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Originally Posted by Rhythm Junkie  The debate should be about disaffected voters choosing the BNP over other parties either despite the overt racism or by being won over by the party line in which they offer up explanations like this http://www.bnp.org.uk/2007/12/23/is-the-bnp-racist/
Whilst very few people I know would buy into this, I have no doubt alot of people would read it and think "aye, there's a good point there".
Surely the important questions that need to be addressed are 'What is it about the current parties/political climate that's seeing people turning to the BNP as a viable option?' and 'Have the BNP become the viable option?' |
See I reckon its symptomatic of having two major parties that only appear superficially different from each other. I reckon people find ideology more appealling then pragmatism in politics - empassioned support to save the local hospital/post office/Donkey strategy is nearly always a bigger campaign point then exciting new tax legislation and such.
You create an ideological vaccume (or the beginnings of one) and folk get pushed to the fringes. Not nessecarily because they believe but because they think government shoudl be about more then elected civil service.
