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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Brian Sedgemore (Labour), on Wednesday, 18 April 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 17 members in total.

Collaboration between the Liberal Party and the National Front in Hackney (No. 1)

That this House views with grave concern the continuing collaboration between the Liberal Party and the National Front in Hackney; notes that the former Liberal Parliamentary candidate Councillor Jeffrey Roberts collaborated with Derek Day, a prominent member of the National Front and with various criminal elements, including his own agent Philip Owen who had 90 criminal convictions and Wendy Cullinane who killed her own child and was convicted of manslaughter; notes that the current Liberal leader Councillor Colin Beadle is collaborating with National Front supporter Gary Russell; notes that Gary Russell, electoral No. 1681, of Hillcot House who has signed Beadle's nomination form as proposer for the forthcoming election in Haggerston has organised for the National Front in Hackney and written letters to Graham Williamson, a national National Front organiser, on notepaper headed, The Way Forward; Hackney National Front: Cadres/Candidates, asking for back issues of National Front news for local supporters; notes that this Nazi hoodlum is a graffiti artist and is รบ1,000 in arrears with his rent and is trying to organise a rent strike to provide himself with cover; and finally notes that Gary Russell admits that he still holds National Front views.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

Collaboration between the Liberal Party and the National Front in Hackney (No. 1) (855A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Simon Hughes (primary, Liberal Democrat) and tabled on Wednesday, 18 April 1990. It has been signed by 9 members in total.
Leave out from 'concern' to end and add, 'the frenzied attempts through distortion and smear by the Hackney Labour Party to divert attention away from their record of neglect and the criminal conviction of one of their own candidates; believes the inability to distinguish between the Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Party shows the depth of the allegations; notes that Councillor Beadle's original nomination papers were rejected on a technicality forcing him to collect new nominations at short notice which he did at a council meeting, without knowing the political background or personal views of all those prepared to nominate him; looks forward to many more years of hard work on behalf of the people of Hackney by Colin Beadle and further believes that neither he nor any other Liberal Democrat needs lessons on fighting racism from a Labour Party colluding with elements in the Conservative Party against the legitimate rights of the Hong Kong Chinese.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
855 
855A1 
Session
1989-90
Subjects
Political parties National Front Hackney Liberal
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk