Home of Ashfield District Council candidate targeted by racists

The article below has been reprinted from the Ashfield CHAD newspaper and yet again clearly shows the difference between the racist and legitimate political parties.
Annesley home of politician Don Davis, which was daubed with a swastika and BNP graffiti.
http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/home_of_ashfield_district_council_candidate_targeted_by_racists_1_3346639
Published on Thursday 5 May 2011 08:35


RACIST graffiti has been daubed on the home of an Annesley political candidate who is campaigning for a seat on Ashfield District Council.
Don Davis, of Derby Road, said he was horrified after discovering a Nazi swastika had been scrawled on his garden fence sometime between the evening of Thursday 21st April and the following morning.
Someone had also sprayed ‘BNP’ - believed to refer to far right political party, the British National Party.
The Labour Party member said prior to the incident, thugs had damaged campaign signs he had fixed to the fence.
“I did not really know what to make of the vandalism but this disgusting graffiti was something else completely - I was horrified.
“The incident has caused a lot of stress and worry in the family and I have made the decision not to put the signs back up. But then you wonder has what these thugs have done prevented me from having my right to express my political opinion?”
Mr Davis said his car had also been damaged by key scratches while he was out canvassing for support.
But he would not let the incidents put him off standing for the role of Ashfield District Councillor for the Woodhouse ward in tomorrow’s local election.
“It makes me more determined to win and work to make sure things like this do not happen. People do not want to see this sort of thing going on around here,” he said.
A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police confirmed they were investigating reports of vandalism and treating the incident as a hate crime. Anyone with information should ring them on 0300 3009999.

Union Friday hits the streets of Stoke-on-Trent

Today is Union Friday when trade unionists across the midlands are hitting the streets to campaign against the BNP in the forthcoming local elections. With the BNP fielding ten candidates in Stoke-on-Trent this has become one of the main focal points for anti fascist campaigning.
Cheryl Pidgeon, pictured here with our youngest campaigner today, said, "The elections in Stoke-on-Trent have taken on a new urgency with the change in the electoral system  - this gives us the opportunity to banish the BNP from Stoke completely for four years. As trade unionists we should take every opportunity to combat a party that is diametrically opposed to our values of equality, fairness and social cohesion. Stoke-on-Trent will be a better place without the BNP in the Council Chamber."
Cheryl continued, "Children like this young man should be growing up in a world without discrimination and hate and it is incumbent on us to do our very best to deliver a hate free world for our children."
Teams of campaigners have leafleted the railway and bus stations in Stoke and news is just in that in Birmingham teams are covering New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill stations. Unison, which has coordinated the action in Birmingham have said that teams will be leafleting throughout the day to catch both shoppers and commuters.