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City Hall protesters vow to force out new BNP politician
Sri Carmichael, Evening Standard07.05.08
More than 400 protesters gathered at City Hall to register their disgust at the election of a British National Party member to the London Assembly.
Richard Barnbrook became the far-Right party's highest profile politician when 130,000 people voted for him last week. But musicians, including members of Babyshambles, university representatives and passers-by waved placards branding him a fascist whose policies encourage hatred and division. The demonstrators marched around City Hall early yesterday evening banging drums.
A spokesman for organisers Love Music Hate Racism and Unite Against Fascism said it was the start of a campaign to force Mr Barnbrook from office that would draw on the revulsion felt by the vast majority of Londoners. Mayor Boris Johnson has refused to speak to Mr Barnbrook and all four parties look set to shun him. He gained just over the five per cent threshold needed to win one of the 11 non-geographical seats.
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