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01 May 1998

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The fascist British National Party and the National Democrats did poorly in last May's local elections standing few candidates and making little impact outside of east London. While this does not bode well for the electoral chimera that both organisations are pursuing, another from the far-right had more success by following a more traditional route. Former west London National Front organiser, Phil Andrews, won an Isleworth council seat as an "independent" Isleworth Community candidate. Underplaying his Holocaust revisionism and demands for compulsory repatriation in favour of a law and order programme he managed to deceive enough people to get elected. Interestingly, Andrews omitted to mention in his electoral material that he was jailed for six months in 1986 for assaulting a black police officer. His election has prompted a boycott by the mainstream parties and anti-racist groups are committed to demonstrating against him if he attends meetings.

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