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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, September 18th, 2003 11, Coffee queen’s keynote speech


(tactical manoeuvre to attract vot- 1 there are still some recent indica- lerence to nazism. ling the raised arm Nazi salute at ] 2001 shown on Panorama? And . narching songs played at the same


* use a Nazi SS symbol as a logo as !


(aring a T-shirt with a large 88 on j ’ rally at Sawley in 2002 as shown t


Jthat the BNP is simply playing a I I t a growing number of people are | Vanda and accepting it as a main- :


fame? (88 is code for Heil Hitler- h i ohabet.)


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J whom seem to me to continue to ■ |d Holocaust denial views.


It the BNP at its word is not only | 1 dangerous. If the party was truly j ] of its nazi past, it would have to i


i J i extreme nationalism and racism.


I clean, the BNP does not attempt be core nazi ideas.


I say ‘No’ to the Balkanisation of North-West


NEXT year we are to be allowed to vote on whether we should have regional gov­ ernment in the North-West. . In his infinite wisdom the Deputy


Prime Minister has decided th a t the North-West is one of three regions of the ’ United Kingdom which is crying out for a new form of Government to replace coun­ ty councils and the traditional borough councils.


Valley? For a start it would mean saying good­


What would this mean for us in Ribble


bye to Lancashire County Council. As you may have gleaned over the past 11 years that I have been honoured to serve you in Parliament, I am not the greatest fan of the county council. I t has made many crass decisions threatening the clo­ sure of elderly homes, and its record on local schools for local children is dismal. I t is now persecuting anyone with


| ould qualify as jenous Briton


|and (letters, September 11th) uses ; Britons".


I; is his use of the word indigenous? If Britain are those of the Dark Lb most famous for Stonehenge. |d occupied so many times that we


oles of North America being Indi- Imilarly, the aboriginal and Torres [iawho can be traced back 70,000


Jneans white people and therefore 'muddle historical fact, l conclusions.


ily white people [ered British?


j last week need to be clarified. Ihe BNP whom they considered l ” The only answer received was rankland, who said that his own yho were proud to be British.


I me for prolonging the correspon­ ding the BNP and its policies, but I number of points raised by BNP


re is nothing wrong in being proud ; . n, as long as you do not denigrate


|re not British. I support the Eng- II team, containing several players jibbean origin, the English cricket ; 1 is truly multi-racial, and will sing lope and Glory” along with the


liestion remains for the BNP’s sup- * Inswer - whom do they consider to I Is it only those with white faces?


gins doing exactly the same and 1 to be British.


contains many .people, ot, dilterent-', "i :


|ccused of using the word Nazi he BNP. As a matter of fact, I only ; brd in a sentence in which I asked ; BNP considered those whose pre-


brations fled mainland Europe I Nazi persecution to be British, . I millions of people of non-Anglo-


|:nt. le r all people who have British |. irrespective of racial, cultural or rigin, to be entitled to receive love


1 within the law of the land. IP supporters agree with me, why


It say so, so that we do not misun- lem? In which case I will be delight- Irised, bearing in mind some of the I made by their leaders in the past, lally, I am not a member of any .


Jrty. |g Mr Cave’s letter, yes he is right ■in some parts of England the num- liing the Christian faith are declin- (lere Christ is proclaimed Saviour • all people in need of His saving


trowing.


lit is growing at an amazing rate 1 embracing people of all races and he BNP’s views, in my opinion, can late and put up barriers between ■ring them suspicious of each other. Mark Clayton’s views that it is J hat all our children learn in schools Inclusive and welcoming about the | other people, so that they can grow |of understanding about each other. In look to a future Britain of which ] be proud, because of the love, I tolerance of its people towards all , colours and religions.


I H. BLACKBURN, |tvcnue,


it question for INF Catholics’


Its practising Catholics, they are ttend Mass every Sunday, day was racial justice Sunday, ire given out and, among other stated “that God made man in


hink of this? pES,


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:’s Advertiser and Times, Mr !, of Burnley, stated that some oman Catholics were members of


specialist cheesemonger & delicatessen


|age and likeness.” The Catholic for Racial Justice was involved in


i the practising Catholic BNP' r letters . . .


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I with noms de plume arc now only lo r publication if the editor agrees | is a valid reason for the writer's | be withheld. can be s e n t by post to th e


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incomes over a certain level whose chil­ dren use school busses, at the same time as closing many local evening educational classes in the Valley because we are not impoverished like other parts of the coun­ ty - which means you pay the taxes and then please get lost, because you are not getting anything extra for it. Much as I may, therefore, feel no warm


glow towards that lot over in Preston housed in the Winter Palace, I am still able to divorce my feelings away from the institution itself towards the group of politicians currently running the show. Just because the current cast of some


musical touring Manchester cannot sing, that is no excuse to close down the the­ atre. I t is, however, a very good reason to


remove the current controlling group at the council. Secondly, and more worrying than los­


ing the county council, is the decision that Ribble Valley Borough Council is deemed too' small to run all the affairs currently operated by the county council and therefore a new structure has to be found there. Ribble Valley Borough Council is a


THE current Ribbles- dale Camera Club exhi­ bition is regarded as the best ever. As usual, the work of


“COFFEE queen” Sahar Hashemi will be the keynote speaker when a • new East Lancashire business - women’s network holds its first annual conference today. = - ■ Sahar was founder of Coffee1


members is on display in Clitheroe Library. The quality, variety and different ways of presenting images are creating a lot of inter­ est. i Some pictures are


taken locally, but mem- ■ bers travel all over the world and their work reflects this. The club is always


keen to recruit.new: members, whether beginners, experienced. | photographers or advanced workers. Pictured with some of


the exhibits are, from the, left, member Mike Bartle, chairman | Stephen Robinson and secretary Ken Geddes. (G130903/1)


IS to a new


TASMANIA beckons for for­ mer Clitheroe man Roger


Riley. At the end of this month, the


33-year-old electrical engineer will travel half way around the world to take up a new post as a connections manager for Tas­ manian power company Tran­ scend. The son of Hans and Carol


Riley, of Chatburn Road, Roger was educated at St Michael and St


small authority which is close to its resi­ dents. Most people know their councillors and the problems of one village’s area is very often similar to problems of another


area. The Government wishes to see Ribble


not want to phone Blackburn and if I have a problem with flooding I do not want to have to contact Liverpool or Manchester. The whole idea is worse than half


| lith enthusiasm, delighting in the <


that this whole exercise is going to be hugely expensive and bureaucratic. It will b’e‘as remote as'Europe is tomostof us,- with decisions being made in far off places


baked - it is a recipe for salmonella of the system which governs us locally. I know from my experience in Wales


by people we have never heard of. The answer has got to be no. I t is about time that politicians started


to listen to ordinary people. The govern­ ment of Sweden has just learned the hard way that when their decisions are so out of kilter with the ordinary people then, given the opportunity, the local people will kick. Now is the time for us to kick. If you


feel that paying £100 extra a year on the rates for this misguided strangulation of local democracy is too much to pay, then you will be given an opportunity to have


your say. Just remember that promises of apple


pie and cream followed by sunshine and rich harvests are spun by shark merchants who are good at dressing up empty pack­ ages as your new ideal home. Funnily enough, I still play the lottery


in the vain hope that one Saturday I just might win £15 million. I t might happen, and indeed it has happened, to others, but as for myself I am more likely to be hit by an asteroid which has travelled billions of light years from another milky'way, but you never know. One thing that is predictable beyond


the six numbers on a Saturday, is that this whole lousy idea stinks. The smell will permeate from Manchester to West Brad­ ford, or Wigan to Waddington. I t is the old adage - if it’s not broken


don't fix it. If we meddle with this one, then we will


have a very long time to reflect on our stupidity.


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years training as an electrical engi­ neer with the National Grid, based in Watford, and has since held sev­ eral posts with the company. Most recently he has been work-


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under way today at Ewood Park, the home of Blackburn Rovers. In addition to high profile guest


speakers from the world of busi­ ness, there will be a range of work­ shops and presentations. They will include ones-on how to network effectively, create a professional image, overcome work problems and balance work with a healthy lifestyle.


v1 The highlight will be a motiva­ tional talk by Sahar Hashemi, who will outline how her business empire grew. Christine Lambe, who manages Unique, said: “I t ’s an exciting time for Unique, as we near 300 members, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with our first annual confer­ ence introduced by Sahar.”


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