I shouldn’t have expressed it as a ‘win’ for the BNP in that instance, my error. They still gave Labour a good thrashing, however, and considering that their performance was wholly unexpected my enthusiasm was to blame for the error.
As to them being ‘fascists’, I am well accustomed to us Republicans here in the USA being called ‘fascists’ and worse by the media and the hard Left (one and the same these days) and so I’m afraid that such descriptors ceased to faze me long ago. Anyone who shows passionate patriotism runs the risk of being thusly described, as evidenced by the shrill hysteria unleashed upon the Minutemen; a group of jovial grandfatherly types sitting on chaise lounges with binoculars and cellphones watching the border...these are ‘racists’ and ‘fascists’ according to the media and the Left. One of my happiest moments here at Free Republic occurred a couple of years ago when someone who was openly and belligerently supporting and singing the praises of the IRA called me a ‘fascist’ for daring to suggest that the FBI might be interested in someone who is openly voicing such passionate support for a terrorist organization in a public forum.
If that’s how the word ‘fascist’ has been redefined these days then count me in, but as far as more traditionally-accepted definitions are concerned do rest assured that I’ll drop my support for the BNP instantly if I ever hear of them actually promoting, in their current platorm, a true fascist agenda, and I’ll wager that everyone else in the UK will as well. In the meantime my hope is that their successes will spur other political parties to become more serious about addressing key issues such as immigration more effectively than they have been. If the Conservatives and other parties were to do so then the BNP would have no reason for existing.
The open borders crowd in Britain and the USA are useless to me, they are both two sides of the same old coin. And if you look in India, they are getting pretty upset about it as well.
Of course, the criticism of racism falls flat on its face concerning those darker people in India, especially when it is coming from these so-called white "Christians" in the West.
Thanks for your reply. One must be very careful in this subject, for although they gave Labour a pounding, I cannot support their views or political stance. Honestly, and I don’t use this word lightly, they are a true danger to the country, and are fascists in every sense of the word.
I’m not one to use a term with reckless abandon, so trust me on this, they are evil and rotten to the core. Conservatism isn’t simply about opposing Labour no matter the cost, because then you don’t end up standing for anything except anti-politics. Some people are just stupid enough to buy into the BNP rhetoric, because they are angry and frustrated.
The second the BNP come to any kind of power in the UK I will leave these shores and never, ever, go back, for that will be the death of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It would be the coming of the next Reich.