Get them up against the wall

A lot of people are scared. People are scared of a variety of things, be they spiders, rats, the imminent demise of man, the current financial recession, terrorism, or (as the Daily Mail would have you believe) the closely linked immigration.

Personally, I'm terrified by the sorts of people who are terrified by immigration. I had a look at figures of recent general elections. The BNP (British National Party) have gained 0.5% of the vote in the 4 years between 2001 and 2005. This may not sound like much, but this is still over 300,000 people. Over 300,000 people believe that anybody with skin darker than Snow White's must leave the country, or get shot.


Sadly, I've now got the BNP website in my browser history. On the plus side, this is hilarious.

"The British National Party believes in telling the truth, even if it is sometimes uncomfortable to hear or offensive to those who would rather bury their heads in the sand than face real problems in our society."

One would assume the truth doesn't include holocaust denial. Nick Griffin (Founder of the modern BMP) has actually gone on record, stating

"'I am well aware that orthodox opinion is that 6m Jews were gassed and cremated or turned into soup and lampshades... I have reached the conclusion that the "extermination" tale is a mixture of Allied wartime propaganda, extremely profitable lie, and latter witch-hysteria." (You can read this in his publication The Rune or here.

I'm also highly amused by the comment about the "Real problems in our society" which would appear not to include racism or bigotry.

If these bastards ever come to power, Britain is FUCKED. Fucked like a bitch on the Jeremy Kyle show. As well as various racist policies, they also follow a homophobic agenda. So, should these fascist shits ever make it, we lose Stephen Fry. And Alan Carr, but that's not much of a loss.

So, with the general election approaching us next year, vote for absolutely anybody. Anybody at all. Unless you want to vote BNP. In which case, don't vote at all, and have yourself committed for extensive neurological experiments.

-Az