Forget bigotgate

[Philly Q]

I was shocked this afternoon to learn that a friend of mine has both BNP and National Front candidates standing in her constituency!  :o

I didn't realise the NF still existed.

[nfe]

I was shocked this afternoon to learn that a friend of mine has both BNP and National Front candidates standing in her constituency!  :o

I didn't realise the NF still existed.

Only since they all ditched the BNP amongst their new Griffin era of "moderate BNP".

Guffaw.

[Elliot]

I think the 'reinvigoration' of NF from the BNP (which, let us remember, was originally John Tyndall's 'New' National Front) took place when the High Court said the BNP had to allow non white members to join it.

[MDV]

GOODLORD indeed. That was better than Prescott and Egg Man.

Foolish as well, he may have well lost some potential voters there :?

Being a rambunctious tw@t and hitting someone probably gained some cred with BNP sympathisers, though.

[HTH AMPS]

At least we can be satisfied that BNP support has decreased and they failed to gain a single seat in this election.  It seems that the more exposure they get, the more people realise what they're REALLY about.

[Will]

John Bercow is a disgusting replacement for the last disgusting speaker and I hope to God he loses to Nigel Farage.

It's a sad Parliament tradition that if you fall within the speakers constituency your mandate is almost ruined.

It seems Buckingham is such a Conservative safe seat that 18 000 people voted for him without realising that he can't actually represent them and is barely Conservative any more anyway.
Farage got 8 000 votes though, not too bad compared to the others

DaveMC - I know what you mean, but I was trying to be an optimist

[dave_mc]

i don't much see the point in being an optimist when you're getting screwed over. Just gives the people doing the screwing over an excuse to keep doing it. :)

[MDV]

At least we can be satisfied that BNP support has decreased and they failed to gain a single seat in this election.  It seems that the more exposure they get, the more people realise what they're REALLY about.

Yep :D

[Philly Q]

At least we can be satisfied that BNP support has decreased and they failed to gain a single seat in this election.  It seems that the more exposure they get, the more people realise what they're REALLY about.

Yep :D

I mentioned this to some friends of mine who are, shall we say, not exactly bigoted but definitely "old-fashioned"....

They said the reason the BNP lost their 12 council seats is that Barking and Dagenham is now "full of Poles and Africans" so apparently there's no-one left to vote for the BNP.  A remarkable change in the population in just 4 years.  :?

[dave_mc]

yeah, i doubt that. i mean, there's been a fair bit of immigration here (roughly 10-20% of the local population, i think, versus roughly 0% maybe 10 years ago- because of the troubles, no-one wanted to come, and i don't blame them), and the election results were the same as ever.

[Dmoney]

Brown is leaving.
boooooom!

[Heritage Softail]

However things shake out in the UK.  I hope you guys keep the country from being over run by immigrants on benefits.  I don't know much about the details but I have a few friends that say they can't even fly the flag in the neighborhood they live in for fear of offending some immigrant person.   In the states, in some areas, it is almost like you need to apologize for not being in a minority group.   

[nfe]

I think it'd be nice to see less people on benefits, can't say I give a shit about what nationality they are.

[dave_mc]

obviously i'd like to see fewer people on benefits, but i would also say that the benefits would need to be enough that they do what they're meant to. how the $%&# do you live on £60 a week? and why the $%&# do they start getting cut once you start earning more than a fiver?

EDIT: what i mean is, if you set benefits at "deterrent" levels, all you do is screw over the people who genuinely need them, those who are looking for work and who can't find it. those willing to play the system etc. will still be playing it and probably getting far more in benefits anyway. I don't much see the point in penalising those who are using the system properly.

[nfe]

You're absolutely right.