AN AMMAN Valley community leader has called on politicians throughout the area to unite to see off the threat of the BNP.

Carmarthenshire Council’s deputy leader, Kevin Madge, told the Guardian he feels so strongly against the party that he would join forces with Plaid’s Adam Price and Rhodri Glyn Thomas to ensure they make no more inroads into the valley.

Cllr Madge was speaking after BNP members carried out a leaflet drop in and around Ammanford.

In those leaflets, entitled ‘June 4 2009 D Day Part 2’ in reference to the European elections, members of the public are urged to vote for BNP candidate Kevin Edwards, who, as a member of Llandybie Community Council is the only BNP councillor in South Wales.

But Labour councillor Madge said he felt there would never be a welcome for them in the area.

“I’ve been a politician for almost 30 years and I can’t see them making inroads into the Amman Valley,” he said.

“We need to stop them dead in their tracks and I am willing to stand shoulder to shoulder with Adam Price and any other politicians to ensure they do not get a foothold in the area.”

Ammanford town mayor Hugh Evans said that while he was also of the opinion that the BNP would not make inroads into the area, there was nothing stopping them from targeting the town.

“I was on the anti-BNP march in Llanelli recently and I can’t honestly see them making ground in the area,” he said.

“But we live in a democracy and if they want to campaign on the streets of Ammanford, that’s up to them.”