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The BPP's Steve Smith - Electoral Fraudster

NaziHunter | 27.03.2006 18:34 | Anti-racism

For the first time, the fascist BPP, reckon they will be standing two candidates in the May elections - Eddy Morrison in Leeds' Bramley ward, and Steve Smith in Burnley. Both individuals are well-known swindlers.

Steve Smith, big fry or small drip?
Steve Smith, big fry or small drip?

How WAS it done Steve?
How WAS it done Steve?


Last seen standing in a puddle off the B1217, one might think that there is room for only one big fish in the so-called British People’s Party . Still, as the the BPP’s membership dwindles to less than the capacity of a life-raft, smaller fry swim to replace whoever has upset Fuhrer Morrison this week. Currently eating his way up the BPP’s food chain (in which a pot-plant might be considered too intellectual), is Steve Smith from Burnley. Smith is a former organiser for the BNP, and has stood as a BNP candidate (of which more later.)

On a trip to Leeds last year, Smith got hassled by a copper over a parked car, and nearly started blubbing when asked for his details (don’t worry Steve we have them), though with a past as murky as Smith’s it’s easy to understand why he was reluctant to give them. For once he didn’t have his German Sheperd, Samba (wonderfully English sounding name), with him for protection. Samba was round the corner trying to bite Smith’s ‘racial comrades’ at their pathetic demo in support of John Tyndall, while Smith was filling his lederhosen.

Currently, with little else to do these days, and less still political nouse, the BPP are touting Smith’s book ‘How It Was Done’, supposedly the ‘inside story’ of the ‘rise of Burnley BNP’. Morrison needs all the friends he can find at the moment, so probably wants to keep Smith sweet, and he’s no doubt making a few quid on the side. It’s not as if the BPP are exactly full of people who can string a sentence together after all, even when what they’re writing is utter bollocks.

How was it done indeed? Well one of the ways it was done in Steve Smith’s case was by forging the signatures on nomination documents, since apparently he couldn’t find enough local people to back him and other BNP candidates.
On the 16th of January 2002, Smith was sentenced to 6 months in prison after admitting submitting nomination documents containing forged signatures for elections to Lancashire County Council. Smith, then aged 41, pleaded guilty to 6 charges. He had previously stood as a BNP candidate in the General Election.

During the investigation a total of 12 forged signatures were found. Smith claimed, “"I was sure these people would support me ... All the people concerned were noted in our reports as sympathisers or supporters". But the forged names included that of a Burnley Labour Party member! Then Smith claimed he sometimes filled in the forms on the basis of "intuition", saying: "If it is for the betterment of society, then breaking the rules is justified".

Besides being sent down for 6 months, Smith was barred from standing as a candidate for any elected office for the next five years.

And now the crackpot BPP announce that Smith is going to be standing as their Burnley candidate in the May elections!

NaziHunter

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Steve Smith's Nephew Getss Sent Down Too1

27.03.2006 18:42

27/03/06: Ex-BNP councillor jailed for violent hooliganism
Category: General Posted by: Antifascist
Ex-Burnley BNP councillor and convicted football hooligan, Luke Smith, famed for smashing a beer bottle into the face of the Leeds organiser at the party's jolly little Red, White and Blue Festival (children welcome!) a couple of years back, has been jailed for eleven months for football-related violence in Manchester and another six months for separate incidents in Burnley and Blackpool.

Smith, the man the British National Party described as 'not a man of violence' after he was done for football hoolganism/threatening behaviour the first time, was expelled from the party following the bottling incident, then resigned as a councillor and spent the next six months telling everyone who'd listen that Nick Griffin wasn't fit to run the BNP.

Luke Smith's uncle, Steve Smith, used to be the Burnley BNP organiser, but resigned, according to him, over the party's treatment of his thug of a nephew. Searchlight however, learned at the time that he faced expulsion over financial and electoral irregularities. Steve Smith now seems to be involved with the British People's Party (another white nationalist group, even more idiotic than the BNP).

That the British National Party would even consider putting a violent convicted football hooligan up for election shows the contempt that they have for the electorate. That they actually believed this thug might turn out to be a good councillor, is beyond belief.

Burnley Today

Thanks to antifascist/lancasteruaf


Good riddance to the lot of them

27.03.2006 20:34

'Thanks to antifascist/lancasteruaf'

You're welcome. Pity there aren't a lot more reports of these shites getting banged up. Maybe la Griffin will be next (oh bliss). ;-D

Antifascist
- Homepage: http://www.lancasteruaf.com


Steve Smith

27.03.2006 21:54


The last time Steve Smith was in the news.

Auntie


Eh?

28.03.2006 17:53

Why do you obsessives waste so much time stalking these no-hopers?!

Pedro


Eh?

29.03.2006 16:33

What do you care Ben, sorry Pedro? 'Stalking'? England is one of the few countries in Europe where antifascism seems to be viewed as a marginal issue by a large section of the @ movement. If you're not interested in antifascism why bother viewing these posts, let alone subjecting the rest of us to your comments?

Charlie


Morrison

31.03.2006 15:46

Morrison has launched his campaign for the Bramley-Stanningley ward of Leeds. Hope he's going to get plenty of opposition, and that the long-discredited 'ignore them and they'll go away' ideas again being put forward by the clueless and nieve will be seen for what they are.

Red N Black


Eh?

31.03.2006 18:39

I'm just fascinated that you think these handful of isolated nutters are a threat worthy of all your efforts (not wanting to diminish genuinely anti-fascist activity, which given the lack of an organised fascist movement in Britain at present, hasn't been seen for years). Oh yeah, and who's Ben?

Pedro


Complacency

31.03.2006 21:08

"given the lack of an organised fascist movement in Britain at present"

Get your head out of the sand Pedro.

Angus


Chris Jackson

20.09.2006 19:01

Does that offer still stand?

PW


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