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Fascist MEP Pelted with Eggs

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dpolwarth6/10/2009 4:37:37 am PDT

Okay, just to let you guys know I’m from the UK and I have some sympathy for Nick Griffen.

I’m not a racist. I’m not a Nazi (or an anti-Semite). I’m not a fascist.

So why do I support them?

Simply put, we are not allowed to have a debate in this country about immigration. As you’ve recently seen, your radio jockey Savage has been banned, and I suspect many people such as Ann Coulter would not be allowed into the country either. The debate is simply not allowed amongst the mainstream parties, and the press, while slightly bolder, are impotent to bring about an honest debate.

The only organisation that takes immigration seriously in the UK is something called ‘Immigration Watch’ which is excellent but does not field candidates, simply being a think tank.

So when people in a recession are losing work to immigrants, who speaks for us? There is no moderate party to represent the views of white workers. Because we are not a minority, we don’t get lottery funding or affirmative action posts. We don’t get advocacy groups or Amnesty International backing us (which is run by an Asian lady in the UK.) In short, we don’t have a voice.

Am I happy to vote for Nick Griffen? Well, to be honest, everything he says about immigration seems common sense. He wants illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers to return home. But that is actually Labour Party policy, too - hardly controversial. He is also prepared to offer money to immigrants to return home - but this already exists in law. Its’ an old Labour Party policy.

Jews are welcome to join the BNP. There are some in senior positions, apparently. Blacks are not allowed join. I accept this is controversial, and I’m not sure I agree with this policy. But at the end of the day, there are plenty of black organisations that white people aren’t allowed to join. I doubt there are many white people on the ‘Black Police Officer’s’ group in the UK. Why is that not racist?

I do accept that the BNP have a shady past, springing from the genuinely odious National Front. But they don’t appear to me to be violent or even racist. They have gone on record to say that blacks and Asians are welcome to stay in the UK if they contribute. It’s hard to argue with that.

If you can point to any policy of the BNP that is fascist or more racist than Jesse Jackson then I will be glad to change my views. But right now I hear a lot of name calling but not a lot of debate.

Seriously, I don’t want to support fascists, but I haven’t been convinced that the BNP is. Putting aside their past, do you have any policies you can point to that would be considered controversial?