On 1st September 1939, Europe and subsequently the rest of the world was forced into a bitter and protracted war which would see the mobilisation of over 100 million military personnel, and claim over 70 million lives. Britain, France and the Dominions declared war on Germany after vowing to protect Poland from Hitler’s greed for space and the unification of the German race, which had already seen the annexation of Austria and the Czech homeland.
It is now 70 years since the beginning of World War II and the prospect of total war in Europe is a distant memory, thanks in part to the 450′000 British servicemen who lost their lives along with those from other Allied countries.
However, 70 years is not such a long time to forget why these millions of brave men and women fought and died. They did so to protect liberal democracy from brutal fascist dictatorships, under which more than 6 million Jewish people and 27 million Soviet civilians perished.
I therefore think it necessary to contemplate the resurgence of fascist sentiment onto the British political scene. I have previously written about the re-invention and gentrification of fascism in Britain through the new-look British National Party (Two Wrong’s Definitely Don’t Make A Right – May 2009). The BNP is once again in the spotlight after the BBC issued a statement suggesting that the BNP would be invited onto the BBC’s flagship politics programme, Question Time.
This once again raises the question of whether or not it’s right and sensible to share a platform with a party that goes against everything that being British stands for. I’m of the opinion that not only is it right to share a platform with the BNP, but entirely necessary to in order that logical and rational thought can win against the bigoted and ignorant mouthpiece that the BNP sends to the BBC to speak for them. I only hope that the other political parties send spokespeople who speak from the heart and don’t just read from pre-prepared statements, afraid to drift too far away from the party line. The BBC obviously needs to act in an impartial way, but also needs to use sensitivity and acumen when selecting the show’s guests.
If the majority of sensible people in this great country can see the BNP for what they really are, not only racist bigots but actually a bunch of cowboys who just happen to be wearing suits and ties, then the BNP will quickly revert back to political obscurity, exactly where they belong!
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The new fascists are the anti-fascists. We haven’t got different choices with the Liberal Democrats, Labour or Conservatives. All of them are for Big Business and the EU, and dare I say it, all are anti-British.
Racism is a social construct. It is natural to discriminate. We all do so on a daily basis on everything we do. It is what you do with it that counts, and we have plenty of laws against murder so why should some be given MORE protection than others just because race is involved?
And you really think Jack Straw will overcome Nick Griffin? A card carrying Communist v a Patriot? This is the reason the “No Platform” existed before. Because Nick would show up these Non-Patriots in a nano-second.
I can’t wait till QT so more will see the anti-British stance of the Big Three.
But I’ll tell you what does belong in political obscurity, the leeches that have invited umpteen millions of 3rd worlders here. The traitors who have given our lands to the EU. The thieves who have feathered their own nest while British Troops die for lack of equipment. Those that break the law and get away with it. Those that dictate our lives from how much sort we should have to how much exercise we should get. Those who oppose Patriotism in Schools.
Yes – the Liberal Democrats, NuLabour and the Tories. That’s who.
NOT the BNP. 900,000+ voted for them (and after QT probably 5m more). It isn’t the BNP to blame but the Big Three for racism and fascism. For too long the Big Three have imported people into poor working class boroughs, not Islington nor Hemel Hampstead. Places like Hackney (now called Crackney), Peckham (which is more like africa than africa!), Leicester (where the mosques overshadow the town)…. all the while ignoring the concerns of those already living there!
Did the BNP do all that? No, yet you wonder why people vote BNP instead of the Big three.
Hope the above mellows you out. Take care and don’t believe the hype. Remember, Our current Government is built on lies.
By: Jack the Ripper jr on October 15, 2009
at 14:27
Thanks for your comment. They are always welcome. However, I just have a few points to raise about your response.
You said that “Racism is a social construct. It is natural to discriminate”. It may indeed be natural to notice differences between races but there is nothing natural about racism. It is the negative connotations that we may attach to racial differences that are socially constructed and therefore not at all natural.
I also cannot wait until Question Time, but I disagree with you that Jack Straw won’t be able to hold his own against the likes of Nick Griffin. I also don’t believe your idea that the ‘No Platform’ stance which stood until recently was for the sole purpose of avoiding setting the intellectual might of Nick Griffin free. The majority of people didn’t want to share a platform as a protest at some of the vile things Griffin has done in his past, and the horrid things the BNP stands for today.
However, I wholeheartedly believe that through true and just discussion, anyone with an ounce of moral integrity will see straight through the suits and ties and see the BNP for the racist bully-boys they actually are.
The three main parties do, however, have to take some of the blame for the rise in the BNP’s popularity. The in-fighting and partisanship shown by them in no way helped to inform people against the pit-falls of far-right politics.
By: liamsharratt on October 19, 2009
at 09:41
Hopefully the author will not put you off.
I would say race is just an extension of family, a similarity of genes.
With racism, a derogatory term for someone’s natural desire to discriminate, it is a thought process, and just like punishing gays for thinking them being gay was wrong, surely, as long people who harbour racist thoughts use them to physically hurt or harass someone, they shouldn’t be ‘forced/coerced’ by law. Over time, all communities will come together, naturally, but if enforced or too many come at once, it is only inevitable that trouble arises. The mass influx and placing our culture on an equal status with others, although seems all nice and fluffy, has the knock-on effect of demeaning our own culture.
This is England and should surely cater for the English predominantly. I’m not saying a small influx is bad but what happens when an entire city becomes dominated by a different Nationality? For that is what multi-culture is. It is the flying of a foreign flag and that isn’t very inclusive for us Natives. The annotations are clear for everyone except those who have never had to put up with the sight of a thousand Nigerian flags in Peckham (the Somalians didn’t like that either though lol).
And it doesn’t matter where the newcomers come from, English Lords of old transported Scottish peasantry to work for a pittance in Wales, starving hundreds of families of a decent living. The Elites who opened the doors did it not for humanitarian reasons but their own desire for more power over more people and more scapegoats. Small drops and the community will soak them in, transport a new culture and TWO communities will spring up.
For too long, the so-called left have been in power, clawing as much as possible with appointments, quangos and peerages. That is why they scream “fascism” at their opponents, to mask their own march towards it.
The so-called right is gearing up to take over but the ‘Media/Corporates’ are promoting the Tories as they’re another stooge party to give us an illusion of change.
I myself don’t believe in left or right politics, I’m a Patriot first and know that the EU will destroy our nation and then there will be nothing stopping it from destroying us.
I don’t fear BNP Nationalism, I fear EU’s Globalism.
And Jack “English aren’t worth saving” Straw hold his own? He has been fiddling with his expenses, is a ex-card-carrying-communist and even has had links with iffy Islamic imans lol
NuGov will be shown up as the fascists, not the BNP on QT… I predict quite confidently 5m new BNP voters at the next GE if Nick keeps his cool.
By: Jack the Ripper jr on October 19, 2009
at 21:31
Going through my comments and noticed a BIG mistake with what I wrote.
“as long people who harbour racist thoughts >>>DON’T<<< use them to physically hurt or harass someone, they shouldn't be ‘forced/coerced by law"
Damn, I sounded worse than Stalin then.
By: Jack the Ripper jr on October 28, 2009
at 00:30