Ignorance labels….

In my warped mind, a noun is simply another word for label. And this is partly the reason why I’m spending today, angry at nouns. We all have far different qualities to the labels we find attached to us. And yet, certain labels are used to almost describe us in our entirety. Now, whether the manipulative nature of language, and specific labels are to blame for this, or whether humanity with it’s simplistic vision of the World (to the point where we’ve come to accept adjectives, almost more as nouns….black, gay) is to blame, is a different matter. A Muslim is viewed simply as that, and nothing more, purely because of the word itself. A Jew, carries certain connotations that others do not like. When used as nouns, Fat, thin, Liberal, Conservative, Black, Immigrant, British, Pakistani, Transsexual, Gay, seem to be used as a single mould, making up what we are, which simply isn’t true. “You’re British and you’re white“…. well yes, among a lot of other more important things that make up who I am.
A label acts to strip away the qualities of an object, the intrinsic beauties, whisking them together to form a single category. It doesn’t apply purely to humanity either.

It is difficult to cast our eyes onto a simple tree, and not just immediately think “That’s a tree“. The qualities, the natural beauty, the essence of what makes the tree, is condensed into that single word “tree” and so we do not begin to fathom the spectacular nature of it, our imagination, is manipulated by that single noun. It becomes meaningless, a word. We seemingly forget that natural beauty is far removed from anything man has created. Where does this beauty come from? It is only when we stand to look, to really look, that we open a box of new emotions. Perhaps, also the fact that you see a tree every day, takes away it’s beauty. “Every thing is spoilt by use.“

Sea. It’s a simple word that we all recognise. A common noun that evokes no feeling of extreme beauty, or tranquillity, it’s simply a word; a word that seemingly covers all situations for the particular object it is labelling. And yet, when we observe the sea, we observe something different every time. Everybody gets something out of it. A fisherman will have a different emotion attached to the sea, than a Thalassophobic. The sea on a calm summer’s morning, is far removed from that same body of water on a stormy day. The sea on an overcast boring grey day, is far removed from the sea on a clear star filled night, glistening. I should know! I’ve sat on enough coast lines in the midst of a starry night. The Sea is not simply a word, it is a description, a story unique to everyone.

“Immigrant” is a word that I have come to despise. It encompasses everything that is wrong with the World. It evokes a feeling of superiority. Suddenly an immigrant is simply that. Not a human, not someone who wishes the same as you and I wish, or dreams of a better life like the rest of us dream, or cries, or loves, or laughs. They are suddenly something alien to us, because that’s what the word immigrant has come to represent. They are hostile, different, a mystery that arouses intense suspicion, and for what reason? There is no logical reason.
Recently, in Belfast, a string of racist attacks against Romanian families has taken place. Some are suggesting that certain Romanians provoked the attacks. How that justifies smashing the windows of innocent families, purely because they happen to come from the same Country as the people provoking the Irish residents, is beyond me. But it does go a long way to prove that the label is to blame. The category of “Romanian” is to blame. An us vs them mentality, that has gone so far as to create a worryingly growing far right sympathy across the UK.

We are not all destined to be successful business men and women; we are not all cut out for a life of “hard work” making money for others in the hope of securing a holiday once a year every summer; we do not all care about owning the most luxurious car; we are not all obsessed with the Country we were born as if it were actually important; we are not all religious; we are not all white, or black, or asian; some of us are attracted to women, some to men, some to transsexuals, it does not matter; we are not all work minded, some of us are spiritually minded; some of us can sit for hours under the clear and serene world of the stars, others prefer to be tucked up in a nice warm bed; some of us love standing with our eyes closed and our arms wide open in the pouring rain; some of us see the beauty and the astonishment in a simple oak tree, others do not waste their time with such hippy nonsense; some of us pray five times a day, others only concern is money; some of us find it hard to trust or to love, others fall in love at the glimpse of a smile from a girl on the train station platform; some of us enjoy nothing more than tanning ourselves on sun loungers across the World; some of us are not burdened by narrow minded ancient Religious notions of what is decent and correct, others cling onto faith as a guide for life; some of us get that inner most feeling of life when we’re jumping out of a plane or rock climbing, others feel it within the simplistic nature of early Autumn mornings when gazing at ripening fruit “Blushing through the mist and dew“; some of us want to save ourselves for that one special person, others bask in a life of promiscuity; the World is a magnificent place because the level of diversity far outstrips the man made idea of common identity and categories. We are all different. Yes we have certain traits and features that bind us to others, but that similarity is far outweighed by the differences between us. The truth is, as long as you are not intentionally out to cause harm, then you are free to be as different and as diverse as you could possible imagine.
“Diverse” is the one label, I do not have a problem with.

The best of worst of Britain

Thankfully, and with great admiration for my parents, I was brought up to view people as just that, people. I was not brought up to distinguish people, like breeds of animal, based on race or cultural background. I was brought up to respect the differences between us, whether white or black or Asian; gay or straight; Christian or Muslim. We’re all human, we’re all reliant on each other. It is humanity that has made great breakthroughs socially, scientifically, and medically, not a particular race. As a result of my liberal upbringing, the idea that we must “preserve” the “white race” is as ridiculous as claiming to be desperate to preserve the blue eyed race.

The local elections, pushed the agenda of the British National Party to a much bigger audience, angered at the recent expenses scandal and the growingly powerless Prime Minister. They certainly look set to make gains in the E.U Parliament, come tonight’s results, which will indeed put added pressure on the Prime Minister, and Alan Johnson over at the Home Office.

The most abhorrent political Party to exist in the U.K at the moment, preying on the Working Classes, gained a seat in Leicestershire’s, Coalville Council. It saddens me, because this is the City I grew up in. I love the diversity. The Diwali celebrations that attract thousands to the City every year, is great for cultural awareness, education, and the local economy. It’s a mixed culture, I’m privileged to belong to.

Amusingly, the BNP have been using pictures on their websites, of ordinary families, and quotes about why they will be voting BNP. Except of course, that the photos are from different websites, not affiliated with the BNP, and the quotes are made up, by the BNP. You couldn’t make this shit up.

The BNP, last month, held a day to celebrate the work of the armed forces of Britain, and tried to portray themselves as the “only party that supports our troops”.
And so this brings me on to the truly shocking response by the BNP, to the to the heroic British soldier, Lance-Corporal Johnson Beharry.
Born in Grenada, Johnson Beharry is already among the people that the British Nazi National Party consider to be detrimental to British society, given that he’s foreign, and he’s black.
On March 18th 2005, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for valor. A year earlier, whilst driving a Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle in Iraq, his vehicle was ambushed; hit by several rocket propelled grenades, the platoon commander along with a number of soldiers were badly injured and radio communication was destroyed along with the periscope – used by the driver to see where he’s going. Beharry therefore, had to open the hatch and drive whilst exposing his face to enemy fire. He drove the broken machine to the edge of the ambush zone, and extracted all of his wounded comrades, to safety, whilst all the time, he himself was exposed to enemy fire.
A month later, in the area of Al Amarah, the convoy was ambushed again. And again, his comrades were badly injured. Beharry himself received serious shrapnel injuries to the face and brain. Despite those serious injuries, he drove to safety, through rocket fire, which in turn, saved the lives of all of his men. He then lost consciousness and had to go through brain surgery.
He was rightfully reward the distinguished Victoria Cross for bravery in the face of such extreme adversity.

A BNP article, stated of Beharry “All he did was drive away very fast from a combat zone.” The article then stated “The politically correct Ministry of Defence decided to elevate this particular occasion to something worthy of the VC.” Suggesting that Beharry was awarded the Victoria Cross, simply because he’s black. Nick Griffin claimed that all Beharry had achieved, was “routine” and then went on to call him an “immigrant“, refusing to acknowledge Beharry’s bravery and courage, saving the lives of many men, for Britain.

They speak of “politically correct Britain“. Yes, I suppose we have become overly politically correct, given that sixty years after the Holocaust, we’re allowing Nazis to represent the British public.
Given that Griffin has spent his life getting grotesquely overweight, and pathetically Hitler-esque in his disgusting views, having fought for nothing, saved no one, promoted racial tension and violence, I’m not sure where he gets the nerve from, to criticise the absolute bravery and honour of a British Soldier. The BNP are not patriotic, nor are they standing up for Britain, they are an ideology. Britain is not based on an ideology. Especially one of such hate and suspicion. The BNP are simply an ideology catering to thugs and those members of society that do not engage brain activity. They absolutely disgust me. For anyone that voted BNP at these Council and E.U elections. You too, disgust me.

Immigrants: We need them!!

This blog will argue that immigration is much needed. I’d appreciate genuine arguments against my blog instead of the usual “fucking muzzies coming to our country with their fucking burkas, fuck off, you terrorist scum”.

INTRO:
I’m becoming increasingly uneasy about the level of animosity toward anyone who happens to have an Asian skin complexion in this country, particularly in the City I live, Leicester. Whenever someone says “I’m not racist but….” you can guarantee they’ve been reading the Daily Mail, and are about to spew some disgusting out of date bile.

I’ve said before, the majority of British Nationalists, who insist that they love our Country and see immigration eroding our culture, have absolutely no knowledge of our ‘culture’ other than the fact that they like to drink a lot, fight a bit, and be a bit racist. Our culture consists of historical events like the Protestant Reformation during Henry VIII, Edward and Elizabeth’s reigns, the Civil War of the 17th Century, art movements like Gothic, Renaissance Realism, pop art and post-modernism, the horrors of the Great War that saw the deaths of millions of people for less than a square foot of land. The fight for liberalism, as Churchill’s army of warriors defeated the destructive force of Fascism. This is our culture, and the Nationalists are the ones responsible for trying destroying it.

We have a large Asian community in Leicester. One of my friends tried to suggest that the white man is in the minority in Leicester now. He went on to suggest over 70% of the City must now be foreign. I disagreed. He laughed and decided to insult my intelligence some more. It annoyed me quite deeply. He suggested that if I look around, it’s like “spot the white man”.
Firstly, even if that was the case, why is that a problem? If I were the only white guy living on my street, what’s the problem? As long as they don’t treat me like shit, why should I care? It’s a skin colour. It does not go deeper than that.
And secondly, I was fucking right. According to Leicester City Council, the White race accounts for 63% of the population of Leicester. So to sum that up, I was right, he was wrong.

I’d now like to argue against those who believe Immigration should be cut off, and we should “keep Britain White”.

AGE:
During the 1950s, after the War, we in Britain had what is described as the “baby boom”. Soldiers coming home and starting families. Between the 1980s and today, we have a “baby slump”. Hundreds of thousands of more women are starting careers early and not having children. Which means, we have an ageing population. The baby boom generation is getting old. The younger generation need to support the pensions of those ageing majority. This is known as the “dependency ratio”. Given that there aren’t enough younger people to deal with this, if we took the BNP line and stopped immigration completely, we’d have the worst pensions crises ever. If this extended to Europe, according to the author Philippe Legrain, the population of Europe would fall by 60 million by 2050. This creates a worker shortage, meaning businesses close, deflation sky rockets. An economic disaster. You need immigration.

The Welfare State:
I refuse to give a response to the awful “they come over here, taking all our benefits” whilst in the same breathe muttering “they come over here, taking all our jobs”, it’s an old outdated argument that no one has been able to prove.
The majority of immigrant workers come to Britain (according to Home Office Stats) in their 20s. They then start to work, they pay taxes.
Those workers have not been to British schools and so they have cost the tax payer nothing, whilst they pay back into the tax system. Which means more investment into public services like The NHS. So actually, we benefit, not them.
Many then start up a business, paying more into the tax system. Perhaps they’ll then have children, who will go to British schools, on the money pumped into the tax system by their parents, which is fair and just. All the time contributing to an ageing British population.

“GO HOME!!”
Many immigrants come here for a better life. If you lived in a Country where you feared for the life of you and your family every day, wouldn’t you jump at the opportunity for a better life elsewhere?
The Phillipines has began calling those people who leave the country, to work abroad “heroes”. This is because the workers, after paying tax in America for example, then send some of their earnings home, which boosts the local economies, allowing the National economy of these countries to grow, lifting millions out of poverty. It has no damaging affect on America. It’s a boost to the poor nation’s economy, and it’s much needed. Otherwise we get rich, whilst the poor get worse and worse, and that’s simply wrong. It also then means the poor countries are able to create new opportunities, new jobs, new exports, which benefit us directly.

Job Creation:
“Stealing all our jobs” seems to be suggesting that there is a static number of jobs, limited in presence, and that immigrants are fighting the British born Whites for those jobs. This is simply ignorance.
When an immigrant comes to live here, he’s going to need a house, a car, a bed, a bath, a towel, a mug, a photograph frame, sugar, a carpet, and every other luxury you can possibly imagine. When 200,000 come here, there is a sharp rise in demand for such objects, which means production needs to increase, which means new jobs need to be created for supplies to meet demand, which means instead of stealing all our jobs, immigration create jobs. It’s basic economics. If we denied these people access to our country, demand would fall sharply, prices would deflate, wages would dramatically decrease because the pool of unemployed would get bigger and bigger as businesses everywhere shut up shop.
We’d all be worse off.

“This Country is a mess!!”
To suggest the country is now a mess, is to compare it to a previous time when it wasn’t a mess. I’m not sure that this has ever been the case. Was it the 1900s during a needless war in which parents watched as their children were sent to their deaths for no good reason? Or the 1920s during the Great Depression? Or the 1940s and World War, when kids were sent away from cities and their parents? Or the 1950s/60s when women were treated as 2nd class, gay people were imprisoned simply for their sexuality and racial prejudice was rife? Or the 1970s when our binmen went on strike leading to the winter of discontent? Or the 1980s when the miners went on strike and 60% of Liverpool was unemployed? Or the 1990s when The Spice Girls topped the charts?
When was the World and in particular Britain, perfect? It wasn’t.

My conclusion:
A Nation is simply a line on a map. A meaningless flag. A place where those who have deep Patriotic feelings can get together and proclaim just how wonderful their Country is compared to the rest of the World.
We are all citizens of the same Planet. We all benefit each other economically. We all bring with us knowledge and cultural awareness that can benefit each other both socially and for our own mental strength. Only by mixing and interacting, sharing and understanding, can there ever be anything near to peace.

The British Culture War

The bandwagon at the moment seems to be, quite arrogantly and horribly misinformed, a version of…….
“Britishness doesn’t exist any more! It’s been destroyed by the immigrants and New Labour!”
About a year ago, I probably would have agreed, but i’ve got older, smarter, and above all, less cretinous.

Nationalism:
I wonder if all of those who claim our ‘culture’ is dying could name, without searching on google, a great British Artist? A great British musician from the classical era? A great British commander from the War days? The date that India gained independence from the British Empire? The last ten Prime Ministers? The last four Monarchs? A great British war poet? The date that England became Church of England? A great battle in WWII that finally pushed the Germans back? I doubt it. Because “culture” in Britain no longer means any of that, “Culture” means getting pissed every Friday night.

Britishness to me:
To me, now, Britishness is changing every day. Which is a great thing. It moves with the times. We don’t allow religion to mix with our Politics. Belief isn’t “If you’re not Christian, you’re not welcome” in our Country. Although, this gives rise to a new hypocritical sense of Nationalism that is becoming an increasingly dangerous thing.
What you may find Britishness inside, I may see it differently, and so Britishness can never be a static, universal truth. I like it like that.

Places like Iran, stick to outdated religious principles. Unwilling to change with the times. The great thing about Britain is that the majority of us (I accept some remain ignorant) are happy to move with the times, to accept the different cultures that have contributed such a valuable amount to our society, and our economy.
We aren’t the culture of top hats and “how do you do”.
We aren’t the tea drinking nation.
We aren’t any other stereotypical view of Britain. We’re a huge cultural mixture. Who (regardless of how the media like to hype the situation) understanding of others beliefs and we’re willing to talk, relate to and befriend people regardless of their beliefs and opinions.
We’re White, we’re Black, we’re Asian, we’re straight, we’re gay, we’re men, we’re women and it has absolutely no affect on our every day life.
Britishness is not static, it isn’t like a religious belief that cannot be changed. Britishness updates every single second. It’s a constantly working mechanism that, if embraced, can cope with all the pressures of multiculturalist England today.

It would appear that the top hat wearing, tea drinking, small corner shop family run business owning,”cheery-o chap” speaking British ways have long since died. It isn’t because of immigration and it has very little, if nothing to do with New Labour. It has to do with the changing nature of humanity.
- You and I both don’t wear tradition British Clothing, because American jeans like Levi, and hoodies sporting “Greenday” logos are the fashion now.
- I don’t want to wear a top hat and say “Good day to you madam”.

New Labour didn’t open the gates. Conservative Open Market policies did that. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that when a rich prosperous country opens it’s gates to foreign investment, people are going to start to move country. If you want a wide variety of choice with regard to the products you buy, expect large numbers of immigrants offering that choice. You can’t have it both ways. PLEASE try and understand this, for the sake of intelligent thought.

The small family run tradition British businesses, the grocers, the small video rental shops, struggle to exist in a place where Tesco and John Lewis rule the waves. You can blame big business for this.

For the people who insist that “Britishness doesn’t exist”, I’d like to know what drastic changes have occured in your every day life, that have made you a little less British and a little more Polish, or Pakistani, or Indian? And then, go back into your ignorant minds and count all the aspects of your life that are actually American influenced.

And then of course, there are those who insist that England has gone “PC mad”.

Political Correctness:
Certain phrases that have found their way into our language in order to appear more “understanding”, for example if I were to suggest that because i’m losing my hair, in order to reduce the risk of offending me, instead of saying i’m balding, i’d prefer you used the term follicle regression, would indeed, take the piss.
If half the dirty old men in on the planet decided that they hate that term, and prefer the term “gender enthusiastic geriatric”, we’d laugh at them, because it’s ridiculous.

To me, that’s what political correctness is. Taking something that wasn’t offensive in the first place, and claiming it was TOO offensive.
Mankind, suddenly becomes Human Kind.
Housewife suddenly becomes homemaker.

When you use the term “paki” to describe anyone who happens to have an Asian complexion, you aren’t exercising a form of anti-policial correctness, you’re exercising ignorance, cuntishness, and above all, you’re starting to prove the case for the rest of the World hating us.
When you try to justify such ignorance as “well, it’s just like calling me a brit!!”, you have delved beyond the realms of ignorance, and infact, deserve to be shot.

When you use any kind of intended abuse, to personally attack someone, you cannot hide behind “omg, this country is so fucking politically correct!!” or “I’m just being honest!!” in a lame attempt to justify your ridiculous point of view…….. You cannot defend yourself.

When one Muslim woman complains that a British Flag offends her. That is one Muslim woman. It isn’t Islam on the whole. It’s like saying Ian Huntley is a white British man, so therefore all white British men must be paedophile child killers. If you then accuse all Muslims of being anti-British, then those same Muslims have a right to come up to you and express the view, through the media, across the World, that all British Women like to kill children and bury them on the Moors, because Myra Hindley did. I very much doubt you’d be banging on about their right to be politically incorrect then, you’d be disgusted.

People seem to think that “free speech” entitles you to be a cunt, and then not have to deal with the consequences. Free speech means you can say what you want, but you must deal with the problems inevitably faced by your ignorance. Don’t back away from it. And don’t hide behind a horrible cliche like “politically correct”. Freedom of Speech has consequences. You do indeed have the freedom to say whatever you want to say, there is nothing stopping you. But have to guts to deal with the subsequent problems you have caused.

Political Correctness hasn’t got “out of hand”, it isn’t worse than it’s ever been. Ignorance is on the rise. This new breed of arrogant Nationalism is on the rise. Too many people think they can be as offensive as they like and they’ll somehow gain support and not have to explain themselves deeper, not have to give it any intelligent thought, if they just use “I hate political correctness!” to justify their own unjustifiable prejudices. I don’t know if it’s a post-Empire thing, but it seems a high number of Brits have decided that Britain is the God of all Countries.

There is an odd thing happening. The British public seem to be paying an unusual amount of time to the Media, and so jumping on the bandwagon portrayed at the time.
The Sun – “Gordon Brown is wonderful”
The public – “YEAH! GO GORDON!!!”
The Sun – “Actually he’s a bit shit”
The public – “Yeah BOOO GORDON!”
It takes away any individual thought. I would like to see more people forming their own opinions, understanding that the media is controlled, they are private enterprises, and so, full of bias. I would like people to, instead of jumping to an illogical conclusion, research both sides of an argument and then come to a well rounded, well thought out opinion. It may agree with your initial jumped-to conclusion, it may change your mind completely, like the whole “Britishness” debate has for me. But it’s the only credible way you will answer a deep question such as the one surrounding the British Culture War.

It is people who think in this regressive, nazi-esque way, who destroy the country, no one else.

The rise of Nationalism

“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel” 
- Samuel Johnson

According to a publicly leaked document on the British National Party, members now include doctors, teachers, and police. Aside from the fact that you should not be entering public life if you have such strong, senseless prejudices, I cannot understand why a deeply racist person, would involve themselves in a line of work, where they have to protect those they hate. They cannot have an Us vs Them mentality, public services should have a “us” mentality, an “us” that incorporates everyone.
It’s the equivilant of Hermann Gorring getting annoyed because Jewish schools in Warsaw refuse to interview him.
If they have such fundamentally flawed beliefs, built on intolerance, they should not be allowed anywhere near the public sector.

They use St George as the symbol of Britain……… St George….. born in Palestine. Go figure. 

I got annoyed reading the BNP website. I’ll show you why.
From the BNP site…

“we, the native British people, will be an ethnic minority in our own country within sixty years. “ 
- This is a lie. A piece of, let’s face it, racist propaganda, scare mongering. It’s only purpose is to create an air of suspicion for anyone who happens to have a slightly darker skin complexion.

“the introduction of a system of voluntary resettlement whereby those immigrants who are legally here will be afforded the opportunity to return to their lands of ethnic origin assisted by a generous financial incentives both for individuals and for the countries in question.”
- Why even suggest that? What’s wrong with them being here? By even saying that in the first place, it shows a deep dislike of those who aren’t of British origin. Racist. Xenophobic. Not to mention a beautiful way to destroy a community, close business, lose millions of jobs, and bankrupt England.

“We will abolish the ‘positive discrimination’ schemes that have made white Britons second-class citizens. “
- I sure as hell don’t feel second class. If a Pakistani who has just moved here, is better at the job than i am, then he should get it. If he puts himself down on the housing list before me, he should get a house before me. That’s fucking obvious.

” work to restore Britain’s family and trading ties with Australia, Canada and New Zealand, and to trade with the rest of the world as it suits us.”
- Yeah that’s just what we need, selfish take-take-take, whilst at the same time, taking the moral high ground by suggesting that all immigrants do is take-take-take, and so the hypocrisy continues. Notice that the nations we’d be trading with on our terms, are predominantly white.

“The BNP will crack down on crime and restore public safety and confidence. “
- So a Party built on crime, nazis, and creating racial tension, they’re now trying to reach social harmony? 
I smell hypocrisy in the air.

“Globalisation, with its export of jobs to the Third World, is bringing ruin and unemployment to British industries and the communities that depend on them.”
- Under Blair, the country was more prosperous than it’s ever been. I very much doubt the criminal mind of Nick Griffin could better that. He’s completely out of touch with contemporary politics, in his own little bubble. His Britain would be the kicking and screaming child of Europe, prices would shoot up, unemployment would be rife given that only White Brits would be allowed the jobs, and racial wars would be taking place across the Country. Our ageing population would not be replaced, meaning pensions would be insecure, and the economy in general would be finished.

“Accordingly, the BNP calls for the selective exclusion of foreign-made goods from British markets and the reduction of foreign imports. “
- Which would mean pretty much everything would cost a fucking fortune.

“unemployment in this country will be brought to an end, and secure, well-paid employment will flourish, “
- Ahahahahahaha, That’s all that one needs.

“We are against the ‘trendy’ teaching methods that have made Britain one of the most poorly educated nations in Europe. “
- What he means is, let’s bring back ignorant teaching, that catered to the clever kids. That ignored pyschological problems. And why are we so poorly educated? Where’s that stat from? Given that more people are going to university than ever before. My best teachers, the ones that got through to me the most, were the eccentric ones who dared to be different. Fuck the BNP for suggesting otherwise, they have absolutely no idea.

“We will also seek to instill in our young people knowledge of and pride in the history, cultures and heritage of the native peoples of Britain.”
- If the BNP do that with my children, i will teach my children the complete opposite. Respect for everyone, love, charity, empathy, compassion, and that above all, regardless of who we are, where we’re from, how we look, what colour we are, what sexuality we are, if we’re tall, if we’re fat, if we’re short and thin, regardless, we’re all the same, and not to be a slave to the evil the BNP spews.

“We reject the idea that Britain must forever be obliged to subsidise the incompetence and corruption of Third World states by supplying them with financial aid. “
- If we have £10,000,000,000 to bail out greedy bankers, we sure as hell have the money to prevent a child in the third world dying. If we can even help one person who’s only wish in life is that their child doesn’t die of starvation, who isn’t concerned with which country you’re born, then we fucking should. Yes it’s our responsibility! It’s the World’s responsibility, the responsibility of the civilised and decent. You can keep turning your head and ignoring if you want. But no far right racist agenda will change my mind on that one.

The suggestion that the BNP are sticking up for British people is so badly flawed, given that the majority of  those same British people despise the BNP. 
Britain is a liberal country.
Therefore, logic tells you, that if you want to represent the wishes and values of the British public, you must be liberal.
It amazes me that they seem to be suggesting they are truly British. Was Churchill not truly British, given that his goal was to wipe out the threat of Fascism from the shores of Britain? That very same fascism that the BNP now holds dear.
Mark Collett, leader of the young BNP, said “hitlers germany was a better place to bring up children, than oldham in 2002.”

Nationalism is nothing but an idea that makes the ignorant feel a little superior. A place where they can all get together, and hate foreigners, and yet ignorantly depend on them for most of the things we buy.

Being British has no static identity. It’s always changing. It’s always updating. It’s the beauty of England. We’re much more accepting than most other developed Nations, including The U.S.A.
People who want to stick to basic, ignorant principles, and not move with the fact that we’re living in a much smaller World, are the ones out of touch. The Government is a liberal government, the opposition, is a liberal opposition, of course there needs to be a better form of immigration control, but not to the extent that the BNP offer, which would kill Liberalism, it would kill human decency, it would kill the idea that we respect each other on the premise that we’re all people before we’re any Nationality.
 
I absolutely love this video. This is Russell Brand, with Mark Collett, leader of the young BNP, i’d strongly advise watching it until the end. It gets good, and sums up, in a few short minutes, why I despise the BNP.