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'Riots on the streets' 09:51am on 30 Jun 2009 When I signed in this and saw this headline, I thought it might be referring to the British public's anger over the news that broke yesterday (except on the BBC) that 85 Sharia Courts are operating out of mosques across Britain dispensing their own form of justice which runs completely contrary to our legal system with its fundamental premise of equality to all.
Why, I would like to know, are the British government through the EHRC pursuing the BNP over their restrictive membership policies and at the same time allowing a gross abuse of our judicial system to go unchallenged? These Courts should be immediately banned and anyone who seeks to engage in them arrested.
Why has the BBC not reported on this issue that was widespread through the media yesterday?
Why have none of the main party leaders commented on the issue?
It is absolutely disgraceful.
'My neighbour is an enthusiastic campaigner for the BNP...' 08:24am on 20 Jun 2009 @67 TerryS

Well said! You might be interested to know that the full interview is still available in the introduction if you scroll to the top of this blog item.
PM Moderation Clinic 3:29pm on 18 Jun 2009 When a comment is rejected by the moderator, it is sometimes difficult to understand which house rule was broken. We are told we can edit the comment and post again....but sometimes it is difficult to know which bit to edit. It would be helpful if the moderator at least gave some indication- eg 'racist' or 'likely to offend' etc. or better still highlighted the offending text.
Suggest a story 3:07pm on 18 Jun 2009 We all know that the UK seems to be the destination of choice for migrants from Africa etc. But why is this? Given the many benefits France has to offer - why don't they just stay there? Surely, the EU means that we have to treat them all equally? I would like one of your investigative journalists to draw up a sort of immigrants' check list of benefits available here compared with our European neighbours. Are we more generous or is this just a fallacy? I have tried to do it myself, but it's really difficult to access the information. Thanks
Got a problem with Moderation? 12:01pm on 17 Jun 2009 It would be helpful if the moderators could give a better idea of why a comment was removed. They say you can edit a removed comment and post it again, but it is sometimes hard to second guess why the comment has been removed if actually you do not think it has broken any rules.
'My neighbour is an enthusiastic campaigner for the BNP...' 10:55pm on 16 Jun 2009 @44 +@45 @55 brain_dead_student and Adlah

You're right, if true, then these statements are pretty damning. But I thought I heard Nick Griffin saying something different on the holocaust when interviewed by John Humphreys after the election? They are pretty nasty things to say though if they were actually said. I would have thought the rape one was incitement to commit rape. Anyway, I shall look them up.

One of the previous postings talked about Hitler being reasonable before he came to power. Actually, he wasn't. He had already written Mein Kampf which called for removal of Jews BEFORE he came to power. And he did have his own paramilitary (the SA) before coming to power. (He later murdered them and replaced them with the SS). So any comparison with Nick Griffin is patently absurd.
'My neighbour is an enthusiastic campaigner for the BNP...' 10:31pm on 16 Jun 2009 This is a revision of my posting @48 with comments regarding Iranian culture in comparison with western culture removed.

@ 46 JRALLAN

Ah yet another missive from the seemingly "Socialist Republic of Shrewsbury" same old incoherent rant; same old attributing comments to me that were not made; same old failure to check facts and muddled thinking and of course same old 'Let's Bash Britain' campaign.

If you read (yes READ) all my comments on this site they are not criticising the lack of NHS funds and resources, they are simply stating there IS a dire lack of resources or as those who manage the service say "it faces its most severe and sustained financial shortfall in its history". My point is that given this shortfall, we cannot and should not continue to provide a free health service to everyone who turns up on our doorstep and British citizens who have paid for the service should be at the front of the queue.

My point about military spending was made to correct the erroneous statement by one of your comrades that Britain is 'no longer a viable military power'. In fact (you should try stating them sometimes), we are #4 in the world for military spend. In fact (there I go again), and to be #4 in the world we spend £38 billion on defence. Yes, imagine that...£38 billion. You describe our defence spending as 'HUGE' (your capitals not mine). Mmm....so what adjective would you use to describe our spending on health then? You see that's £119 billion perhaps you'd need to add a few exclamation marks too. And then of course, there is our expenditure on Social Services (welfare payments etc) .....I think you'll need capitals, exclamation marks and a few asterisks for that because it is £165 billion.

So we have a government which is hugely in debt and we have a health service that is costing us £119 billion per annum and even then still faces a 'severe financial shortfall'. At what point will you accept, that however much you would like to treat the world and its neighbour, we simply no longer have the capability. Woolly liberal thinking like yours has already bled the country dry.

So far I have not mentioned the Queen other than with reference to being Head of the Church of England and with regard to the British passport. Again you see, I merely state facts (you should try it some time it would really help your arguments). I see from the remarks in your posting that you are anti-royalist. You will not be surprised to learn that I support the Queen and monarchy. We have had a monarchy in this country for over a thousand years and I consider it part of my heritage and my British culture.

You see what comes across quite strongly in the previous postings is a complete disregard for British culture and British heritage. And there you go again deprecating Britain 'the biggest tyrants in history' eh? I suggest you check your facts there. We are not without fault, but there are far worse.

Don't you find it odd, considering that you seem to think Britain is so bad, that so many people want to come and live here? I mean, why do they cross beautiful spacious France (with just as stable a political system as ours) to camp at Calais with one goal in mind and that goal being to come here? You see I would really like to know. Obviously, the UK represents a cushy number for them or they would just stay in France (better weather, more space etc and gallons of wine). So what do we give them that France doesn't? I would really like to see a sort of immigrants' checklist of available benefits (in the format you see when comparing vacuum cleaners etc.) It would be nice to know where all my taxes are going. It is really difficult to get information on this.

Finally, you seem to think rather oddly that 'Britishness' can be defined as the British people giving everything we have away to the nationals of other countries....mmm...I think the current mainstream parties might agree with you there.

The problem is that we do not have a mainstream party that puts the interests of British people first and that is why parties like the BNP are gaining ground. Their vote rose by almost 2% nationally (it didn't fall as one your comrades erroneously stated ...). What we need is a political party that will do just that without the baggage the BNP brings with it. But for now we only have the BNP fulfilling this role. In fact, as a result of this blog, I have visited their website this week and don't think their policies are as 'obnoxious' as every man and his dog would have us believe. I couldn't see any reference to their supporting mass genocide, banning homosexual relationships, banning mixed race marriages and forcibly deporting all non-whites from the country as claimed by your comrades in their postings. There was nothing about them denying the holocaust and I was amazed to learn that Nick Griffin is apparently a privately educated Cambridge Law graduate and is married with four children. Rather more establishment than I expected and certainly not the impression you get from the media.
'My neighbour is an enthusiastic campaigner for the BNP...' 9:52pm on 16 Jun 2009 @58 Another_student

Ouch! (of course I was only testing...just to see if anyone noticed, you'll understand!) And, well done, you did! And I shall be reporting to A & E tomorrow to obtain treatment for the kicking I justifiably gave myself!

You have made some very good points in previous postings too by the way. I shall have to watch you!
'My neighbour is an enthusiastic campaigner for the BNP...' 8:39pm on 16 Jun 2009 @50 TomJB6

All of my postings have been measured and never 'vehement'. I don't do vehement I'm too boringly middle-aged for that.

You ask why I feel you don't like this country. Well, most of the deprecating remarks regarding Britain listed in my posting @38 were expressed by you. There have been more deprecating remarks left by your friends since. If you want to show allegiance to your country then stop bashing it.

I mentioned military spend in my last posting because I was responding to @46 JRALLAN 's accusations of 'hipocrisy" (sic) for 'being proud' of our (in their words HUGE) military spend. As you know I only pointed out our military spend in defence of your comment that we were no longer a viable force. He then inexplicably went on a rant about my being proud of the Royal Family despite my never having mentioned them before. If you cannot understand the point I am making about expenditure on the NHS and the serious situation that faces us from my posting @48, I am afraid I cannot help you any further just read it.

Yes..sorry I lazily used the word 'erroneous' a couple of times and I should have used 'incorrect' or 'wrong' a couple of times to break up the monotony. But it is tedious when you are constantly having to correct factually incorrect statements. Your remarks regarding our legal system are contradictory: on the one hand you tell me I am erroneous to suggest our legal system is one of the fairest and equitable and then you immediately say: " yes it is much fairer and equitable compared to other countries. Forgive my confusion, but what are you trying to say? Either it is or it isn't.

The reason I mentioned our legal system was in defence of a previous deprecating remark made by either you or one of your friends that our system based on Christian culture was not superior and was in fact not as good as some other systems based on Eastern culture.

I have never said our legal system should exclude other cultures. I have said that it has arisen as a result of our Christian culture. We remain a predominantly Christian country (thank goodness) and I see no reason for our legal system to be changed to accommodate, for example, Sharia Law though.

You may be correct in your comments on France, but I don't think it is the whole answer. But as I said I 'd like to know what we give them in comparison with other European countries.

I must really take issue with your comment: I don't think that you can describe 'Britishness' as being racist, homophobic, xenophobic etc. I would NEVER describe Britishness as that and have defended the concept of Britishness since this blog began. I have also made it quite clear (and it is worth repeating) that seeking to defend British culture and traditions and promote the interests of British citizens in Britain is NONE of those things either. You are 'extreme' if you think it is.

I don't know a lot about the BNP and Nick Griffin. I can only discuss the policies on their website. Whenever I have heard him interviewed (when the left wing mob lets him speak) recently he sounds rational to me. Whereas the screaming thugs who try to silence him earn no respect at all. I don't like others intimidating others to suppress their point of view. They are like the sheep in Orwell's '1984' bleating over any questioning by the animals.

I was impressed with his talk on peak oil on the BNP website, which is why I looked at his background. You all erroneously (oops! there I go again) keep assuming I am a member of the BNP despite my telling you repeatedly that I am not. You assume I am racist and yet I have said repeatedly that I do not consider the colour of your skin a deciding factor in whether you are a British citizen see my comment @38 for instance. Having said that I find I agree with quite a few of the BNP polices. And like Alan, I welcome that they are finally speaking out about immigration and the EU and dropping all the PC woolly liberal thinking that has brought this country to such dire straits.

I mentioned Griffin's background because I was genuinely surprised to find he had a law degree from Cambridge and was privately educated . Your friend was right to point out your paranoia and I am afraid it makes you sound like a fantasist. If you are going to fight him, you had better stop screaming Hitler at every turn. You adopt the same attitude to me - calling me racist etc because I have the temerity to suggest that given limited resources our government should put the British people first and we should insist on integration as a requisite for British citizenship.
'My neighbour is an enthusiastic campaigner for the BNP...' 2:56pm on 15 Jun 2009 @36 humanitarian7

I wasn't going to post again, but your posting takes the biscuit.

Your view of what constitutes freedom of speech is seriously confused. Freedom of speech means the right to stand up and speak your views without fear of intimidation or consequence. With that freedom of speech comes the responsibility to not use that right to foster or incite hatred and violence and to cast a slur.

Whether you like it or not, the BNP is a legal british party and Nick Griffin is an elected MEP and the head of the party which achieved nearly 1 million votes in the last election. He has the right in our democracy to stand up and speak without fear of intimidation. Others have the right to listen to what he says. His right to free speech was denied him when he was mobbed by a crowd of egg-throwing activists who disagreed with him. That is why people say (as you put it) "don't throw eggs at them, that compromises our freedom of speech". No-one got to hear what he had to say because he was intimidated by the screaming mob and whisked away in a car.

You seem to think the egg throwing mob on the one side were 'shouting' but that this was nothing compared to 'mass genocide' on the other. The BNP website does not contain any reference to their support for mass genocide and they have never engaged in it. Surely you can find something in their manifesto to criticise without fabricating preposterous claims of mass genocide. In reality, what I saw was an egg throwing and shouting mob on the one side and a man trying to speak on the other.

Mass genocide by the way was committed by Hitler, a right wing fascist but it was also committed by Stalin, a left wing dictator.

Your comment: "To say the country is over-crowded is not true ..... Besides, if you think about it, there's PLENTY of land here. If we shared it out a bit more, we'd have a great deal more space for all kinds of new neighbours". Well, really. Words fail me and that doesn't happen very often!

You say: "It's when people don't understand politics that they start to focus upon the simple ( and these are usually the most damaging) explanations." Given your basic grasp of politics, the phrase regarding people in glass houses springs to mind here.

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