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[miggcddave]

What concerns me is who are the characters who cast sufficient votes to get 2 BNP candidates elected as MEPs?

Me for one

me for two

[webby23]

What concerns me is who are the characters who cast sufficient votes to get 2 BNP candidates elected as MEPs?

Me for one

Me for three..........

[webby23]

And Pitchfork I am offended by your language and you should think about withdrawing that post mate

 

[crazyjoetavola]

BNP leader Nick Griffin has been pelted with eggs and forced to abandon a press conference outside Parliament.

About 200 protesters disrupted the event, which follows the British National Party winning its first two seats in the European Parliament.

Mr Griffin was elected for the North West region - a result condemned by parties across the political spectrum.

He says the BNP is not racist and says it won votes because it "spoke openly about the problem of immigration".

The BBC's political correspondent Carole Walker said Mr Griffin and his fellow BNP MEP Andrew Brons were led to a car and had to abandon the press conference.

On Monday Tory leader David Cameron and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said they were "sickened" by the BNP's win and Labour deputy Harriet Harman said it was "a terrible thing".

But Mr Griffin argued the "political elite" were responsible for making "the indigenous British majority .. second class citizens in every possible sphere".

Source: BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8091605.stm

Idiots (the people with the eggs, that is). Draws yet more attention to the BNP. 

We may not like them, but the way to address them is with reasoned argument. Pelting them with eggs is the behaviour of the jungle. Remember, fascists deny free speech. 

........Nick do you see my point, made on the EU elections thread, about how the politics of the absolute tends to usurp reasoned debate?


There is every possibility that whenever the duly elected BNP members attempt to carry out their mandate there will be some form of protest. 

In my experience - and that has been substantial in these matters of public order -  I recognise the beginnings of a running sore, which will eventually develop into a fundamental infection and spread to contaminate local politics for some time.

Violence and extreme protest don't take much to start, but they're a buggeration to try and stop.

Such violence from whatever quarter will always elicit a response and I feel that the first blows have been struck following the BNP success in this election

Yes, of course I see your point, but I think you would agree that it would be far less of a problem if people just ignored the BNP members. Once people see a fight, they take sides. In this case, the egg-throwers will be seen as the hoodlums and Griffin will be seen as the underdog.   

I certainly do agree Nick and that's how it works in a mature democracy, where most judgements are based on considered views.

I feel that our democratic process has been dealt a blow following the fiasco at Westminster over MP's expenses and the raft of other ill-judged and woefully under-researched legislation spewed forth from the bloated belly of New Labour.

That's why, in a political vacuum, such ideals of not giving credence to doubtful and objectionable political opinions are rarely exercised to any great effect resulting in such overt and unnecessary behaviour.

[hotel21]

And Pitchfork I am offended by your language and you should think about withdrawing that post mate

 

Post (and subsequent) edited as I didn't like it either....

[miggcddave]

And Pitchfork I am offended by your language and you should think about withdrawing that post mate

 

same here that was bad taste mate

[crazyjoetavola]

And Pitchfork I am offended by your language and you should think about withdrawing that post mate

 

Post (and subsequent) edited as I didn't like it either....

Thank you H21

[miggcddave]

What concerns me is who are the characters who cast sufficient votes to get 2 BNP candidates elected as MEPs?

modified by h21 as I didn't like what the previous word looked like.....   

thats much better

[webby23]

And Pitchfork I am offended by your language and you should think about withdrawing that post mate

 

Post (and subsequent) edited as I didn't like it either....

Thanks

[Del Boy]

What concerns me is who are the characters who cast sufficient votes to get 2 BNP candidates elected as MEPs?

Me for one

Me for three..........

Me for four, by the way it's an opinion that every individual is entitled to have and before it was edited was totally out of order people would not say that for who/if you voted for.

[Andy B]

What concerns me is who are the characters who cast sufficient votes to get 2 BNP candidates elected as MEPs?

 .......

I work with one!    :-?

[sev]

ok, for the four guys on here who openly admit to voting for the BNP -  can I ask why?

What was it about their politics that attracts you, what policies do they have that makes you feel that they are the right party to run the country?

What area's of society will benefit by having them in power, and who will (in your eyes, justifiably) suffer as a result?

[mantahatch]

ok, for the four guys on here who openly admit to voting for the BNP -  can I ask why?

What was it about their politics that attracts you, what policies do they have that makes you feel that they are the right party to run the country?

What area's of society will benefit by having them in power, and who will (in your eyes, justifiably) suffer as a result?

I voted for them as an MEP but not for the county council, to me it was a protest vote without not voting or spoiling my paper. Also the bnp seem to be offering what the other parties are to frightened to even talk about, now when you have parties in power who will not even discuss immigration, and accuse me of being rascist for even mentioning it, then we have the wrong people in power.
The chances of the bnp forming a government are remote at best. But at least they do not shy away from subjects. This should be a wake up call for the mainstream parties which hopefully will get things back on track.
As for bnp policies, as I have asked people to do before please go and read there manifesto in full. It is not full of the rubbish some people are trying to hype up.
Most of there manifesto would appear to be trying to get the UK back to where it was in the 1950s some may call it the good old days. For me personally I think a reduction in the population of the UK would be a good thing. Our current system is based on expansion all the time. Well the human race cannot go on expanding forever..

Also I am called a dinosaur for not wanting rapid change, well why should I have to put up with change just to occomdate other people, they do not wish to occomodate me

[Banjax]

ok, for the four guys on here who openly admit to voting for the BNP -  can I ask why?

What was it about their politics that attracts you, what policies do they have that makes you feel that they are the right party to run the country?

What area's of society will benefit by having them in power, and who will (in your eyes, justifiably) suffer as a result?

I second that question from Sev - it genuinely baffles me that otherwise rational, intelligent humans, proud of this countries history of tolerance, who have lost empires fighting fascists, can bring themselves to vote for an openly fascist, racist party?

[mantahatch]

ok, for the four guys on here who openly admit to voting for the BNP -  can I ask why?

What was it about their politics that attracts you, what policies do they have that makes you feel that they are the right party to run the country?

What area's of society will benefit by having them in power, and who will (in your eyes, justifiably) suffer as a result?

I second that question from Sev - it genuinely baffles me that otherwise rational, intelligent humans, proud of this countries history of tolerance, who have lost empires fighting fascists, can bring themselves to vote for an openly fascist, racist party?

So where the egg throwers tolerant ? we have allready reached the stage in this country where to have a view that differs from what the authorities want you to have, then you are ridiculed for it.
This is not the democratic free UK that I believe in.