With the edition of Question Time featuring Nich Griffin, leader of the BNP, and representatives from the Lib Dems, Labour and Tories fast approaching on the 22nd October, the controversy over the move is sure to become a key news story over the coming week and a half.
A lot of bad press has been levelled at the BBC for giving the BNP a platform from which to spew their propaganda and while I'm by no means a supporter of the BNP, I feel this criticism is unfair.
Much of the BNP's leadership is unmistakably racist, with some having been known members of Neo-Nazi organisations when they were younger (including Nick Griffin). However, in the last European and local elections the BNP managed, much to my disgust, to gain two seats in European parliament. This gives them an unfortunate right to representation and the BBC, who are supposed to be unbiased, have an obligation to the electorate to air their views.
Far be it from giving the BNP and chance to expand their supporters, the BBC has actually given the main three parties the chance to really put them to bed once and for all by thoroughly destroying the wooly arguements the BNP have. All the main parties have to do is take a copy of the BNP's manifesto with them and show that it's more full of holes than Swiss cheese.
Unfortunately for us and the rest of the right minded people of this country, the BNP aren't some minor nuisance that will go away overnight. They're a party with support in a deluded electorate. For this, the best remedy is to display the BNP's views for what they really are; racism masked up as policy.
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I suppose BNP is merely misunderstood - for they believe England belongs to the English, which is a fact.Put aside (the global village),globalisation,which ever genre of term we can use - it true they are unequivocally standing for what they believe to be right.So can we then call Mugabe a racist,if he believes land was taken without consent from his ancestors?Of course,it's true land was taken by force.It's a fact that BNP and Mugabe will die racists.Racism will always exist as long as God sees it colourful to have people of different colour and languages.Just imagine if we were all black like me and all spoke Zulu like me,then there would be no need for tanning(joke).My final question will be whether it is codified not to like a person who doesn't look and speak like you?or is it just morally and socially inappropriate - just as wrong as walking naked.
ReplyDeleteI would argue that England doesn't belong to the English or to anyone. We're all humans in a crazy world that still clings to ideas of nationalism.
ReplyDeleteRacism will continue to exist so long as people continue to stand by and allow it to exist. All men are born equal, it's important for people such as the BNP and Robert Mugabe to realise that.
I very firmly believe that racism is brought about by our surrounding environment, not anything in our genes. That isn't to say people brought up by racists will definitely be racist, or people brought up by tolerant parents will be equally tolerant. However, the odds are far more likely to be stacked that way.
good to see some debate
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