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Old 12-01-2004, 07:38 AM
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Default Of course not

however, acceptance is not always the same as the true facts. If you look at the BNP's history Billy, you WILL see that the BNP is a splinter of the NF going back years.

Now like I've said. I'm prepared to believe that many who vote BNP are not racist and simply use the party as a protest vote but the party itself IS a racist far-right party. It is the politics of poverty and fear. The politics of people who fear immigrants because working immigrants will put the trailer trash at the bottom of the social ladder whereas before they were the only group below them.

To me the solution is clear and is advancing right now. Sort the immigrant issues and you rid this nation of the overtly far-right parties in any meaningful form. Having said that, immigration is coming down rapidly, currently at the same rate as 1998, down some 43% due to the Government's draconian immigration measures. This is a good thing in some ways. A right wing media does not help the conduction of a proper debate on the issue because the words 'asylum seeker' have now become synonamus with 'bogus.'

Immigration is necessary for the economy and for growth. The people we should acting on are those who live on benefits, NOT asylum seekers. If you look at Home Office figures, over 80% of asylum seekers are under 35. I.E. WORKING AGE. They can claim benefits in their own countries. They come here for work. Deal with the British scroungers, stop reading the gutter press, take an informed opinion and stop blaming immigrants for everything.

In short; I blame the press
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