LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Protest over BNP councillor in Tower Hamlets

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Nov 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Report from an anti-racist demonstration in the East End of London. British National Party councillor Derek Beackon attended a Tower Hamlets council meeting last night, sparking the protests on which he comments here. Paul Holborow of the Anti-Nazi League explains what the protesters hope to achieve. Labour councillor Paula Manzila Odin defends the boycott of the meeting by Labour councillors, but James Hunt (Labour) and Tim Dickinson (Conservative), both defeated by Beackon in the Millwall ward, take a different view. Liberal Democrat, Peter Hughes also comments on an accusation of racism made after a Lib Dem leaflet campaign, and on the protests against the BNP. Kevin Murphy reports.

Contributors

Paul Holborow; James Hunt; Kevin Murphy; Derek Beackon; Paula Manzila Odin; Tim Dickinson; Peter Hughes

Keywords

Elections; Politics; London; Local authorities; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Demonstrations; Tower Hamlets; Anti-Nazi League; Protest movements; Racism; Liberal Democrats; Politicians; Election campaigns; Anti-racism; Millwall; BNP; Derek Beackon

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