There’s nothing like a little fascism to bring out the hypocrisy on all sides
BNP members have told BBC News they have received threatening and abusive phone calls and e-mails after a leaked document was published online. The membership list includes police officers, who are banned from being in the BNP, teachers and soldiers. It includes names, addresses, telephone numbers and jobs of 12,000 people
& it would appear that Nasty Nick & his crypto-fascists are getting a little hot under the collar…
Mr Griffin said he had lodged a complaint with Dyfed-Powys Police on the grounds that the publication breached human rights and data protection laws. He told the BBC the party would use Human Rights Act to try to protect the identities of its members
… even though the BNP is vehemently opposed to European legislation & the Human Rights Act in particular. However this little piece of hypocrisy pales into insignificance when compared to the manner in which current UK legislation deals with the BNP. Currently the following groups have what used to be known as the right of free political expression curtailed:
Police & prison officers: Banned from being members of the BNP
Council & NHS employees: Not banned but would be disciplined if beliefs interfered with job
Doctors: Must not allow beliefs to compromise care or attempt to impose political views on patients
Nurses: Not forbidden but code of conduct requires commitment to equality & diversity
Teachers: Membership of political parties must not compromise professional conduct
Trades Union members: Under laws being passed this year BNP members could be expelled if judged to be in opposition to union's beliefs
Armed forces personnel: Not explicitly banned but personnel are barred from political activity or demonstration
The reason given for all this is that the British National Party is considered to be an organisation that promulgates racist policies. Take the Police’s stance for instance…
Police are banned from becoming members of the BNP because it would damage race relations, according to the Association of Chief Police Officers . ACPO's workforce development spokesman Peter Fahy said: "Membership or promotion of the BNP by any member of the police service, whether police officer or police staff, is prohibited. This is because such membership would be incompatible with our duty to promote equality under the Race Relations Amendment Act
Following this reasoning, it is therefore completely justified to discriminate against members of the BNP because it advocates discrimination. I have got that right haven’t I? I just love moments in my life when I stumble upon weapons grade irony like this.
However, just because its early on a Thursday morning lets take this reasoning & move it on a stage further. The same organizations that believe that they have right to discriminate against BNP members, under similar legislation, are also supposed to be implementing the Buggers Charter – employers are supposed discriminate against those who discriminate against shirt lifters. Therefore groups that should be discriminated against include the Mohammedans, Roman Catholics & Orthodox Jews
Oh lorks –o-lordy … just look what happens when the Westminster Village tries to mandate what we plebs can & cannot believe!
Comments
I am reminded of the fabulous "Yes Minister" episode when they were looking at surveillance.
Private Eye bills Jim Hacker as the government's "Chief Bugger".
Posted by: Cleanthes | November 20, 2008 2:40 PM
Look, I'm not a member of the BNP but I don't think they are being treated very fairly in the press. After all, who do the people that are sending the abuse in torrents support? Surely not the BNP. Had a list of Labour supporters been posted, would BNP members terrorise them? I think not.
I note that it is not allowed to be a member if you have a certain job, mainly the ones that Labour say must be "multicultural" in order to fill their quota of foreigners in British jobs.
If you ask me Politics should be banned outright from any Public sector role as their bias can swing as a result. But no, one rule for one (BNP) and another rule for others (Lab/Cons/LDs etc) - and these are the parties trying to promote equality? Ha, THAT is the real hypocrisy.
Posted by: badger_fruit | November 21, 2008 3:16 PM
I find it hypocritical that when muslims want to kill and mame or torch an embassy and lynch people because of a cartoon or put on fake suicide vests and generally protest about our soldiers fighting their terrorist buddies, the mincey WHITE BRITISH left wing activists stand up for them and shout, 'freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' But when a WHITE BRITISH passport holder wants to vote for a legitimate political party like the BNP (who, unlike sinn fein and muslims, don't use guns and bombs) they spit venom at him and HATE him for apparently HATEING imigrants! I reserve the right to be racist in my own country, because you shouldn't be able to be racist in your OWN country. Its not about colour of skin but about ethnicity. I don't recognise someone who hates me, has a different religion to me, a different family dynamic to me, has no respect for woman, want a different law to me, a different work ethic to me, who speaks a different language to me and who dresses like a fucking samurai as being BRITISH! How is it so easy for them to get into Britain when it is so hard for us Brits to get out!?
Posted by: Don | November 20, 2009 12:52 AM