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Friday, February 27, 2004 

NEC Split - News from the North West

I briefly met Lesley Brown, at the farcial Middlesborough hustings, before she resigned from the NEC in what I took to be complete disgust at the antics she found going on. Later the similarly highly respected and upright NEC member from Yorkshire, Judith Longman, also left that body. These departures while fully understood were great losses in the fight to restore some respectability to the party, which the immediately preceding posts beneath this clearly show, is still being lost.

I was glad to receive this confirmation that these stalwarts have not yet abandoned the fight for the soul of the party to which they both devoted so much time, effort and energy, when the following report arrived:-

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NORTH WEST MISLED BY GREGG BEAMAN

Gregg Beaman told the NEC two weeks ago that when he announced to the North West area the starting of a fighting fund to keep up the fight against Damian Hockney, the members cheered.

This, of course, from a new leadership acolyte, is completely untrue. In fact the news was met with astonished silence. And the news of the leadership even attempting to expel Damian Hockney was regarded as a very worrying trend. Damian Hockney had achieved the highest vote in the North West for the Referendum Party in 1997, and had kept strong links there.

So the note below from former North West NEC member Lesley Brown is perhaps not a surprise. It was just such a sadness that Lesley Brown felt so angered by the leadership's antics last year that she felt she had no option but to resign from the NEC.


26th February 2004

NEC ELECTIONS


As a fellow party member I urge you to read carefully the Returning Officer's report on the delayed NEC elections.

The report is not secret and its contents are deeply disturbing. There are very serious issues which need to be addressed by all members and it is simply no good sweeping them under the carpet for the sake of 'party unity' or their supposed impact on the Euro elections.

At NEC meetings I have seen and heard Damian Hockney's fight to defend the core principles upon which this party is based. By doing so he is defending the beliefs of the ordinary members of our party and yet he has been attacked and undermined for his efforts. I have never, in public or in private, heard Damian attack other party members - despite the personal vilification he has had to endure - and I am proud to offer him my support.

Lesley Brown

NEC Member 2002-2003
NW Chairman 1999-2002
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The Returning Officer's Report may be read by clicking here, or scrolling down the page to the post 'Statement on Stalled UKIP NEC Elections'.

posted by Martin |12:02 PM
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