The British National Party could pose a major threat to Labour in the upcoming European elections, Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman has said. The BNP "are a bigger threat than they have been before", she told the Independent newspaper in an interview. She also outlined Labour's efforts to counter the BNP ahead of elections for the European Parliament in June. Labour is "focused on the BNP in this election in a way it hasn't been previously," she added. 'Below the radar' Labour is using the slogan "fairness not fear" in areas where there is heavy BNP activity, instead of its national banner "winning the fight for Britain's future".
The British National Party could pose a major threat to Labour in the upcoming European elections, Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman has said.
The BNP "are a bigger threat than they have been before", she told the Independent newspaper in an interview.
She also outlined Labour's efforts to counter the BNP ahead of elections for the European Parliament in June.
Labour is "focused on the BNP in this election in a way it hasn't been previously," she added.
'Below the radar'
Labour is using the slogan "fairness not fear" in areas where there is heavy BNP activity, instead of its national banner "winning the fight for Britain's future".
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SMALLER nations than Wales are thriving in the European Union as independent states - and we should follow their examples, a leading Plaid Cymru figure has claimed. MEP Jill Evans' election a decade ago was a watershed moment for Plaid and this year her Labour and Conservative counterparts are stepping down. She does not believe that her party's renewed emphasis on independence will damage her electoral chances when she faces fresh challengers at the ballot box in June. Describing the difference independence would make to Wales' status in the EU, she said: "We have four MEPs - we'd have about 12. We'd have our own commissioner and we'd be voting in the Council of Ministers." She continued: "When you say to people that six of the 27 member states are smaller than Wales, people are really shocked by that... It becomes clearer to people we'd be much better off as an independent member of the European Union."
SMALLER nations than Wales are thriving in the European Union as independent states - and we should follow their examples, a leading Plaid Cymru figure has claimed.
MEP Jill Evans' election a decade ago was a watershed moment for Plaid and this year her Labour and Conservative counterparts are stepping down.
She does not believe that her party's renewed emphasis on independence will damage her electoral chances when she faces fresh challengers at the ballot box in June.
Describing the difference independence would make to Wales' status in the EU, she said: "We have four MEPs - we'd have about 12. We'd have our own commissioner and we'd be voting in the Council of Ministers."
She continued: "When you say to people that six of the 27 member states are smaller than Wales, people are really shocked by that... It becomes clearer to people we'd be much better off as an independent member of the European Union."
