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10:27am Friday 12th October 2007
EXTREME right wing political group The National Front have decided against a march in Chippenham until they have established their new branch in the town.
The group, who met on Sunday in Chippenham town centre, have decided to set up a branch in the town after more than 30 supporters attended the meeting.
Executive member of The National Front Steve Reynold, said: "The meeting was extremely successful and very well attended with more than 30 people coming out in support.
"However, the group has decided not to go ahead with the march at the minute and let people get used to the fact we are there first.
"We are only in Chippenham because so many people wanted us to come and set up a branch here."
Wiltshire Police had previously warned that they would attend any march taking place in the town to make sure it was kept under control.
TC, Town Centre, Chippenham says...
11:46am Sat 13 Oct 07
cindy, darkest Corsham says...
2:28pm Sat 13 Oct 07
TC, Town Centre, Chippenham says...
4:43pm Sat 13 Oct 07
who dat?, says...
7:26pm Sat 13 Oct 07
walter, wilshur says...
8:48am Sun 14 Oct 07
TC, Town Centre, Chippenham says...
2:04pm Sun 14 Oct 07
Grant, Marlborough says...
2:18pm Sun 14 Oct 07
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
4:58pm Mon 15 Oct 07
TC wrote:This is a typical reply from a lefty. TC said The NF isnt the answer but could not provide you with a reason why we are not the answer or offer an alternative solution to the huge problem in the UK that is mass immigration.
Dear idiots, no-one here mentioned we do not have immigration issues. The National Front is not the answer however. Simple life for you is it? All nice and black and white?
donteventhinkit, Corsham says...
5:50pm Mon 15 Oct 07
TC, Town Centre, Chippenham says...
6:10pm Mon 15 Oct 07
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
4:22am Tue 16 Oct 07
TC wrote:I see TC cannot answer my question and is yet to provide an alternative solution to the problem that is immigration or an acceptable explanation as to why the National Front is not the answer.
SwindonNF - as much as it grieves me to direct this to you - I am not going to give you any more column inches discussing your pointless organisation. The reason you are not the answer is, for one thing, your complete insignificance in the world means you carry no sway at all - so why involve you in any political debate. Go away now, you're muddying my doorstep.
moonraker1, chippenham says...
8:24am Tue 16 Oct 07
Don, Devizes says...
8:31am Tue 16 Oct 07
Tracey, Wilts says...
1:50pm Tue 16 Oct 07
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
4:48pm Tue 16 Oct 07
Don wrote:I am against all immigration for good reason, we do not have 100% employment in this country. We can train British people up to the same skill level as anybody that can be imported, so why do the current government insist on accepting another single immigrant? Are we being fair to developing countries by taking their skilled workforce?
SwindonNF, I think you'll find the population of Warsaw is about 1.7m. But that's a side issue. Many people are worried about what you call 'mass immigration'. My concern with your group is that you appear to be against almost all immigration (especially) non-White and, per se, against all immigrants. Britain has benefitted from the skills that immigrants bring for generations. They have contributed to a lot of what makes us the people we are. Population movement is an issue but just slamming the door and telling people to go way isn't the answer. I'm not saying that I have the answers, but I don't think you do either. Your way will create divisions in our society that will do more harm than good. Perhaps our Aussie cousins have the right idea when they say "Australia - love it or leave it."
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
4:59pm Tue 16 Oct 07
Tracey wrote:The BNP are further left than us. They have scrapped their policy on forced repatriation and have turned into the old Tory party with their "Tough On Immigration" policies. If they are not happy at me calling them lefties then i simply dont care.
I am confused here, SwindonNF is calling posters who are anti National Front lefties, yet people from the BNP are posting against NF. Will the BNP really be happy at being called lefties?! I agree with TC, we do have an immigration problem, but NF is not the answer. I don't know what the answer is, but when I do I shall stand for election lol
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
5:06pm Tue 16 Oct 07
donteventhinkit wrote:i noticed that you also convieniently left out that the NF is Anti-Rapist, Anti Drug Dealer and Anti-pedophile. A smear campaign from the BNP, eh? Is this the kettle calling the pan "Black"?(no pun intended) and are you saying the BNP are PRO black, PRO asian, PRO E.U, PRO Homosexual, PRO Bisexual and PRO Mixed Race?
The NF is not the answer because- anti black anti asian anti european anti gay anti by sexual anti mixed race infact what are you not anti? Your no better than the Klan go burn your crosses somewhere else because we dont want you.If my son turns up with your leaflets ill be on your doorstep giving you a bit of what you dish out lets see how you like it - VOTE BNP
TC, Town Centre, Chippenham says...
9:20pm Tue 16 Oct 07
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
4:00am Wed 17 Oct 07
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
4:57pm Wed 17 Oct 07
tyler durden, says...
9:53pm Wed 17 Oct 07
yummymummy, chippenham says...
9:54pm Wed 17 Oct 07
who dat? wrote:well said, i think all immigration should be stopped until this country has sorted itself out first!!It seems British people are becoming foreigners in there own country!(and by British i mean anyone born here regardless of colour)
"At least 95,000 houses will have to be built every year until 2020 to cope with the record influx of immigrants - an increase of 30 per cent on the latest Government estimate. The official research by the House of Commons Library is the equivalent of 260 new homes every day. It follows an admission by Whitehall statisticians that they have badly underestimated the number of migrants pouring into the country" And we all sit back and let it happen!!!
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
4:49am Thu 18 Oct 07
Tracey, Wilts says...
10:10am Thu 18 Oct 07
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
3:35pm Thu 18 Oct 07
Tracey, Wilts says...
4:15pm Thu 18 Oct 07
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
5:32pm Thu 18 Oct 07
Tracey wrote:The families that have lived here for generations where put here without the permission of the indiginous British people. If there had ever a referendum on this, do you think the British people would have voted in favour of these immigrants who where just going to be a massive burden upon resources and the taxpayer (i hope you ask me how they are a massive burden) coming here?
SwindonNF, the problem with immigration is a big one. However, families that settled here generations ago cannot simply be told to get out. Their families have lived here for generations! What about people who settled here, married a british person and went on to have families? Would you split the family up or ship them all out? To me the ideal of NF just raises huge concerns about discrimination. Like I said under the NF we would all be white, british, straight! This is not possible! I raised the subject of the ethnicity of Jesus Christ because you were using quotes from the Bible to support your claims. You talk about the problem to the solution as if it is a straight forward black and white question, I guess to you it is, but fortunately for the rest of us it is not! How would the NF police this ideal of yours then? Would you bring in compulsory ancestry checks to ensure there wasn't any 'foreign' blood in the family further back down the line? Have you checked back on your own ancestry for that matter - I mean, could you not have descended from an immigrant somewhere back down the line? Immigrants that have already settled here legally are here to stay, whether you or I like it or not. There does need to be a change in policy. Maybe people who wish to settle here should have to go through a pprocedure similar to that which Australia use, whereby you have to prove you can afford to be self sufficient and that you have a trade which is useful to the country.
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
5:51pm Thu 18 Oct 07
Tracey wrote:How would we deal with people who married a British person and went on to have families? Well if their British spouse truly loved them and didnt just marry them so their spouse could obtain British citizenship then i dont see why they would have a problem taking their families to the homeland of their spouse.
SwindonNF, the problem with immigration is a big one. However, families that settled here generations ago cannot simply be told to get out. Their families have lived here for generations! What about people who settled here, married a british person and went on to have families? Would you split the family up or ship them all out? To me the ideal of NF just raises huge concerns about discrimination. Like I said under the NF we would all be white, british, straight! This is not possible! I raised the subject of the ethnicity of Jesus Christ because you were using quotes from the Bible to support your claims. You talk about the problem to the solution as if it is a straight forward black and white question, I guess to you it is, but fortunately for the rest of us it is not! How would the NF police this ideal of yours then? Would you bring in compulsory ancestry checks to ensure there wasn't any 'foreign' blood in the family further back down the line? Have you checked back on your own ancestry for that matter - I mean, could you not have descended from an immigrant somewhere back down the line? Immigrants that have already settled here legally are here to stay, whether you or I like it or not. There does need to be a change in policy. Maybe people who wish to settle here should have to go through a pprocedure similar to that which Australia use, whereby you have to prove you can afford to be self sufficient and that you have a trade which is useful to the country.
Tracey, Wilts says...
6:50pm Thu 18 Oct 07
Tracey, Wilts says...
6:51pm Thu 18 Oct 07
tyler durden, says...
9:11pm Thu 18 Oct 07
Tracey wrote:No but it does make him sound like a tw*t.
Incidently, walk through London, you will find many a white lad who talks the 'black' language - this doesn't make him an immigrant!
Tracey, Wilts says...
9:17pm Thu 18 Oct 07
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
10:53pm Thu 18 Oct 07
Tracey wrote:Ok, i apologise for misreading that (the perils of speed reading eh?) and apologise for the spelling mistake (the perils of speed typing, eh?) I can assure you that all of my ancestors have been here since we where last invaded in 1066. Not that i see how this is relevent to the current issue of mass immigration.
NF- I didn't say there doesn't need to be a policy change, I said there does need to be a policy change, read through my post again! You say in your second post that you can tell in someones characteristics and accent whether they are a white British - does that go for their command of the English language too? I think in your first post you meant to write 'were' as opposed to 'where' - did you check whether you were related to any immigrants further back down the line??!!
Tracey, Wilts says...
11:22pm Thu 18 Oct 07
SwindonNF, Swindon says...
10:48am Sat 20 Oct 07
Tracey, Wilts says...
10:52am Sat 20 Oct 07
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harumph, Chippenham says...
9:00am Sat 13 Oct 07