BNP Liverpool Candidate Mike Whitby Arrested Over Electoral Fraud Allegations

The British National Party's candidate for mayor of Liverpool has been arrested on suspicion faking signatures on his nomination papers.

Mike Whitby, who is on Thursday's ballot paper for the directly-elected post, was held by police at his home in north Wales on Monday.

Detectives arrived at the house at 7.30am but the candidate refused to co-operate and officer were unable to detain him until around six hours later, the Press Association reported.

Merseyside Police said he remains in custody being questioned over alleged electoral fraud by making false statements and faking signatures on nomination election papers.

Detective Superintendent Martin Andrew, of Merseyside Police, said: "Following an allegation that nomination forms for the mayoral elections had been fraudulently filled in, a police investigation was launched.

"Officers conducted extensive inquiries in the Wavertree area of Liverpool over the weekend and interviewed a significant number of people.

"Following those inquiries and after taking advice from the Crown Prosecution Service, Merseyside police officers attended an address in the Wrexham area of North Wales at 7.30am today to speak to the homeowner about the allegations.

"My officers made repeated attempts to speak to the occupant and, at around 1.30pm today, they arrested a 59-year-old man on suspicion of making false statements and faking signatures on nomination election papers - an offence under Section 65A of the Representation of the People Act.

"The man was taken to a police station in Wrexham where he was interviewed about the allegations.

"He currently remains in police custody."

The complaint was made to Merseyside Police following an investigation by the Liverpool Echo which reported alleged irregularities in Mr Whitby's nomination papers.

A BNP spokesman said Whitby denies the allegations and stands by the names on his nomination form.

He added: "Mike and his wife went to every single one of those people and explained who he was and what he stands for.

"What we have here is a newspaper trying to scupper an election campaign."

There are a total of 12 candidates for mayor in Liverpool this Thursday, including Labour leader Joe Anderson and Liberal Democrat Richard Kemp.

Tony Caldeira is the Conservative candidate. Steve Radford from the Liberal Party and John Coyne for the Green Party are also standing.

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Could be true but who knows. I hope the allegations prove false for the sake of Nationalism. If so Whitby wants to sue for malicious prosecution/interfering with Elections etc.

Or it could be his socialist proclivities shining through to balls something else up in Nationalism.

We shall wait and see.

WHAT HAVE THE LIB/LAB/CON DONE FOR OUR PEOPLE ?

Working-class children do worse at school in Britain than in Estonia, Hungary or Greece

Working-class children are more likely to be consigned to educational failure in Britain than in most other developed nations, according to international research.

Figures show that the poorest 25 per cent of pupils perform worse than those in countries such as Australia, France, Spain and the United States.

A major study shows that Britain was ranked 28th out of 34 nations based on the proportion of deprived children who exceed expectations in exams.

Just a quarter of poor pupils succeed “against the odds” at school – below the international average and behind countries such as Poland, Greece, Mexico, Slovenia and Chile.

The disclosure is made in a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development based on a series of tests sat by a sample of teenagers in countries across the developed world in 2009.

It comes amid continuing concerns over poor levels of social mobility in Britain.

A survey published on Friday found that almost three-quarters of teachers believe their pupils will end up on state benefits when they leave school because of a lack of jobs.

The OECD study said: “Regardless of whether income inequality is high or low, an individual’s skills and abilities are a key factor in determining whether they can get a good job and move up the income ladder.

“Yet in countries with higher income inequality – such as Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States – a child’s future economic standing is often closely related to the income level of his or her parents.

“This suggests that socio-economic background plays a strong role in the development of children’s skills and abilities in these countries.”

The study, based on the results of a reading test, showed that 31 per cent of poor children across the world manage to exceed expectations at school for their social class. In Britain, the proportion falls to 25 per cent.

South Korea was the top-ranked nation, followed by Finland, Japan, Turkey, Canada and Portugal.

WHAT HAVE THE LABOUR/NEW LABOUR PARTY, CONSERVATIVES, LIB-DEMS etc done for US in OUR INTERESTS and not at OUR EXPENSE in the last 100 yrs ?

NOTHING.

LISA NANDY - I WILL FIGHT TO SAVE LOCAL SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF WIGAN

Written Answers — Home Department: Detention Centres: Children (7 March 2012)

Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children are being held in UK Border Agency immigration detention facilities with their parents.

LISA NANDY - THE PEOPLE OF WIGAN WHO VOTED FOR ME CAN F*** err RELY ON ME AGAIN

Written Answers — Home Department: Detention Centres (7 March 2012)

Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many single parents with dependent children are being held in immigration detention facilities in the UK.

LISA NANDY - I WILL FIGHT FOR WIGANS FUTURE QUESTION TABLED

Lisa Nandy (Wigan, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in immigration detention were primary carers for children before they were placed in detention.

LISA NANDY TABLES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF WIGANS WORKFORCE

Written Answers — Education: Schools: Admissions (7 March 2012)

Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils in each local authority in England attending wholly selective secondary schools (a) were eligible for free school meals, (b) had special educational needs and (c) were from ethnic minority families in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the equivalent figures were for (i) the local authority in which..

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6. Overseas visits

Name of donor: Sir Joseph Hotung Foundation

Address of donor: School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,200, including return flights from Heathrow to Tel Aviv, 4 nights’ accommodation and all travel within Palestine and Israel

Destination of visit: the Palestinian Territory and Israel

Date of visit: 8-12 December 2011

Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit to Palestinian Territory and Israel

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6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Sir Joseph Hotung Foundation Address of donor: School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXGAmount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,200, including return flights from Heathrow to Tel Aviv, 4 nights’ accommodation and all travel within Palestine and Israel (Registered 19 December 2011)	Name of donor: Sir Joseph Hotung Foundation Address of donor: School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXGAmount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,200, including return flights from Heathrow to Tel Aviv, 4 nights’ accommodation and all travel within Palestine and Israel (Registered 19 December 2011)
10. Loans and other controlled transactions
Name of lender: Royal Bank of Scotland plc, 38 Market Place Wigan WN1 1PJ Company registration number: 90312 £3,000 overdraft limit Loan entered into: 5 March 2010 Repayment: indefinite Rate of interest: Standard RBS overdraft terms No security given
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6. Overseas visits
	Name of donor: Sir Joseph Hotung Foundation Address of donor: School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXGAmount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,200, including return flights from Heathrow to Tel Aviv, 4 nights’ accommodation and all travel within Palestine and Israel Destination of visit: the Palestinian Territory and Israel Date of visit: 8-12 December 2011 Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit to Palestinian Territory and Israel (Registered 19 December 2011)
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(a) Donations to the constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by the party to the Electoral Commission: (a) Name of donor: A fundraising event in London (a) Address of donor: organizers, myself and the Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6550 raised of which £3275 was received by my constituency party. No individual donation exceeded £1,500. (a) Donor status: fundraising event (a) (Registered 7 June 2010)
6 September 2010 (first entry we have)
4. Sponsorships
(a) Donations to the constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by the party to the Electoral Commission: (a) Name of donor: A fundraising event in London (a) Address of donor: organizers, myself and the Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6550 raised of which £3275 was received by my constituency party. No individual donation exceeded £1,500. (a) Donor status: fundraising event (a) (Registered 7 June 2010)
10. Loans and other controlled transactions
Name of lender: Royal Bank of Scotland plc, 38 Market Place Wigan WN1 1PJ Company registration number: 90312 £3,000 overdraft limit Loan entered into: 5 March 2010 Repayment: indefinite Rate of interest: Standard RBS overdraft terms No security given I wonder who this Sir Joseph Hoting is and what does he do ? Sir Joseph Hotung and his Project is all about this very local issue of concern to many of the unemployed - Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East Recent Publications: Palestinian Statehood and Collective Recognition by the United Nations This briefing paper discusses the main legal issues relevant to the recognition of Palestine as a State. In September this year (2011), Palestine is widely expected to request the General Assembly (UNGA) to adopt a resolution recognising that it is now a State. There has also been speculation that it may submit an application to be admitted as a member of the United Nations. Examination of commentaries on the issue of Palestinian recognition however reveals confusion. This is perhaps understandable given the degree of overlap and interplay between the issues of the recognition of Statehood; that of “collective recognition” in a UNGA resolution; and that of admission as a member State of the United Nations. This paper seeks to elucidate the principal legal issues relevant to each of these three distinct, yet related, questions, and then apply them to the situation of Palestine. Palestinian Statehood and Collective Recognition by the UN - Draft (pdf; 297kb) Palestinian Statehood and Collective Recognition by the UN - Summary (pdf; 57kb) See also: Yale Journal of International Affairs online column article Recognizing Palestinian Statehood The Israel-Palestine conflict in international law: territorial issues with an introduction by Henry Siegman The status of the territories Israel occupied as a result of the Six-Day War in 1967 has been described as “disputed” or as territories under Israeli administration. Further, it has been claimed that, by virtue of the Mandate for Palestine, Israel is entitled to claim all the territory which was subject to the Mandate east of the River Jordan because this was the area reserved for “close settlement” in order that a Jewish national home could be established. Alternatively, some have claimed that, because the Arab population of Mandate Palestine rejected the United Nations’ Partition Plan embodied in General Assembly resolution 181 of 29 November 1947, it forfeited any entitlement it had to claim any of the territory of the former Mandate. This paper addresses these and other arguments from the standpoint of international law, emphasising the primordial importance of the legal doctrine of self-determination—both as an integral component of the Mandate and in its current manifestation—in determining the proper destination of the territory of Mandate Palestine. The Sir Joseph Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East works to highlight and promote the use of international law and human rights in respect to the engagement of all parties, including third States, to Israeli-Palestinian relations. The goal is to generate policy-oriented scholarship that will support the development of practical strategies for a just and lasting peace in the region. The research programme on Law, human rights and peace building in the Middle East is sponsored by Sir Joseph Hotung and administered by SOAS . So there you go. What has your CONSTITUENCY to do with Palestine or Israel? Who do you work for again ? You should read some her questions too - To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what human rights training UK Trade and Industry officials receive prior to posting. Written Answers — International Development: Mining (22 March 2012) Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what his policy is on support for projects that involve open pit coal mining; (2) whether his Department has recently made an assessment of the potential effect of open pit mining in Bangladesh on (a) the environment and (b) human rights. Ehh bah gum lass, they're doin great, soon well be paying the poor immigrants to work in their own countries, now, you were saying about the employment opportunities created for the poor, unemployed oppressed Wiganers and what your doing about it, what about THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS ?. Nothing about getting work for the unemployed in Wigan then .