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Originally Posted by Semprini  Bear in mind that there's also an element that'll vote for the BNP due to political naivete. They're not racists per se, but they fall for the slick presentation and attempts to disguise the true message behind the policies. |
There are probably a fair few cynical folk who use it as the ultimate protest vote as well.
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Originally Posted by metallideth The results aren't particularly 'worrying' if you're talking large scale political movement, but at the same time they don't just fall out of the sky. I'm curious to understand why the far right gain sometimes and then get hammered at others, given that neither their policies nor their presentation of these change much. |
Their presentation likely relies on social unrest abd/or deprivation (realistic conflict model a go-go) thus in times when social unrest is high (terrorism and the like percieved to be great) and economic deprivation is just around the corner) notions of protecting the majority are probably highluy attractive.
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Originally Posted by karbon14 because hte makeup of the country is currently less "british" and people notice it. |
The notion of Birtishness is pretty redundant when you consider the composite nature of Britain and also the fact that Scottish, Welsh and even English nationalism are at all time highs (in terms of national identity anyhow). By which I mean you'd be hard pressed to find someone who would consider themselves British first. (Unless there from an immigrant group in England that is)
