Hope Not Hate

Dear John,

I’m writing to you with some great news. For the second year running the BNP has been routed in British elections. They have been wiped out in Stoke-on-Trent, lost all but one of the 268 seats they was contesting in English council elections and saw their vote collapse in the Welsh Assembly elections.

The BNP is now in disarray and huge credit must go to you. For the past few years HOPE not hate has campaigned in the areas where BNP support was strongest. We’ve exposed their racism, lies and incompetence and we’ve offered people a more positive alternative. This year’s campaign has been no exception. In Stoke-on-Trent alone hundreds of people have delivered almost 150,000 pieces of literature since the beginning of the year. Fifteen months ago the BNP had nine councillors in Stoke-on-Trent – now they have none.

The same is true in Thurrock, Burnley, Charnwood, Calderdale and a host of other areas we have campaigned in.

What do these results mean for you? We are creating a HOPE wall on our website and we want you to write on it.
https://donate.hopenothate.org.uk/page/signup/wall-of-hope

The BNP is on the verge of collapse. They have debts of over £600,000 and members and supporters are leaving in droves. They are rats leaving a sinking ship.

Next week we will be evaluating where the HOPE not hate campaign goes from here. Do we have a future if there is no BNP? How do we respond to other right wing parties or even a new far right party? Can we or should we get more involved in positive community cohesion?

These are questions for next week but for now let’s celebrate our success. We have brought the BNP to its knees. Me, you, all of us. We have made a real and meaningful difference.

Please leave a message on our HOPE wall
https://donate.hopenothate.org.uk/page/signup/wall-of-hope

All this has been achieved because of you. Thousands of you have donated to the campaign; many more have come out on the streets to deliver leaflets and newspapers. To those who say that ordinary people cannot change politics we say, look at the HOPE not hate campaign.

Thanks again for all your support. Let’s savour this victory and let’s continue to ensure that HOPE triumphs over hate.

Nick