I'm personally against the BNP. I'm having a lot of fun reading it but this line so far takes the cake:
"On current demographic trends we, the native British people, will be an ethnic
minority in our own country within sixty years."
1.) Please identify these 'demographic trends'. Statistics or it didn't happen.
2.) Please identify which race is the 'native British' one? Anglo-Saxon? Norman? Celtic? Jutes? Nordic? Seriously, having been invaded over and over and over again over the very long history of the settled British Isles, the idea of a native British ethnicity is a vague one. You mean 'White British'. Admit it.
Other interesting snippets from the manifesto:
- Abolition of the Race Relations Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Relations_Act- "We will ensure that appropriate areas of public life, including school assemblies, are based on a commitment to the values of traditional Westernised Christianity."
Compare to
"Schools in England will be encouraged to celebrate May Day and other ancient festivals, whilst the other folk nations of the British Isles will be encouraged to resurrect their ancestral folk traditions."
Woop for paganism!
- "The number one threat to Britain ‘s national independence remains what it has been since the Romans launched their full occupation of Britain in 43 AD: a united Europe. Since the Norman Conquest, European imperialists or aspiring imperialists have threatened to invade this country, or otherwise extend their rule over it. The long list includes the Hapsburgs, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Kaiser Wilhelm, Hitler, and now, the EU."
- "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."
There are a lot of others, but they were the real gems that I spotted. The full manifesto can be found here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/BNP_uk_manifesto.pdfWhat do you guys think? Personally the 'Homeward Bound' scheme would be a mixed blessing, if the BNP were to somehow (extremely unlikely!) get into power; not only would I keep my stuff and my money, and get free tickets to the USA plus compensation to leave, I would get to live in a free country, as opposed to under the BNP's yoke! Plus my girlfriend, despite being second-generation British, would have to leave due to her skin colour - I'm sure we could leave together.
All joking aside, a lot of this is seriously fascist; even if Democracy allows such a group to take power, hopefully Liberty will prevail. A favourite Ben Franklin quote:
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."