Election Issues

The Scarborough BNP has several issues it is highlighting in the forthcoming local election.

Law and Order - there has been alot of car crime and vandalism lately in one of our wards. We are pushing for more police on the streets, and also for facilities for youngsters so that they can no longer use the "boredom" excuse for their criminal rampaging. People should feel safe on the streets of Scarborough and Filey, not threatened by out of control yobs.

Fair Trade - the Greens want Scarborough to be a Fairtrade town. Fair enough, for items which cannot be produced here in the UK, but for items which can be home produced, they should take precedence. Many sugar beet farmers have lost their livelihoods after sugar factories have closed down, but all we hear from the fair trade brigade is how we should buy imported sugar instead of helping our own farmers. We say - fair trade begins at home - help British farmers, buy British produce as your first priority.

Migrant Workers - an old favourite of the Scarborough BNP. We see many jobs being taken by migrant workers, we have heard of people having their contracts terminated, only to be replaced by a migrant worker. Students see their summer jobs being taken by migrants, building workers are told by employers that they will not be hired because the employer is only taking on Poles, people apply to companies, hear nothing and then find that the same company has taken on a load of Polish workers. British workers should have priority in the jobs market. It is a myth that British workers do not want jobs.

Companies are saying that their business depends on migrant workers. The Eastern Europeans have only been entering this country in high numbers since 2004. The companies involved are established companies who would have gone bust if they had no one working for them until the migrants came over. So who did the work before? Did they employ local workers? Or did they employ illegal black market workers? My money is on them employing local workers.