Lib Dem councillor suspended in BNP nomination upset

By | Fri 20th April 2007 - 8:16 am

From the BBC:

A Liberal Democrat councillor has been suspended after nominating a BNP candidate for May’s local elections.

The party’s leadership has withdrawn all support for Darlington councillor Stephen Jones, who has quit as leader of the three-strong Lib Dem group.

Daniel Brown, the candidate whose nomination he signed, is one of his rivals in the North Road ward.

The local party said Mr Jones made a mistake but the Tories have called on Sir Menzies Campbell to sack him.

Edward Davey, chief of staff to leader Sir Menzies, said: “The Liberal Democrat Party in no way endorses and indeed repudiates the policy platform of the British National Party, whose views we find repugnant in every aspect.

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4 Comments

  • Liam 20th Apr '07 - 10:39am

    It does not surpise me that he thought Daniel Brown was an independent candidate. In Preston, a BNP candidate got his signatures without filling in his party name and then did so when he handed his papers in. This is “alleged” and “as far as I am aware” but it is known as common practice for the BNP and the like.

    This poor guy was just tricked by the BNP’s underhand actions.

  • H-Lad 20th Apr '07 - 10:32pm

    What will happen if he is elected – is the whip withdrawn because he remains a LibDem on the ballot paper doesn’t he?

  • a pemberton 5th Nov '07 - 12:04pm

    so what i thought we lived in a free country where we could do and say as we please perhaps i am wrong.

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