The not so local petitioner and the BNP

Steve Bush - not so local

In Mob rule in Devon, I wrote about a "group" of people that were calling for the "removal" of the British National Party and in particular, BNP Councillor Colin Fribbens from their village and who had organised a petition calling for the same. Obviously they are not aware of how democracy works.

Since then a bit more information as come to light and as usual it ends with tears for the "we would rather fist then fight elections" brigade of the UAF. The news story also appears to have been "updated".

The organiser of the petition is named as one Steve Bush of Tiverton, which for those with a basic understanding of geography, certainly does not make him a "local" to Broadclyst where the BNP Councillor is local, but gobshite still had this to say;

"We have set up a group against the BNP and we have lots of people joining it. So far, there has been very little support for the BNP and in particular young people have been queuing up to sign the petition."

But who is Steve Bush and why would he setup a Facebook account? Is it because Steve Bush, who is a member of the Lambeth Socialist Party has not paid his internet bill recently?

Shall we have a look? Why not.

Domain name: lambethsocialistparty.org.uk

Registrant: Natasha Burke

Registrant type: UK Individual

Registrant's address:
49a Cavendish Road
Colliers Wood
London
London
SW19 2ET
GB

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 21-Jul-2004
Renewal date: 21-Jul-2008
Last updated: 21-Feb-2007

Registration status:
Renewal required.
*** This registration has been SUSPENDED. ***

Steve first popped his head out into the political world when he attacked Neil Kinnock back in 1988 when at age 19, he said;

''He's trying to convert the Labor Party to a capitalist party, to appeal to the middle-class voters. All we can hope for is that over time more and more people will come over to the socialist view.''

Seems that over the years, that Steve as not matured and as wasted his life in much the same way that he is wasting the time of the people in Broadclyst. So what do they have to say about the aging Wolfie Smith who organised the petition. Let us see what the Vice Chair of the Parish Council wrote in the local press.

"I am Vice Chair of Broadclyst Parish Council and wish to raise a few points. The BNP is not a banned political party, therefore we could not remove Cllr Fribbens for his membership of it.

The only way possible would be a vote of no confidence which due to the hard work and dedication that Cllr Fribbens shows to Broadclyst (with little or no thanks) would be unlikely to receive any support.

Since the article was first published, we have received only one piece of correspondence regarding Mr Fribbens, which suggests this is not a high priority to the people of Broadclyst.

We would also like to point out that every Parish Council Meeting is a public event, with members of the public welcome to make comments at both the start and end of the meeting. The dates of our meetings are advertised around the village and online at www.broadclyst.org. (7pm, Victory Hall, first Monday of every month).

We note that despite the interest Cllr Fribbens membership of this political party appears to have created, we had only four members of the public at the last meeting (last Monday), only two of them commented, and the comments were about the cost to every council tax payer to keep the public toilets open in the village.

Cllr Fribbens political views formed no part of the meeting. Unfortunately, the people who signed or organised the petition chose not to air their views at the meeting."

Obviously Steve is not as local as he says or I am sure he would have attended. Yeah and pigs might fly also. Let us let the excellent BNP Councillor Fribbens have the last word.

"I would like to know what Mr Bush is doing to help the community. I think the majority of people will not go along with this.

"I'm not bothered if they get hundreds of signatures, it won't affect me."

He said the youth group had nothing to do with "politics".

"My youth club is not a political club at all, there is no political agenda," he said. "People who use the club will support me in that. I invite Mr Bush to come and help me run the club.

"If he has a problem, why doesn't he offer his services?

"I would be more than happy to have him on board."

Well Steve put up or shut up. You could not be bothered to turn up at a public meeting over an issue you felt was so important that you had to start a petition, will you now accept the challenge from the BNP Councillor and offer your services to your not so local people of Broadclyst?

A big hat tip to: John of Gwent and Ancient Brit of the Green Arrow Forum

Tags: Steve Bush, John of Gwent, Ancient Brit, Broadclyst