Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Far-right candidates lose deposits, win under 2% of vote and ‘sink without a trace’ in Batley and Spen
Candidates tried and failed to capitalise on Batley Grammar School cartoons row in tense race
www.independent.co.uk
Well the Batley by election came off yesterday with an entertaining list of far right loons. And none of them managed to keep their deposit.
The worst result was for Susan Laird of the new populist party Heritage, with 33 votes, followed by former Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen, with 50.
Anne Marie Waters, leader of the far-right For Britain Movement, received 97 votes, while Ukip candidate Jack Thomson got 151 and English Democrat Therese Hirst received 207.
Election rules mean that all candidates must pay a £500 deposit, which is returned if they receive at least 5 per cent of the vote. The results mean that every far-right candidate lost their money.
Its likely that all of these loons have been in the same party at some point but collectively they managed to get 500 votes. Its hugely encouraging in a constituency that saw some dirty trick campaigning by rght wing extremists.
However we have to ask if these idiots fared so badly because the right has now found a home in Blowjobs tory party. I dont think that they have gone away.
NB My American friends may recognise the name of Jayda Fransen who benefitted by being retweeted by Donny before he was banned from twitter. She got 50 votes.