I just saw some fucked up shit

[dave44]

friend just showed me this, couldn't help but laugh at the picture. note the bottom left corner

http://bnp.org.uk/policies/immigration/

not in the mood to embed, someone else can do it

 

[nickyp]

Its terrible on many levels.

Firstly, it it is illegal. The EU Constitutional treaties, aswell as the Convention on Human Rights forbids rejection or refoulement of those in danger in their own countries. Nick Griffin wants to send those who have fled war or threat back to their own countries

Secondly, it is racist. He wants to give grants to British Citizens who are not of British descent to go back to their parents' birth lands. This would include many of my friends whose parents or grandparents are first-generation immigrants.

Thirdly, it is economically unsound. Immigrants are net contributors to NIC, have higher levels of productivity, reduce wage stickiness, clear the labour market and stimulate growth.

 

[dave44]

I was wondering how that wasn't illegal when I noticed it was a political party. Do they have much of a presence in the UK?

 

[nickyp]

They are massively on the increase.

They are currently illegal at the moment, because their whites-only membership policy breaches EU anti-discrimation laws. They attempted to reform a few months back, but their reforms were thrown out as still being illegal. But they're still allowed to stand, because the political establishment knows that if they banned them, there would be hell, since its main support base is thugs, football hooligans and neo-nazis.

But there is a very real chance that they may win a seat in the Parliament in a few weeks time. In some areas, they've stirred up racial hatred between the population and the immigrant communities just to win votes.

 

[dave44]

And they have 2 seats in the European Parliament? What is that?

 

[dave44]

Wikipedia - "described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world."

How does a party like that even get seats in such thing? That's fucked up.

 

[cultrara]

 

[nickyp]

Because the EU Parliament uses PR, which means in the regions where support for the BNP is around 10%, they managed to get seats.

Also, there has been a lot of scandal in UK politics recently, and many people registered protest votes for far-right parties, not realising it would give the BNP enough votes to win seats.

 

[JibbaTheHutt]

arghhhhhhh the BNP british natinol party aka racist mothafukers