[[ Why has it taken legal action to get the BNP to

Comment on Are the BNP Racists? by T.S. Andrews.

[[ Why has it taken legal action to get the BNP to change their membership rules? ]]

Why should they have even had to? The law compelling them to accept people they did not wish to is illiberal. However, now that they are accepting “non-whites” (or more correctly, those who are not of British ethnic origin), albeit under pressure, it will help the party image.

[[ Race Relations Act to be abolished. ]]

Illiberal legislation – should be abolished. It should be up to the individual who they wish to provide services for.

[[ Abolition of Income Tax. ]]

Don’t recall that part.

[[ Withdrawal from NATO and the EU. ]]

Thereby promoting sovereignty of Britain, rather than having illiberal legislation imposed upon us by Brussels. The point about the EU especially is a pull factor – remember, the UK populous is pretty split with regards to the EU.

[[ Foreign imports to be restricted. ]]

… and? Wherever possible, we SHOULD manufacture basic necessities, and grow our own produce. A country should always be as self-sufficient as possible. Why? Should the situation arise (hopefully it wont) Britain winds up in conflict with another country, if they are supplying things we need, they could charge extortionate rates, or just not supply to us at all. If such things are essential, Britain could be crippled.

[[ Capital Punishment to be reinstated. ]]

Again, another issue the public are split on. It’s pretty 50/50… A lot of people DO want it reinstated.

[[ National Service to be reinstated (with an interesting twist, anybody refusing to do their NS in the military but doing it in the civilian sector will NOT BE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE – EVER. ]]

Wrong. “National Service” INCLUDES “Civil Service” and the right to vote would only be taken away until a person does complete NS or CS. “Civil Service” is a great way to build community spirit, and although it would be highly illiberal to take away the right to vote, it wouldn’t be all that different to USA’s “three strikes” system.

[[ Every ex-military person will have the right to own an assault rifle. ]]

Assault rifle? I thought it was just a handgun, as well as being available for ALL *shrugs* I am rather split on the idea of a right to bear arms (something which we did originally have under the British Bill of Rights 1689). On one hand, it’s illiberal to ban guns. On the other hand, violent crime may increase. Then again, the threat of retaliation may dissuade from reckless action.

[[ All foreign military bases will be closed. ]]

Not sure on the logistics of this one either – with regards to the military, we should aim to achieve good relationships with as many countries as possible (but I do NOT mean to the extent a**-licking).