Half of Britain ‘would vote for far-Right parties if they gave up violence’
Almost half the country would back a far-Right party if they gave up violence, an astonishing new poll revealed today.
A total of 48 per cent said that they would support a group that vowed to crack down on immigration and Islamic extremists.
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There has been a recent wave of support for extremists such as the English Defence League and the British National Party.
The poll was commissioned by a consortium, the major part of which was the notorious far-left British organization and publication called Searchlight.
First off, this is a straw dog. “If” they gave up violence? They don’t believe in violence or advocate violence, neither the EDL or the BNP. And it should be noted that the EDL is an activist organization, not a political party. The EDL and BNP have mixed relations with each other, varying between hot and cold, mostly cold. The main reason the EDL won’t embrace the BNP completely is because the EDL is pro-Israel and still thinks that the current BNP is the BNP of the Tyndall era. When in reality, today’s BNP is neutral on Israel, neutral on Jews in general, and currently has a Jewish member elected to a municipal public office (city council-like) in England. The point is, now we know why the far left combined with the Tory-shill media are peddling the false narrative, evidence by the title of the Mail article and the Telegraph article, that the BNP and EDL do support violence, or “are associated” with violence.
The Telegraph version then says that:
Huge numbers of Britons would support an anti-immigration English nationalist party if it was not associated with violence and fascist imagery, according to the largest survey into identity and extremism conducted in the UK.
“Not associated with violence and fascist imagery.” That’s different from advocating violence or engaging in violence. The only reason the BNP and EDL are “associated with violence” is because every time they go out in public and do something, the black-clad face-concealed far-left goons, with Searchlight’s countenance, tries to beat them up. And far from “fascist imagery,” like I said above, the EDL is pro-Israel, and the BNP under Nick Griffin is neutral. And both forever laud Britain’s part in winning the war against Hitler. If the EDL and BNP are “associated” with “fascist imagery,” it is thanks to the selfsame leftist goons.
However, if Searchlight doesn’t have an ulterior motive for pumping up the percentage of Britons that would vote for a “clean” nationalist party (fundraising, etc.), and assuming that 48% would vote for such a party, this is big news. Remember, in 2005, Tony Blair remained PM and his Labour Party retained an absolute majority in Parliament even though Labour only got 35.2% of the popular vote. Last year, David Cameron became PM, even in a divided government situation with the Learning Disableds, while the Tories flipped a net of 97 seats, their biggest one-night gain ever, even though the Tories only got 36.1% of the popular vote. On the other end, the 1997 landslide which brought Tony Blair to power and his Labour Party flipping 145 seats was on the backs of 43.2% of the vote. A BNP getting 48% is like an ultra-landslide under a FPTP system.
Don’t forget, Nick Griffin is stepping down in 2013. The process to choose his successor as BNP leader will probably be a few months before his retirement. All I can say is that that process will be crucial, and they better not fuck it up. NickG has brought the party to the vestibule of credibility, and the right successor could take it even further. For if Searchlight is right, the iron is very hot and prime for striking. Even if they’re inflating the stats for fundraising purposes, e.g. it’s only half that, a BNP getting 24% of the vote would still give a it a whole bunch of Parliament seats AND king-making ability under the right circumstances.
