“most of the pages are simply lies (especially the bio about the

Comment on General Election 2010 Poll Results by David.

“most of the pages are simply lies (especially the bio about the BNP…’the BNP want to take away the right for people to vote’ what utter crap. You seem to forget I work for the party.)”

If the loosing the right to vote under a BNP government isn’t true please explain what the BNP 2005 general election manifesto was referring to then?

Below is all references I could find to National Service policy in the 2005 BNP general election manifesto, I’ve bolded the loosing the right to vote bit, so you can’t miss it:

On satisfactory completion of their period of National Service, all suitably qualified youngsters will become eligible to receive a university education (just as the less academic will be entitled to proper paid apprenticeships or training and aid in running their own businesses) without fees or debts.

The compulsory National Service system discussed elsewhere in this Manifesto would begin at the age of 18 with a period of basic training in the army. This would include full training with the citizens’ assault rifle. Conscientious objectors who refuse to undertake military service would be allocated other constructive work for the community, but would not receive the citizen’s right to be armed, or the right to vote.

Individuals would be free to refuse to undertake any form of National Service, but such a refusal to serve the community for the common good would result in their not being entitled to free places at university, on training courses or selfemployment schemes. Whereas some other politicians mouth platitudes about there being “no rights without responsibilities”, we mean it.

Urgent research work will be carried out into the potential benefits of a massive remineralisation scheme, carried out with National Service labour.

A graduated land-tax related to the size of holdings and the quality of land involved, incentives to new young farmers, and the extensive use of National Service labour will all be employed to transform the south and east of England in particular

And from the more recent BNP Defence policy:

Restore national service for our young with the option of civil or military service.

So National Service hasn’t been dropped from current BNP plans.

I wouldn’t be able to do National Service (disabled) would I loose the right to vote?

I also don’t see why my kids should have to do military service to be allowed to vote, the right to vote is democracy in action, adding arbitrary rules like having to do military service is NOT British!

Millions of eligible voters might not take up their right to vote at every election, but I have a feeling the majority of the 60% or so eligible voters who do vote would never vote in a party who plans to link voting rights to military service!

So far every BNP supporter I’ve asked about this has ducked the issue. I am not making this up, it’s not from a left-wing UAF source, it’s directly from the BNP website. The BNP leader Nick Griffin must have passed this policy prior to the 2005 general election and more recently for the Defence Policy page.

I should add a new article about this with a poll.

David