We have a far right party in England which is gathering pace and momentum. The British National Party are effectively acting in areas where local people feel themselves abandoned, neglected and unheard by central government in distant London. People who might additionally feel affronted by their political representatives seemingly acknowledging their existance once every five years - at voting time.
The BNP carries weight among marginalised white people, living in towns where Asian/West Indian immigration has resulted in whole areas feeling like no-go areas for “native white people” and in one or two cases, have even created cities where the white, native, population is in decline, while immigrants and second or thrid generation immigrants are in a majority. Leicester recently became the first British city to officially have a black majority, for instance.
Now I’m being very careful to report facts alone here, so as to give a picture as to why people are voting for a far-right party. I’m not racist and while the temptation was sweet, I have no intention to vote BNP.
People living in declining towns, where the major industries were needlessly destroyed in the Thatcher years, where New “Labour” is perceived as doing nothing to restore local prosperity with new jobs and businesses, where local people already trodden down into insecurity and even poverty perceive themselves as being swamped by immigrants, have good reasons to distrust the tories and despise Labour.
When New Labour was elected in 1997 and its leadership expressly said it was not going to be a left-wing socialist party nor that it would do much to revers Thatcher’s damage, one of its principle hacks, a person called Alaister Campbell, arrogantly said “So what if tthe Trots (ie, old left Labour supporters) don’t like it. Who are they going to vote for?”
Well, with the rise of the BNP, he should know now, and he helped create the conditions making them possible.
The rest of us might just sit on our hands or spoil our votes… that “none of the above” written on the ballot sonuds appealing, as spoilt votes have to be counted!
Back in Wales I could vote for Plaid Cymru, and I see the consistuencty where I was born is pretty marginal. Just a shame I live in England, (left Wales for lack of work) in a place where Nu Lab’s stooge has his vote weighed rather than conuted…
We have a far right party in England which is gathering pace and momentum. The British National Party are effectively acting in areas where local people feel themselves abandoned, neglected and unheard by central government in distant London. People who might additionally feel affronted by their political representatives seemingly acknowledging their existance once every five years - at voting time.
The BNP carries weight among marginalised white people, living in towns where Asian/West Indian immigration has resulted in whole areas feeling like no-go areas for “native white people” and in one or two cases, have even created cities where the white, native, population is in decline, while immigrants and second or thrid generation immigrants are in a majority. Leicester recently became the first British city to officially have a black majority, for instance. Now I’m being very careful to report facts alone here, so as to give a picture as to why people are voting for a far-right party. I’m not racist and while the temptation was sweet, I have no intention to vote BNP.
People living in declining towns, where the major industries were needlessly destroyed in the Thatcher years, where New “Labour” is perceived as doing nothing to restore local prosperity with new jobs and businesses, where local people already trodden down into insecurity and even poverty perceive themselves as being swamped by immigrants, have good reasons to distrust the tories and despise Labour.
When New Labour was elected in 1997 and its leadership expressly said it was not going to be a left-wing socialist party nor that it would do much to revers Thatcher’s damage, one of its principle hacks, a person called Alaister Campbell, arrogantly said “So what if tthe Trots (ie, old left Labour supporters) don’t like it. Who are they going to vote for?”
Well, with the rise of the BNP, he should know now, and he helped create the conditions making them possible. The rest of us might just sit on our hands or spoil our votes… that “none of the above” written on the ballot sonuds appealing, as spoilt votes have to be counted!
Back in Wales I could vote for Plaid Cymru, and I see the consistuencty where I was born is pretty marginal. Just a shame I live in England, (left Wales for lack of work) in a place where Nu Lab’s stooge has his vote weighed rather than conuted…