“Mark, you mean friendliest as long as the person is white!!!!!”

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh the BNP are coming.
The city will fall down around us.
Abandon all hope.

What is it with the people of this city. We have had useless councilors for years, who don't care about you or me, only what they can take off us and yet you still want to give them another chance.
I am Potteries born and bred and people from around the world comment on this city and it's people. We may not be the most attractive city in these fare isles but we are at the top of the league when it comes to friendliness and hospitality.
Wake up, open your eyes and think for yourselves instead of letting these leeches tell you what to do.”

“Ruth,i did not miss the point and was commenting that mark got it right when saying people were fed up with decades of inept local goverment and local MP'S just on the gravy train.”

“Shame you both missed the point of this meeting.
It was to show unity against one particular group, and showed that a larger group of mixed political parties can work together for the greater good.
The thought that the BNP may hold enough sway to do further damage in the city is frightening. No new business will come to the city as no business would want to be associated with an area that actively promoted racism. Its time that the electorate took a long hard look at possible outcomes.”

“Well said mark,”

“Apathy! That¿s rich coming from Mark Fisher. It is because of apathy towards the people of Stoke-on-Trent from the likes of him and his ilk that has given us the problems that we now suffer from. The only reason that they are crawling out of the woodwork now is because their cosy world of self serving agendas are in jeopardy.

Lets face it, when the electorate is servile and do as they say and keep quiet these so called community leaders, Mps, and uniters against this and that don¿t give a damn. Yet when they feel threatened they have the nerve to blame us for voting for a party that appears to offer us one way out of the mess that they have led us into.
When we feel threatened we will do what we think is right, and that may not include Mark Fisher. Well he has had his time and blown it so now the electorate are choosing different, that is their democratic right. That decision is ours to make and if it is the correct one we will be proved right. If we choose and it is the wrong one, can it be any worse than the bunch of useless councillors we had before.

The saying ¿better the devil you know¿ springs to mind and maybe that is what Mark Fisher is talking about. He knows that we can be lied too, bribed and led to believe whatever they want us to believe yet in the past we elected them again and again. Is this because we were scared of change or because Mps from all parties were all useless, so stick with the useless ones we have.

So when it comes to apathy, Mark Fisher certainly knows what he is talking about.”