A huge misunderstanding of democracy.

Yesterday, I covered the appalling lunacy that took place recently on British television.  This is the concluding part of my Post.

Nick Griffin and his party are gaining support because immigration in Britain has been overdone, and anything overdone is bad news. Moreover, many perceive that their own government has been involved in a campaign of blatant lying.

The average Brit is a staunch yeoman, solid as a rock, but he won’t take being lied to, nor patronised, nor flooded with immigrants of an alien culture who often show little wish to integrate and some of whom seem to be actively seeking the downfall of the west and the establishment of a single Islamic worldwide Caliphate.

Now these are megalomaniac dreams, but many before have had them: Genghis Khan and Hitler to name but two.

There is also a visceral dislike of certain Islamic practices seen as alien to an open, democratic society based on Human Rights, in particular the attitude to women.

Hence the growth of the BNP, which – despite the above arguments – remains a nauseatingly xenophobic and homophobic party.

BUT, and here’s the rub, it does – for better or worse, and thanks to the idiotic policies of the present Labour government – represent the views of a substantial and increasing minority of people.

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Nick Griffin’s Appearance on BBC’s “Question Time”

Recently, an event of surpassing lunacy took place on British television. The weekly popular current affairs programme, “Question Time”, invited Nick Griffin to appear as one of the five politicians who respond to questions from a studio audience.  There are some clips from the programme on the BBC website.

Now Nick Griffin is not just any old boring political hack; he is the Leader of the BNP, the British National Party.

For our American friends who may not be up to speed on the minutiae of British politics, this is a minority party which is strongly anti-immigrant. Moreover, Nick Griffin himself is homophobic, has flirted with leaders of the KKK and is said to be sympathetic to Nazi ideas, though this he denies, alleging that the British Nazis hate him.

The latter, by the way, are a group of microscopic importance on the British political scene; extremism having never taken root in British politics.

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