I was writing this article with
the intent of waiting until the European election results came out on Sunday.
However’ it seems pretty damned obvious that the BNP will be wiped out.
So I've decided to alter it slightly and post now.
To be honest I cant be bothered to give them another thought or write about them any longer !!!So' this will be the last post on this blog. I will never know if it made a difference or if I was just putting my thoughts down for them to disappear into the ravenous beast that is the World Wide Web.
I sincerely hope there is never a need to be concerned about the rise of regressive ad backwards nationalism again. The jury is still out on UKIP???
To be honest I cant be bothered to give them another thought or write about them any longer !!!So' this will be the last post on this blog. I will never know if it made a difference or if I was just putting my thoughts down for them to disappear into the ravenous beast that is the World Wide Web.
I sincerely hope there is never a need to be concerned about the rise of regressive ad backwards nationalism again. The jury is still out on UKIP???
What now for the BNP?
To
paraphrase the great Monty Python “This party is no more! It has ceased to be!
'It’s expired and gone to meet 'its maker! It’s a stiff! Bereft of life, 'it
rests in peace! 'It’s metabolic processes are now 'history! It's kicked the
bucket, 'It’s shuffled off 'its mortal coil,
THIS IS
AN EX-PARTY!!
Readers of this blog will know that I had a very small part in getting Nick Griffin elected. I console myself that because of where I live [we are a big county but few people compared to other areas of the UK] I think my efforts were minimal.
As I've stated
many times Nick Griffin got elected because of the joint efforts of New
Labour. Tony Blair and Gordon Browne were the real architects
of Griffins success. Their complete incompetence and the
way they alienated voters was a huge gain for the BNP.
The
British media also played its part.
If anyone
questioned immigration they were obviously a racist!
This
double standard that the media has, were they so often over inflate and
sensationalise stories, but then if this gets you to question immigration they
will be the first to brand you as racist.
You then
have organisations like the UAF. These people positively recruited for the
party. I have openly said that if it weren't for the UAF I would have seen
through the BNPs lies quicker.
But when
someone is in your face screaming 'Nazi', you don’t walk away; you get pushed
further in, you get more ingrained.
I
actually got so angry with them that I seeked the confrontation!
I became
even more active because I knew the more street activism I did the more it
would rile these people to come after me.
The BNP
never got me more committed-the UAF did.
It’s so
familiar to see what’s happening with UKIP. Respectable elderly people being
abused by these so called anti-fascists of the UAF. The media mostly joining in
as well; and surprise surprise, UKIP is riding high in the polls!
UKIP as
bad as they are for Britain, are not the BNP. The BNP is racist; it’s there for
anyone with eyes to see.
No doubt
after Sunday we will be represented by even more UKIP MEPs; People who are
basically not going to participate in the parliamentary process.
We need
people in Europe who want to be there because they wish to make it work. Not a
load of overpaid petulant adults refusing to engage for the betterment of
Europe.
So what
now for the far right? If anyone thinks they are gone for good they are being
delusional.
There are
still fringe parties trying to corner this very small mind-set. At the moment
one of Griffins acolytes is desperately trying get a street movement of the
ground-British resistance.
He’s
wasting his time. The EDL grew so big and so quick because it was new. It then
went onto achieve nothing and now it has all but disappeared.
People
won’t be so quick to follow yet another bunch of thugs.
I believe
now that Griffin will give up the political route and he too will try to
re-brand himself as a street activist. He too will fail. He has had his day
he’s finished.
I think
when it comes to any right wing growth we are safe for now. BUT’ if we get
another perfect storm like we did a few years ago. A mixture of out of touch
politicians, a huge influx of cheap labour and the staggering greed of bankers
and MPs we may get a resurgence.
And lets
be honest here, apart from another huge influx of cheap labour things are
pretty much the same.
If we
want to prevent right wing lunatics getting main stream we need a change in
politics.
We need
MPs who live among us. Who know what real life is like for real people.
We need
politicians who haven’t done a degree in politics and who actually know something about real life.
We need
to stop the name calling. Yes idiots like Griffin are racist, and yes Farage
may well be [I’ve never took much notice of UKIP, I did consider them briefly
after I left the BNP but I was already too far along the road from Nationalism
to rationalism]
Also'
when Mr or Mrs Average complains about immigration or Islam don’t just shake
your head and fist and shout racist or Islamophobe. Maybe these people aren’t?
Maybe
they are just overwhelmed or even scared by the change. Engage them in debate,
listen to their arguments and fears and at least try to understand before
condemning them as bigots.
That’s how to stop the resurgence of a successor to the
BNP.