Members of Parliament under stress: Stress as the rule

We read headlines about Members of Parliament i.e. Ministers that fail to keep their tax affairs in order, sexual misconduct, harassment, vacations abroad when they should be delivering on their promises, et cetera, and we tend to treat Members of Parliament as a class apart. There are in theory 650 Members of Parliament, although in fact elected Sinn Fein MPs fail to attend the House of Commons because of their stances on Ireland and Northern Ireland. Some are very wealthy because of their own professional and business careers outside Parliament and others simply have to make do with what they get from salaries, privileges ande exemptions.

For those who represent London constituencies or nearby constituenties, life should not be that bad or any different from many other jobs in the capital city. For others who represent constituencies far away from London, life is constant travel to and from their constituencies and London. In recent times, given even of public notoriety, on top of the workload comes a series of reasons to be stressed. We are not far from another General Election. This means the fears of not being re-elected and of the consequences of not being re-elected. After very public tragedies, there is also the fear of being harassed, attacked or killed.

For whatever reason, apart from the obvious political reasons, your life could be on public display and this includes unwanted attention or attention for all the wrong reasons. This is something that is bound to have an impact on you personally and on the lives of all those close to you and especially on members of your own close family.

Once you stand for public office, you are a marked man or a marked woman. Whatever you said or didn't say, whatever you did or didn't do will be on record for all to see and you will be constantly reminded about it. So, yes, there is a lot of stress involved and especially if you are trying to do what you are supposed to be doing. You might lose your job not because of being doing a bad job, but simply because of public perception, because of what something else has done or is believed to have done.

Would you like stand for Member of Parliament? Well, although in some cases there is no shortage of candidates, in certain constituencies local associations struggle to find suitable candidates. Some are genuinely afraid of facing the stigma of being associated with a given political party. Family relationships will change. Friends might no longer be friend. Working prospects might change. You could become unemployable. If you are single or looking for a relationship, you will no longer be yourself. You will be so and so of a certain political party. People who have never met you will talk about you, write about you, invent things about you and some will despise you merely because you are associated with a given political party.

So, yes, being a Member of Parliament or being identified with a given political party can be a certain source of stress for all  kinds of reasons.

BNP Leadership Election - Adam Walker's Candidate Stament

BNP LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2015

ADAM WALKER

My name is Adam Walker,

I’m a British Army Veteran, 3rd Dan karate instructor, qualified teacher, accomplished nationalist, and the current Chairman of the British National Party.

As BNP Chairman, and with the help of you and my professional and experienced team, I’ve ALREADY led the BNP through a difficult and successful transitional period. 

Now we’re in a position of strength built on internal stability and making careful, prudent and calculated financial decisions. 

In that short time, I’ve cleared our Party’s historic debts and, for the first time in ten years, I can officially announce an end to the expensive and unnecessary court cases that have hindered our progress for so long. I’m very proud of that achievement.

Few people realise just how many vital decisions need to be made by the Chairman on a day to day basis. I’ve got a great team working with me, and together we’ve consistently made the right choices.

It’s usual for candidates to make uncosted financial promises during elections, and in this election a suggestion of slashing membership fees has been made. I’m a responsible Chairman and it’s important to put on record the FACT that such a dramatic reduction in membership fees is unsustainable.

That’s why stability tempered with experience is so important – because one such hasty decision would destroy years of careful financial management, plunging our Party into financial crisis once again. Crises from ill-conceived, reckless decision making are a thing of the past.

Now I’ve delivered that hard-won stability for our Party, I’m really excited about moving to the next stage.

I’m re-focusing our party on winning elections, because elections are our lifeblood. Leading from the front, I personally ran Cllr Brian Parker’s historic third-term election victory, proving that we can beat all the rest even in their target wards.

It’s a truly exciting time for the BNP. 

Now we can get to work resisting the Islamisation of Britain, preserving a future for British children in their homeland. We demand respect and dignity for our pensioners. We will continue to campaign for the fair treatment of animals and fight for British independence from the EU. These are just some of the core issues at the heart of the BNP. Together we can make our policies a reality.

To seize the opportunity and be the best, the BNP needs a serious leader, with a wealth of experience and a winning team behind him. I have the backing of the party leadership team, but your endorsement matters to me.

We can continue our great work together, growing and uniting nationalists under the BNP banner where they belong.

We can maintain our hard-won stability and build a strong, relevant, respected and electable political party.

All you have to do, is VOTE FOR ME.

BNP Leadership Election - Paul Hilliard's Candidate Statement

Dear British National Party members,

I am the Derbyshire Sub-Regional Organiser, Derby Organiser and Amber Valley Organiser. A proud Nationalist for almost a decade, and a successful businessman who always aims for the very highest quality. I have no criminal record.

I was also pool Captain for 12 years, and am proud that I turned some players into England players, whilst my teams won over 22 trophies under my Captaincy.

For many years I worked with Nick Griffin to help the Party do better, but was obviously limited to certain changes as I was hampered by certain individuals who are still running the Party.

Because of my ability to team build, problem solve, talent spot, balance the books and come up with revolutionary ideas, I feel it is now time to take on the Leadership of the Party, with the aim of helping the Nationalist Movement do better.

At the present time, There are underlying issues that have been detrimental to the Nationalist Movement, and the constant fall-outs between Nationalists has divided us all into many fragmented groups; this divides the public vote and weakens every one of us, so things have to change.

I believe in working to unite the Nationalist Groups in order to go forward and have been doing so behind the scenes for a few years now with very positive feedback. If I am elected as Chairman, the goal of sitting with other Leaders could be achieved, enabling us to cover more Council seats across the UK.

Placards, banners, and a new Party flag should be made available so that we can be better recognized when out campaigning. Together, signage and Unity would give us greater numbers on the streets which will generate greater public interest. Recruitment teams will be out on all demonstrations, to bring in new members and grow the movement.

Party membership price would be cut to around half the price it is today because, since the price increases, our membership has fallen dramatically due to the rises. We would build a database of all activists, to directly mail for hands-on activity.

I am prepared to work for the Party without a wage for 6 months to help the Party become financially stable again.

Unnecessary expulsions from the Party in recent months has seriously harmed the British National Party. With that, and a new rebuilding programme in mind, one of the first items on my agenda if elected as Party Chairman would be to contact those ex-members, to invite them back into the Party to assist with the rebuilding process.

The society that we once knew is very different to today, so continuing to do the same things that we have done for decades does not work. We have to be smarter and wiser in the future by thinking with our heads rather than our hearts because when we start getting this fight right, we will achieve our goal of saving our Race and Nation.

Thank you in advance for your vote.

Paul Hilliard,  Derbyshire Sub-Regional Organiser 

BNP said Lutfur Rahman was corrupt and the Courts proved BNP was right

Luftur Rahman (centre with Rosette)

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets - Luftur Rahman - has been sacked for corrupt practices and illegal practices including ballot rigging, buying votes and lying about his opponents.

The now former Mayor of Tower Hamlets was involved in 'postal voting factories' used to 'produce ballots' to allow him to win elections.

Rahman's supporters registered and cast hundreds of fake postal votes and hundreds of ballot papers could have been completed by the same person.

So, let's say it: the British National Party was right all over again when it raised the issue of electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets.

Luftur Rahm also stands accused of involved with an Islamic Extremist organization.

The Judge acting in this case stated that Luftur Rahma ran a ruthless and dishonest campaign and was guilty of bribery, treating and undue influence, make false statements against another candidate and undue spiritual influence using religion to influence votes.

Luftur Rahman was not only removed as Mayor of Tower Hamlets. Luftur Rahman was banned from standing again as a candidate.