BNP election victories: what's going on in the UK?

[Machjo]

Recently, the British National Party leader, Nick Griffin, appeared on the BBC's question time. You can see the video here:

YouTube - BNP Nick Griffin on BBC Question Time Part 1

Though the BNP is a far right party, its leader was welcomed to the show owing to its election victories at both the local and EU levels.

To give an idea of its policy platform, among its policies is that a BNP government would put a stop to immigration and even offer financial incentives to persons who voluntarily leave Britain, and to governments that accept them.

The BNP was born out of the fascist National Front, though it has moderated its policies more recently. Though no longer fascist in the strictest sense of the word (it would allow all who are in Britain legally to stay, and even turns out to be more isolationist than all the mainstream parties, as exemplified in its opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan), it still maintains the desire to preserve the majority race in Britain.

Surprisingly enough, it has attracted many working class votes from the Labour Party. In fact, its economic policies are very socialist in many ways, the main distinctions between it and the Labour parties being its anti-immigration (the Labour party has adopted a very pro-immigration stance), foreign military (the Labour Party supported the war in Iraq), and anti-EU (though ironically enough, the BNP has MEPs elected to the European Parliament!).

What the heck is going on in the UK that the BNP continues to grow?

 

[archivist]

Hello Machjo

The simple answer is that the British Socialist party has gone so far left it has become far right. The Loony Left as they are not so affectionately known have taken political correctness to an extreme and have made Britain into a nanny state where the Government interferes in everything. The attitude being that they don't believe that the electors are able to do anything for themselves. And every politician on the left wants to make a name for himself/herself by taking charge of ever sillier policies.

But have you noticed that in the recent expenses scandal, Socialist MPs are way ahead of all the rest in the outrageous expense claims stakes! Even the Prime Minister has had to pay some back!!!

As for the BNP, their leader is a clown. He frequently makes stupid mistakes. The latest one being the use of the Polish Squadron Spitfire in his recent election campaign. The Spitfire was the iconic weapon against a fascist regime. Romeo Foxtrot Delta (the one he used) belonged to 303 Squadron which was the most successful squadron in the Battle of Britain and that squadron also had the highest scoring individual pilot. All this in spite of the fact that it was in the B of B for two months less than all the others.

If Nick Griffin says the BNP are not racist he is either being economical with the truth or he doesn't know what his own party is doing. Their biggest element of support are the skinhead thugs and one or two of the organised gangs of football hooligans openly support the BNP. Mr Griffin won't openly condone their activities but he will happily accept their votes.

If you get the chance, watch a recording of his appearance on BBC Question Time (it's available on the internet). You will see how bad he is.

Meanwhile Britain is going to the dogs.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

The Tory leader, Cameron (who looks likely to be the next Prime Minister) is no Margaret Thatcher, he belongs to the centre right (in Ted Heath and Ian Gilmore tradition). So don’t look for any sharp reversal of course when he becomes the PM, as happened with Mrs. Thatcher.

Indeed, it is nonsense to call Labour party looney left; it is very much centre left, Social Democratic Party, same as the Tory party under Cameron is centre right party.

There is a lot less polarization in Britain than there is in USA (where Democratic Party belongs to centre/centre right and Republican Party belongs to the far right, there is no left).