The death has been announced of Burnley BNP super-activist Scott Atkinson at the shockingly young age of just 37.

Scott Atkinson had been a BNP member for the past 6 years and had stood as a candidate in the last three local elections, twice in the Gawthorpe ward of Padiham, where he came within 26 votes of winning the seat and most recently in the Coal Clough with Deerplay Ward, where he came second only to the leader of the Council.

Scott openly displayed his pride in his membership of the BNP with his personalised registration plate, V2 BNP, (Victory to the BNP.)

Councillor Sharon Wilkinson, leader of Burnley & Padiham BNP, paid this tribute to her lost friend and colleague:

“Scott was a committed activist who not only gave his time to the cause here in Burnley, but would regularly travel across the country to support other branches when the need arose.

His value as an activist was much more than his willingness to distribute literature, or to stand and demonstrate, it was his understanding of the need to build a good and solid reputation in his community.

His approach was always polite, with intelligent argument, and for this reason he had been happily accepted into his local neighbourhood action group. They will also miss him.”

“Scott was a real trooper; he had been by my side for the past 5 weeks delivering Voice of Freedom newspapers door to door. He was a very popular figure in Burnley and Padiham and well known by many.

His sudden and premature death has deeply saddened us all.”

Cllr Sharon Wilkinson,
on behalf of Burnley & Padiham Branch,
British National Party.