Is the BNP a Protest or Ignorance Vote?

This ignorance is something the BNP target with some of the parties manifesto’s, I sadly even agree with one of them myself. They do not want to privatize the NHS in Britain and I agree with this, in Britain you can stagger into any hospital and you will be treated for free. Not many countries have this and plenty of people moan the NHS isn’t good enough and it is rubbish, but it is the British shambles and we should be proud of it. No matter your age, job, colour, race, gender you will receive the same (if rubbish) treatment as anyone else. Slipping in a few of these manifesto’s and people are blind to the facist like views of the BNP, it comforts the voter into thinking they are right and just to pick this party.

I feel part of the blame can be firmly placed on the shoulders of the political power houses of Labour and Conservative for a number of reasons. Both parties have been second to none in doing next to nothing, constant cuts in public services while funding a completely unjust and pointless war in Iraq annoyed many people. But the main reason I put the blame on them is they made the BNP look like martyr’s, they just kept saying ‘oh they are terrible people.’ and chimed that the party was racist, what they should have done is come out fighting. Take the BNP serious like any other party, challenge them on policies and make them look stupid. Show up the racist views of the party through political debate, make a joke out of them as they would any other parties by ripping apart policies and showing cracks in the party. But they didn’t and the weak reply was that it was a ’sad moment.’

As a lefty Scot I do not want BNP gaining anymore power, I do not want a party who are out for the good of England. One look at the website and you will see plenty of union jacks and English flags and the odd Northern Irish flag but I don’t see the Welsh flag or any Saltires. They would actively improve England while the rest of Britain burns.

Sadly a lack of proper political fighting spirit from Labour mainly combined with the growing ignorance of the British public, coupled with the odd protest vote has truly amounted to one of the saddest moments I have experienced in my lifetime in politics. It makes me sick to think that Britain will be represented to the rest of Europe by this foul party. I just hope that the rest of Europe and the world knows the BNP represents a minority in Britain and they certainly don’t represent me.