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Eldrad must live ([personal profile] gogmagog) wrote2008-04-02 08:52 pm
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Women more troubled by bag theft than rape, BNP candidate claims
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...WHAT

.............WHAT

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[identity profile] plainjanesdubc.livejournal.com 2008-04-03 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Geez... This is why I heart you.

[identity profile] yoshitsune.livejournal.com 2008-04-05 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you heart me, but I'm sad there are people out there who think things like this. AUGH WHY WOULD SOMEONE SAY THAT

[identity profile] eslington.livejournal.com 2008-04-03 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, the BNP are pretty nasty in general. I may see if I can dig out that BBC undercover documentary from about a year ago.

[identity profile] yoshitsune.livejournal.com 2008-04-05 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm, that would be pretty interesting to see...so this is actually representative of the views of their political party in general? D:

[identity profile] eslington.livejournal.com 2008-04-05 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm having a little trouble tracking it down. It was about an hour long and came out a year ago, so I don't know if it'll be on the internet or anything.

The BNP's main issue is race. In earlier days it was Jews, now it's Muslims. Either way, the leader has stated he believes in single-ethnicity nations and has called for non-whites to be sent back to their country of ethnic origin.

"Highlights" in the documentary included members talking about sniping (Indian-area) asians from clock towers, one guy who'd spray dog poo into Indian restaraunts with a super-soaker through the letterbox and a fairly senior party member planning on attacking a van containing leaflets for an opposing campaign.

Oh, and they aren't too keen on those perverse homosexuals either.

Here's an article about it and a seperate programme on the BNP. (I think. I haven't watched it yet myself.)
EDIT: And it seems the programme isn't on the website any more.
Edited 2008-04-05 16:18 (UTC)

[identity profile] yoshitsune.livejournal.com 2008-04-06 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Christ, I knew they were bad but I didn't realize they were that bad. Also, is that article right? Do they really have 5% of the electorate? DDDDDDDD:

[identity profile] eslington.livejournal.com 2008-04-06 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I think/hope that last line indicates it's just Griffin's "claim".

I'm fairly sure they've used the term "Silent Majority" fairly often.

Though I'm also fairly sure their share of the vote had been increasing a while back.