNP march, dont know if there has been any trouble but there was a strong police presence

I belive there has been some trouble - I've just read it on another site. The BNP meeting was cancelled but they said they were going to turn up anyway - and they obviously have!

Here is the story of the cancellation.... www.leighreporter.co.uk/leigh-ne ... 5069790.jp If you can get access to LeighLife you can read more there.

Here is the story of the cancellation.... www.leighreporter.co.uk/leigh-ne ... 5069790.jp If you can get access to LeighLife you can read more there.

Apparently the trouble spot is/was at The Britannia Pub, the police had the road closed off and the BNP were trying to march through town with their banners and loud hailer!

I like how a spokesman for the fascist pro-Nazi Holocaust denying BNP accused a police officer of being fascist!

Maybe he was just upset that the officer isn't a BNP member!?

There's no room for scum like the BNP.

Let's hope they get the message that we don't want them in our town!

On a similar note, I hope everyone who despises what the BNP stand for will get out of their houses to vote in the european elections. The BNP only need approx 7.5% of the popular vote to get a seat - they stand no chance if turn out is decent, but if turn out is low then they stand a good chance of getting in. It's very important to not let that happen, as they will get £1.5m in funding if they get into Europe. That doesn't bear thinking about.

The problem is that the other political parties are making it easier for people to vote for the BNP, people who have had enough of immigrants etc. They forget what the BNP REALLY stands for and just want a party that will stop the hoards from settling illegally in our country. Unfortunately it seems that slowly but surely the BNP are managing to convince ordinary people that they are the party to do this.

very true, well said

Let me say this everyone. My brother who lives in Leigh has a wife who is crippled with MS. He is working himself the a standstill. He looks like the world is resting on his shoulders. He has tried to get help from Wigan Health Authority, the councill and the government but has met brick walls at every turning. The worst part of all this is that his wife has been treated apallingly by the local health authority. My mum is worried to death about them.
Down the road a familly from some other country has moved in and has been given a house, car, clothes, furniture, health care, a damn site more help than my brother and his wife have and they have paid taxes all their lives.
Another story is a pensioner who fought in the war cant get enough from the government/council to put food on the table or keep his house warm in winter.
My point is. Untill those idiots in that pompous building that is supposed the be the centre of our controlling party gets their s into gear and forget all about having their ugly faces on the TV, then the BNP will pick up support in towns like our's. Maybe not from my brother because we were brought up not really knowing racism. I cant get my head round why people hate other people for the colour of their skin or the way they look. Its the way we were taught.
I dont think all of the people who support the BNP are out and out racists. In fact I think there are probably more in the house of lords and the commons.
My last word is, how can the BNP march get banned and yet a group of protesters calling British soldiers returning home, "murderers",
be allowed.
We do live in a democracy, dont we?

Well the other parties should pull their fingers out and stop the hordes of dossers coming over here.

People don't 'hate' people because of the colour of their skin. They want them out of the country for the reasons you pointed out TV Boy. They come over here and live on handouts whilst those of us who work hard and pay our taxes struggle to make ends meet. I have immigrant neighbours who have no respect for my rights, have late night parties, play music all through the night and don't lift a finger to pay their way while I have to work all week to pay my mortgage etc.

That's exactly what I'm trying to say, people feel they are being forced into voting for the BNP because they've simply had enough of all the immigrants. If only one of the major parties would realise this and campaign on the back of it, the BNP wouldn't get a sniff in. For all their 'going straight' image, the BNP are still what they've always been - racist thugs - only now they have given themselves an image of respectability and 'ordinary' people are voting for them.

Our dossers are the same as foreign dossers in my mind. I'd say that as a percentage, immigrants are putting more in to our society than native people. Remember, birth right is no right at all.

I'm pro people, not pro British. Some people are good, some are bad and they're not divided by national Borders.

Sorry, i no rascist but immigration is a huge problem on our little island, we cannot afford to keep taking migrants from other countries. We simply cannot afford them anymore period.

The county does need migrant workers from other countries - even in this day and age and I think that most people wouldn't have a problem with people coming over here and pulling their weight working and paying their dues. It's just the lazy gets that come over here and don't work but claim benefits at our expense and generally do not contribute to our society. Unfortunately, this behavour is not just limited to "foreigners", every council estate in the borough will have their fair share of indiginous slackers who are also fleecing the system!

I think you should go into one of our prisons Michael. The split between inmates is probably 50% British, 50% other nationalities. This country at the moment is nearly at saturation point for imigrants and untill it is stopped racism will get worse. Do you know what the ironic thing is, The Afro Carribean and the Asian communities that have been here for years have also started supporting some of the BNP's policies.

Benefits should be food and clothing tokens not cash, at least the kids would eat and be warm.

:b5w26a5fMy last word is, how can the BNP march get banned and yet a group of protesters calling British soldiers returning home, "murderers",

Totally agree we live in a free society according to our leaders,with our right to freedom of speech.So if its alright for one group then its alright for all groups wether we agree with their morals or not.
This is what PI55ES the people off in this country and pushes us all towards thinking the BNP are talking a bit of sense.

Stop talking sense - not allowed !!!!

And the LSV employs Yorkshire people..

LEIGH JOBS FOR LEIGH PEOPLE

Is the Brittania run by Andy Forshaw who used to have a pub in Atherton by any chance?

If it is and you want to wind him up, get in touch with me by PM

He's not wrong.

And what annoys me more is they can do their CSCS test, in Polish!!

I was talking to a lad in Blackpool last year and he was saying about the ammount of foreign workers in the town and how much damage they are causing to the local econimy as all they do is work every hour god sends on low wages driving the average wage down. The main problem is you get around 10 people renting a flat (so it works out cheap) and send the rest of the money back home so the local buisnesses aren't making any money from trade and are having to close.

I don't agree with all of the BNP's polices (there a little thin on the ground to start with) but they are actually offering a solution to the problems this country is facing which is more than Labour or the torys are doing. All i know is the reds, blues and yellows won't be getting my vote so who is left? UKIP? The same polices as the BNP but because they were suits there not racist

Agreed.