The controversial British National Party have chosen today, St George's Day, to unveil their 2010 election manifesto, and as you would expect it contains a number of shocking yet unsurprisingly racially-discriminative proposals – only made worse by the regular ‘justification’ of them with the words “as many other European nations already do”.What follows are some of the “unique and innovative policies” from the 94-page document: [Note: I would like to stress that all that is within quotation marks are quotes directly taken from the manifesto – I do not share these views. I hope many others agree with me.]
In its introduction, its leader Nick Griffin writes “The BNP is committed to putting the interests of the British people first” and comments on the manifesto’s title: ‘Democracy, Freedom, Culture and Identity’, notably that “the word ‘identity’ appears in the title because the BNP believes in genuine ethnic and cultural diversity and the right of all peoples to be free of colonisation and rule by others - including the indigenous people of these islands.”
At the end Griffin invites us to “review our policies and make your choice”. I’ve made my choice, here are some ‘highlights’ for you:
IMMIGRATION:
As you would expect, this subject has prime billing in the manifesto and contains no shortage of ‘controversial’ proposals. The manifesto commences with a statement that sets the tone for the whole document that reads “at current immigration and birth rates, indigenous British people are set to become a minority well within 50 years. This will result in the extinction of the British people, culture, heritage and identity.”
As for the proposals, the most shocking is that the party will “review all citizenship grants awarded since Labour entered government in 1997, based on that party’s admission that they orchestrated mass immigration to change forcibly Britain’s demographics and to gerrymander elections.” So even those legally granted citizenship since Tony Blair arrived in office could face the threat of deportation.
On that note, the BNP “will deport all foreigners convicted of crimes in Britain, regardless of their immigration status”, and while claiming to “recognises the right of legally settled and law-abiding minorities to remain in the UK and enjoy the full protection of the law” they stress that this is “on the understanding that the indigenous population of Britain has the right to remain the majority population of our nation.”
The BNP will repeal the Race Relations Act that makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against you on racial grounds, as well as other acts which it calls “far leftist social engineering projects, such as the Equalities and Human Rights Commission” that it claims are “aimed at enforcing multiculturalism.”
They even blame traffic congestion on immigrants claiming later in the document that the Party will “reduce traffic congestion by bringing the immigration invasion under control,” and “charge foreign trucks for the right to use Britain’s road network”.
RELIGION:
As affirmed by Griffin on Question Time on 22nd October 2009, the BNP “believes that the historical record shows that Islam is by its very nature incompatible with modern secular western democracy.”
It pledges to “ban the burka, ritual slaughter and the building of further mosques in Britain” and that “there should be absolutely no further immigration from any Muslim countries, as it presents one of the most deadly threats yet to the survival of our nation.”
EUROPE:
On Europe, the manifesto states that “the BNP loves Europe but hates the EU” and says the party will “demand an immediate withdrawal from the European Union, which is an organisation dedicated to usurping British sovereignty and to destroying our nationhood and national identity.”
By withdrawing from the EU, it says, the Party “will not permit British courts to be subservient to international bodies or courts which override the law of the British parliament.” Naturally, the BNP “will vigorously oppose the UK taxpayer being called upon to subsidise any pension underfunding crisis elsewhere in the EU.”
[Note: I’m pretty sure that is not the objective of the EU and I find it hard to believe that the EU is destroying our national identity. We have always been European, but we are more proudly British.]
WELFARE:
The BNP vows to halt the handout of benefits, housing, education and pensions to “foreigners who have not paid into the system”, and will repeal the 1998 Human Rights Act and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, both of which they claim “are exploited to abuse Britain’s hospitality by the world’s scroungers.”
The BNP will “place each local council under a legal duty to build a number of homes set to a percentage of the waiting list total each year.” Of course, “these would only be available to British citizens.”
The method employed in Switzerland also makes an appearance with the “[introduction of] a ‘local connection test’ for any applicant seeking social housing in terms of which they would need to demonstrate a positive and historical link to the area.”
THE MEDIA:
The BNP will no doubt aim to attack the journalists who publish material about the party should they ever get into power, and state in their manifesto that they “will enact legislation which will hold journalists and their media outlets criminally liable for knowingly publishing falsehoods.”
CRIME:
The BNP pledge to “remove political correctness from Police service in favour of real crime fighting” and unbelievably they will “reintroduce capital punishment for drug dealers, child murderers, multiple murderers, murderers of policemen on duty and terrorists”.
This from the man who denied the Holocaust happened?
EDUCATION:
The BNP “will offer free university education to deserving students who have completed their period of Community Service” (what do they mean by Community Service and how will they define deserving?) and “will bring back traditional syllabi and teaching methods to replace the current and obviously failed systems currently being used.” So is the cane set to return to the classrooms to punish students?
A few positives (!)
In the interest of fairness, I should highlight a few policies in there that perhaps amazingly, are actually rather attractive (but certainly nowhere near enough to sway my vote...)
For example, the BNP:
EDUCATION:
The BNP “will offer free university education to deserving students who have completed their period of Community Service” (what do they mean by Community Service and how will they define deserving?) and “will bring back traditional syllabi and teaching methods to replace the current and obviously failed systems currently being used.” So is the cane set to return to the classrooms to punish students?
A few positives (!)
In the interest of fairness, I should highlight a few policies in there that perhaps amazingly, are actually rather attractive (but certainly nowhere near enough to sway my vote...)
For example, the BNP:
- “will oppose the privatisation of natural monopolies such as Royal Mail.”
- “will introduce legislation to ensure that a foreign acquisition of any significantly-sized British company is judged to be in the public and national interest before it can proceed.”
- “demands an end to the destruction of Britain’s green belt” (although I disagree that it has been “caused primarily by housing demand fuelled through mass immigration”.)
- “rejects ID cards as an undesirable manifestation of the surveillance society.”
- “will introduce citizens’ initiative referenda to force government to adhere to the will of the voters on specific subjects.”
