I’m FAR from an expert on the British National Party, but I had to do a fair amount of research for this website, I’ve posted all the BNP’s policies, so I read them and understood them.
It’s not the policies per se I have a big issue with, it’s the founders and current leaders/potential future MP’s of the BNP that’s the problem.
I could never vote for a party that in recent history had racist ideals (and still have, but hidden). The BNP’s current policies may not be overtly racist, but the leader admitted not 10 years ago that his goal when talking to racists (not even in this country, so who cares what they think on the BNP) was to trick his way into power by using more saleable words of identity, freedom, democracy etc… while his long term goals are the same as the racists he was talking to!
It’s still a young political party (27 years old I believe), so many of those who started the BNP with racist ideals (no one can deny it started with racist ideals) are still part of the BNP party. Even if Nick Griffin has changed his mind on race issues, (which I don’t believe) that’s not going to be true of all members of the BNP who have been their since the beginning.
Maybe 50+ years from now the BNP will be a non racist political party with members from all walks of British society, but right now they are too close to their original racist roots.
So I don’t understand why non racist people would take the risk of voting for them?
David
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