New Kids on the Block

Now a quick word from newly elected BNP Councillor John Gamble about the first Council meeting he attended along with fellow BNP Councillor Will Blair.

Apparently according to custom or some rule or other (they didn’t really explain) new Councillors are not allowed to speak at their first meeting. A situation some of the less able minded Nu Labour representatives took full advantage of.

Over to John

I would like to let the people of Rotherham know how we are getting on as the new kids on the block in the Council Chambers. Well, not unexpectedly, hardly anyone speaks to us and some have been very ignorant and even abusive.

We went to the Mayor making ceremony but declined to attend the following banquet as we didn’t think it right to be feasting at taxpayers’ expense when the Council have made so many cuts in funding for the elderly and disabled.

The new Mayor Cllr Ann Russell spoke and amongst other things stated that there would be no racism (Nu Labour are obsessed with it) or personal attacks on her watch. All well and good you would suppose, until my fellow ward Councillor Reg Littleboy got up to speak. He let forth a tirade of abuse and ignorant thoroughly disgusting comments directed at us whilst the Mayor just sat and listened.

So much for her fine words about not allowing personal attacks on her watch. This does not seem to me to be a good start to Cllr Russell’s term as Mayor as it indicates that the rules are to be applied selectively for the benefit of the Labour majority. This isn’t surprising as Nu Labour talk a lot about fairness and equality but that only really applies if you agree with them or as in the case of the conservatives, don’t disagree too much. The Tories are, as far as I can tell, treated decently being part of the political establishment, but despite their recent gains I don’t really see them becoming a major political force in Rotherham any time soon. The BNP on the other hand frighten Labour as they’ve pulled out all the stops to keep us out and we still got two Councillors elected.

Cllr Littleboy
(not doing his Sandie Shaw impersonation)

As well as calling us Nazis and Fascists Littleboy’s buffoonery included a very animated version of the old Sandie Shaw song ‘Puppet on a String’ and he referred to Will and myself as ‘Auntie Marlene’s puppets’. The irony of a lifelong glove puppet like Reg Littleboy implying that we didn’t have minds of our own provided us with a bit of a smile but seemed lost on the other Labour members. Unfortunately we were not allowed to speak in our own defence but that will keep for a later date.

I believe the council chamber is for discussion of council matters, not a place to deliver personal abuse and childish ranting.

With his obvious hatred for us and what we stand for I’m left wondering what he really thinks of the people of Rotherham who voted for us, he did refer to them but had enough of his evidently limited self control left to merely call them ‘misguided’.

So after all the years they’ve been supporting Labour the electorate are suddenly ‘misguided’.

No Reg they aren’t, the electorate want what they’ve always wanted, proper representation on the council from someone who actually cares about them and many of the people in Brinsworth and Maltby have realised that they will only get this from BNP councillors and not from the self serving clique that the Labour Party has become.

As I write this I have not yet received the computer and phone I need and was promised, but they have given me a pen, I haven’t got the diary that goes with it yet or sorted out my surgery times and dates but I will get this fixed as soon as I’m able.

The people in my ward have been fantastic and many have congratulated me and shaken my hand, my walk to the shops or to post letters now takes twice as long because of this but it’s well worth it.
I walked the streets of my ward to deliver my election campaign leaflets and met the people, unlike Labour who paid for the service.

I am determined to be a good Councillor for my ward and to help the people and get their views and concerns over to this Nu Labour Council. The rudeness we have been subjected to wasn’t unexpected but we deal with it by using the mind over matter technique that Marlene mentioned in her last blog post i.e. ‘we don’t mind because they don’t matter’.

Why is it that if you don’t agree 100% with Labour they think they have a right to be arrogant and insulting towards you? What do they think it achieves apart from shooting themselves in the foot. Recently I was having a conversation with Peter Broomhead one of our BNP candidates at last year’s elections and I think he summed up their attitude nicely when he said ‘they just don’t like anyone else having a go with their train set’.

Finally, I know how afraid people are and how angry they are about how this government is treating us. I shall take that message to the council chamber and will keep you informed of our progress.

Best Regards

Cllr John Gamble