Derbyshire activists complete leafleting session despite being detained by PC police

Five Derbyshire British National Party activists carried out a successful leafleting session in the town of Ripley yesterday despite being detained Britain’s Stasi-like PC police force and accused of ‘inciting racial hatred’ for delivering leaflets that tell the truth about the riots.

One of the arrested men, Derbyshire sub-regional organiser Paul Hilliard, reports on the incident:

'Five of us went to Ripley town centre yesterday to distribute the Britain Stripped of All Dignity leaflets, an anti-riot leaflet that calls for action to restore order and save lives, which the public warmly welcomed.

'Things were going very well, with us handing out around 500 to 600 leaflets in around an hour or so, when PCSO Becky Davis came along to look at our leaflets after receiving just two complaints regarding all of the leaflets distributed.

'There was a question mark over the use of two words, ‘black gangs’. I was astonished to find we were being questioned about telling the truth, a truth the public already knew about regardless of the attempts from the media to cover up the race of the gangs involved in the riots.

'Within minutes, there were three police officers asking us to accompany them to the station for questioning about the leaflet. I told them we were not breaking the law by using facts, but the police said that we were ‘inciting racial hatred’ so we could either go with them voluntarily or we could be arrested.

'We were then detained for around an hour while the police looked over the leaflet and made phone calls for advice on the issue. PC Reddish, who took us in for questioning and was in charge at the time, came to me as the spokesman for the team to say that the police didn’t really know what to do with the leaflet and had to send it for further investigation but were prepared to let us go provided we leave our literature at the station so we can’t deliver any more.

'I politely refused to do so because, by leaving the literature, we would be admitting guilt of wrongdoing, which we deny. I also told PC Reddish that we would discontinue distributing these leaflets until our legal team checked the legalities of the wording used, and, if we are in the right, then we will be back to carry on distributing these leaflets at another date.

'PC Reddish was happy for me to take our literature away with us and let us go without charge on the basis we stop delivering them. Before our team and I left the station, I told the police that we were going back to the spot where they took us from to carry on so we could show the public we have done no wrong and will not be driven out of the town by PC bullying. We continued campaigning with the ReferendumNOW petition, which also went down very well with the public, from whom we collected a good number of petition signatures.

'The police were polite, pleasant and made us all a cuppa, but I feel their time is being wasted by political correctness, which again seems to hide criminal facts from the public – which is half of the problem in this country.'

Mercian Regiment march in Ripley

On 26^th January 2010, the Mercian Regiment was granted Freedom of the Borough and yesterday they marched through Ripley, Derbyshire.

The soldiers assembled in Ripley market place and marched down Church Street, along Nottingham Road, up Grosvenor Road and down Derby Road and ended at Ripley Leisure Centre, where a special reception was held for the Regiment.

The public showed our heroes huge support as can be seen in the video.

Video courtesy of TheMester27

Amber Valley Matters Blogspot

Amber Valley has two BNP councillors - Lewis Allsebrook and Cliff Roper. They have a great blog which outlines events in their constituency and I'd like you to take a look and add them.

Below is their latest blog entry...

Euro Election Spending - BNP most cost-efficient

Analysis of councillor attendance records for Full Council Meetings since May 2008, show that Heanor East Labour Councillor Glynne Cato tops the list for non-attendance.

She has not bothered to turn up for OVER 50% of the meetings (9 absences out of 17 meetings)
However she only comes out on top alphabetically because she is joined in a three way tie with the equally useless Jo Ward (Labour, Langley Mill and Aldercar) and Barry Lewis (Conservative, Belper North).

Following hot on their heels is Kevin Parkinson (Conservative, Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse) who managed to attend just one more meeting.
Shamefully, all of them claimed their full allowances.

Its worth remembering that Cato, Ward and Parkinson are all up for re-election in May.
HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS - KICK THEM IN THE BALLOTS

Article by Mick Clarke - AmbervalleyMatters

Ripley soldier tells of his Taliban blast drama

A RIPLEY soldier who has just returned from the front line in Afghanistan said the army had provided him with the 'scariest' and most 'exciting' experiences of his life.

Robert Eyre, 21, who serves with 245 Squadron 14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare), based in Wales has just returned from a six-month tour of the war-torn country.

Recalling his first experience of coming under enemy attack, Robert said. "An explosion went off then another one hit us.

"It was one of scariest and most exciting things I have done in my life. The insurgents fired rounds of rocket propelled grenades.

"We scrambled around, got our body armour and helmets on and manned the radios while the guys got their guns."

The regiment was deployed on March 13 and spent six months in Helmand Province, tuning in to the insurgents attacking coalition troops. The signals squadron worked in groups of two or three called light electronic warfare teams when accompanying infantry patrols in Helmand.

The equipment they used picked up Taliban radio, giving warnings of terrorist activity to the infantry to which they were attached.

After arriving in Helmand, they spent a month in Sangin before moving on to Lasha as part of an operation called Panther's Claw.

Some nights were spent sleeping under a sheet, next to tanks, others were spent in tents. Luckily, the whole squadron came back to the UK unharmed and healthy.

Robert, who is back in Ripley for five weeks, said: "We intercepted the enemy's voice, looking for transmissions and worked closely with the nation's interpreters. The hierarchy tells you where to go and we follow orders, providing front line commanders with information.

"It's a lifesaving job, helping the lads on the ground. Our equipment has got a lot better than it was in previous tours. I have not had any problems."

Now Robert has five weeks' leave, he plans to take his fiancee Emma to London. He will then go back to Wales to continue training and plans to spend another few years in the army.

"It's one of the best things I've ever done and it will be a big part of my life for a while.

"I know something could go wrong, you get used to it when it happens so often," he said.

At the start of October, Robert joined his squadron to take part in a parade in St David's near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire where they all received the The Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan.

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