Panel shocked by their vote matches
Saturday 17th April 2010, 11:00AM BST.
Matt Spinks
People in Shropshire unsure which way to vote at the General Election were given a shock when an online system matched them to their most compatible party.
Six floating voters agreed to take a 30-question survey to find out which parties had policies that were most in line with their views.
There were shocks for three who were unexpectedly matched to the BNP.
All three said they would never vote for the party. Others said the results were very much in line with their political thoughts.
The survey, at www.votematch.org.uk, asks about crime and justice, defence, economy, education, health, environment, tax and parliamentary reform, as well as other issues. It analyses the responses and provides a percentage, showing how alike a person is to a particular party.
Tony Sharp
Thirty-year-old Matt Spinks, an architect from Bridgnorth, was shocked that his best match was the BNP, with Conservatives and Lib Dems next. He said: “I’ve never considered voting for them. I’m not against people coming to the UK to work, provided there are jobs. But I am against people coming to the UK if they just want to seek benefits.”
Husband and wife Tony Sharp, 63, and Carol, 61, of Wellington, were also both matched to BNP, followed by UKIP. Conservatives and Liberals were next in line for both.
Mrs Sharp said: “I would never vote BNP because I think they’re a bunch of thugs. I wouldn’t even consider them. I am concerned about immigration and our relationship with Europe and I’m quite interested in UKIP, so, yes, I think that’s quite helpful.”
Mr Sharp said: “I would never ever vote BNP, ever, because I don’t think they are a party. I am more right wing than left, so I’m pleased that UKIP is up there. But I am also debating the Lib Dems, I think they have a lot to offer.”
Christine Greaves
WI member Christine Greaves, 57, from Shrewsbury, was matched to Lib Dems, with Tories second.
She said: “I like Nick Clegg. I think he talks a good game. But I think it’s very, very tough to decide.”
Hair salon boss Debbie Thompson, 27, of Rizzo, in Wellington, was matched to UKIP, with Conservatives and Lib Dems next.
She said: “I’m not surprised because that’s how I was thinking. I would consider UKIP, even though they won’t form a Government. The survey is pretty accurate.”
Shropshire Star’s Face of the Future winner Lauren Bason, 18, of Shifnal, was paired with Lib Dems with Conservatives last.
Lauren Bason
“I like different aspects of different parties, but there’s not one that sticks out. I’m surprised that Labour and Conservative are fifth and sixth.”
- You can take the survey at www.votematch.org.uk
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Take with a pinch of salt all the propaganda against the BNP by the organisations whose very existence and funding (Love music etc, Hope not hate, UAF etc) depend on that opposition and actually look at their policies.
There is much there that is right and you would like.
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It just goes to show how popular the British National Party’s policies are.
It’s just a pity that there’s still a number of people who are taken in by the media lies about the BNP – When in reality, the party is made up of decent, everyday folk who are concerned about their country’s future.
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I would recommend another website, which analyses voters’ responses to policies rather than people and shows how alike a person is to a particular party.
It’s called: ‘Vote for Policies’.
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I am not surprised that people are matched to the British National Party as the BNP policies are to TRULY support Britain and its identity, not pretend inorder to get votes as with other parties. Many war veterans are with the BNP so for SOME media to label as ‘thugs’ is obviously nonsense and shows that the media/government are ‘frightened’ of the real truth.
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Heard Nick Griffin speak many times and he is the finest British statesmen in Britain today
He speaks the truth and is the only politician that is trying to save our country and people while others are doing their best to destroy us
So many want to hear him that’s why the main parties are so afraid and muster their UAF cameron is a signatary) thugs to attack him.
Man made global warming anyone? bankers scam anyone? destruction of industry, destruction of law and order, destruction of the NHS, EDUCATION, forced into the EU, Forced mass immigration, without any of this ever being policies of any party !
Dont think the media are your friends either (imrax the EU controlled media), else they would have informed you !
You owe it to all the future generations to listen to ALL sides of debate !
Illegal wars anyone ?
Invading other peoples countries dictating they become democratic countries ! (installing oil piplines through helmand provence!)
Nationalism is the only way of protecting global diversity.The commies,liberals and marxists want to destroy the global diversity that currently exists by removing all borders and blending all cultures,ethnic groups,nations and peoples into one big bland mono-culture which is not very diverse at all.Think about it.
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I would hate to see any culture and nation oppressed and attacked in the same way British culture is currently under attack. I would defend any people in the world who want to protect their way of life. Unlike other political parties in the UK such as Labour and the Tories, the BNP do not believe in forcing democracy on muslim nations. They don’t believe in invading other countries or forcing our customs on other nations and in return we ask that other people do not try and change British culture or force their ways on us. We would like good relations with all nations of the world. The key to future peace on earth is truth, realism and the respect of sovereignty and independence of each and every nation on earth. 21st Century Nationalism is not about empire building or invading other countries. Quite the opposite, this new nationalism is about giving all people the right to live freely and independently in their own country and within their own distinct culture. British National Party Policies: IMMIGRATION – time to say ENOUGH EUROPE – back to British independence LAW AND ORDER – crack down on crime ECONOMY – British workers first EDUCATION – discipline, standards, achievement AGRICULTURE – quality before quantity HEALTH – first-class healthcare TRANSPORT – time to invest ENVIRONMENT – a cleaner, greener future FOREIGN AID – time to spend our money on our own people PENSIONERS – pensioners before asylum seekers DEFENCE – no more cuts FOREIGN AFFAIRS – Britains interests first DEMOCRACY – letting the people decide !
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These results only go to show that the British National Party are saying exactly what the silent majority are thinking.
If people actually visited the website and read up on policy for themselves they would discover the truth about the fastest growing political party in Britain.
The alternative is to listen to the lies of the old-gang parties and their friends in the mass media who never acurately portray BNP policy.
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I find it deeply offensive that people are still calling the BNP ‘thugs’ The BNP have never been responsible for taking this country into illegal wars with the blood of hundreds of our own soldiers on their hands like that of New Labour, I have never met a thug yet from the BNP they all seem very nice folk, May I suggest that the people who are shocked to be matched up with the BNP should take a look at their wonderful and honest website, then they will know why they were matched.
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Mr Sharp said: “I would never ever vote BNP, ever, because I don’t think they are a party. I am more right wing than left, so I’m pleased that UKIP is up there. But I am also debating the Lib Dems, I think they have a lot to offer.”
I think the contradictory statement above shows that Winston Churchill was correct when he said that if you want to know why democracy doesn’t work, have a 5 minute conversation with a member of the the electorate…
Seriously though, how can someone who has views more in line with UKIP and the BNP even consider voting Lib Dem? That’s the party who are the most pro EU of the big three (they favour joining the Euro), and have called for an amnesty on all illegal immigrants currently in this country.
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I think this survey just goes to show how strong the BNP and it’s policies are.
I will be voting BNP on May 6th,i am not put off by the ultra left smears on the party portraying them as thugs.This could not be further from the truth.We need a real change in our country and the only party that can deliver this is the BNP.
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So some people’s opinion matches the BNP’s policies, yet these people are ‘shocked’?
This just goes to show how the media image of the BNP is so different to how the BNP really fits with the opinions of many a voter.
Voters must see through the lies put forth by the sensationalist national press if Britain is to have a bright future.
Phil Reddall
Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for North Shropshire – BNP
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The reason why your panel were ‘shocked by their vote match’ is because they obviously don’t know what the British National Party’s policies are.
Instead of researching the BNP’s policies for themselves, as many of us have now done, your panel have allowed their judgement to be impaired by the lies of the media, who want to maintain the existing three lying, cheating parties so as to continue with the same old rhetoric.
I would ask those people, that still believe the lies about the BNP, to consider this statement from the ‘Code of Conduct of the (Marxist led) National Union of Journalists
(NUJ)’;
“NUJ members must never show the British National Party in a positive light, and if any action by the BNP could be PERCEIVED to be positive, the journalist must put a negative slant on the article”.
In other words the journalist MUST LIE when reporting on the BNP.
People should ask themselves if they believe that this is fair and reasonable behaviour by those who are meant to be reporting the facts.
What do NUJ members have to gain by lying to the public? Find out for yourselves – don’t wait for the media to tell you the truth.
Britain is a nation of fair minded and trusting individuals, and they will rightly be appalled to read of this NUJ ‘Code of Conduct’.
Regular (anonymous) surveys show that around 80% of people agree with the BNP’s policies. But the media have brainwashed the public into believing that we are something demonic.
Wake up people – your country is being given away.
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This doesn’t actually surprise me because I have taken the trouble to look through all the parties (minor ones included)and if you can look beyond the superficial nonsense that is printed about the BNP, then a lot of what the BNP say would actually accord with a lot of the population’s views.What stops them voting BNP are the perceptions put about based on history. For example,they are all thugs and are not a real party.330 candidates in the upcoming election doesn’t sound like a non party to me.
All the political rhetoric confuses voters and so this online system is interesting because it points people to certain parties based on their views. Then, they can go and find out more for themselves.Interesting article.
Don’t base your views on what other people tell you…go look and make your own mind up.
Voting BNP doesn’t mean you will be immediately struck by lightning as you exit the polling station.
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Your panellist’s don’t have a clue what the parties stand for.
Mr & Mrs Sharp don’t appear to be as sharp as their name suggests, as they seem to think that the Liberals are against immigration. When in fact, the Lib-Dems are further to the left than Labour! As they want to remove our borders altogether. They believe that all are welcome and immigrants should be spread further throughout the UK.
UKIP will be happy with a system of ‘balanced migration’ – in other words, it doesn’t matter how many come here, as long as a similar amount leave. This plan will NOT save Britain from being colonised.
Mrs Greaves is apparently going to decide who to vote for, based on the fact that she likes Nick Clegg!
But remember, a great many of us fell for Tony Blair’s con-trick.
Nick Clegg has been employed by the EU for most of his working life. He is a Bilderberger (a friend of the Banksters) and is very happy with mass immigration – are you, Mrs Greaves?
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all these nasty people slagging off the B.N.P. i have just had a go on votematch and they said the B.N.P. was my best match for ME,thank god for that as i am a very very proud member of the B.N.P. and i am also British an proud ,please don’t be fooled by the mass media…thank you, Nick for number 10 or all us British proud people are SREWED ,
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I too was shocked by my vote match. I did the survey and it advised me that anyone who uses an online series of questions to determine who they should vote for should be disenfranchised.
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Any party that seeks to differentiate between human beings on the basis of their skin colour or religion, as the BNP clearly does, is beneath contempt.
Their leader, Nick Griffin, was given a clear opportunity on ‘Question Time’ to explain his holocaust denial and anti-Semitism. He chose not to – that’s really all you need to know about the BNP and its ‘policies’.
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Thanks for using Vote Match. Most of the feedback we have got from the 320,000 people who have used the site is that it has been helpful in terms of finding out parties policies.
As clearly stated on the site, Vote Match IS NOT telling you who to vote for! It just matches your views to the answers given by the parties to the statements.
Unlock Democracy have a very clear policy on the BNP – we think they are a racist organisation and we take every opportunity to say so. They have however under a variety of electoral systems, democratically elected MEP’s, a GLA member and numerous local councillors, hence their inclusion in the quiz.
Vote Match does allow on the results page to go through their answers and compare and contrast what the parties say on each area.
We urge people to do this and also if they are worried, to only include those parties they would be prepared to vote for.
Most questions about the quiz can be answered on the FAQ page, including how each match is calculated, based on each persons personal choices.
However we welcome feedback from users so please do not hesitate to get in touch via the email address on the site.
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Matthew Oliver (Vote Match Coordinator)said: -”Unlock Democracy have a very clear policy on the BNP – we think they are a racist organisation and we take every opportunity to say so.”
Oh come on, Mr Oliver! The majority of voters actually agree with the BNP’s key policies on immigration, the E.U, law & order, etc.
Does that make all these people ‘racists’ too?
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Nelson,
If people agreed with the BNP – they would vote for them. The evidence is that the vast majority of people see them as a pariah party.
As for your question – if people believe, like the BNP, that we should treat people differently simply because of their skin colour, the yes, that very definitely does make them racist.
Clear enough for you?
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The BNP have got it right. I am NOT racist I have many friends in the UK who are somewhat darker than me but some of the worst racists I know are the the ethnic minority. Mention black and they rush to complain. Do white people do this if white is mentioned?, no. The black and white minstrel show was deemed to be offensive as were the golliwogs on the Robertsons jam jars. Come on, if anyone can be offended by this they really should seek help. And, unfortunately some do take advantage of their immigrant status. Many years ago I was working on the Buildwas power station when it was under construction and there were many dark men employed there and every week they would take the same day off to visit 4 or 5 dole offices to claim their payments under different names, driving there in a new Vauxhaul Cresta. This is what rankles and I will wager it still goes on. Successive governments have made it too easy for people to go to the UK and live the easy life courtesy of the tax payer. Yes, I know not all are like this but there are too many. And, YES, I was serious when I said I am not racist, a number spoil it for the rest.
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Peter,
You’re a supporter of the New Labour regime. Anyone who supports that bunch of theives liars and war criminals is no postion to criticize anyone else.
Btw, As long they beleive in preserving British culture and the British way of life – anyone of any skin colour can join the BNP.
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I spoke to a BNP voter the other day.
If I understood what “baa” mean’t I would have found the debate more interesting.
BTW, I don’t think of the BNP so much as thugs but simple-minded creatures who are afraid of anything that does not resemble themselves.
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Eva,
Recent research by the Institute of Public Policy Research bears your views out. It has been found that in areas where immigration levels are highest there is no correlation in increase of votes for the BNP.
In fact in areas where BNP support has increased, there have typically been lower levels of recent migration. So whilst there are supporters of the BNP who are vindictive bullies, the majority of their ‘ordinary’ support is based upon simple political ignorance.
For an example of this, let us look at the claim by correspondent ‘Bert’ (#6). ‘Pensioners before asylum seekers’ he trumpets, having made the entirely incorrect assumption that asylum seekers are some how entitled to state aid that pensioners are not.
The fact is, of course, that we pay asylum seekers a small subsistence benefit (lower than many other EU countries by the way) to buy food and other essentials. So we don’t allow people who come to this country, no matter what their circumstances to a) starve to death, or b) die for lack of emergency medical treatment. I for one am proud of our generosity and see it as being quintessentially British – far more so than the bigoted nationalism of the BNP.
I was amused to see the quote from BNP candidate, Phil Reddall (in another Star article), who, upon finding himself and his party’s views not wanted at an NFU meeting whined ‘“We are not asking to be treated in any way different, we are simply asking for a level playing field, to be treated in the same way as everyone else.”.
Would that you and your party could afford that level of equality for all based upon such arbitrary factors as skin colour or religion Mr Whittall!
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James Whittall (#7) and Phil Reddall (#11) spoke about ‘lies’ that the media tell about the BNP.
Nick Griffin, who BERT (#5) thinks is the ‘finest British statesmen in Britain today’ also made this ‘lies’ claim on BBC’s Question Time.
Unfortunately, even when 8 million people were watching, Griffin was unable to substantiate the claim.
Here is a transcript (you can see it on BBC i-player or YouTube 6½ minutes in):
Griffin: Without a shadow of a doubt I appreciate that if you look at some of the things I am quoted as having said, in the Daily Mail and so on, I’d be a monster. They are outrageous lies.
Dimbleby: Which is the untrue quote that’s been said about you? The Holocaust denial, possibly?
Griffin: The vast majority. Far too many to go into.
Dimblemby: The Holocaust denial. Did you deny the Holocaust? Yes you did.
Griffin: I do not have a conviction for it.
Dimbleby: But you did deny it. Why are you smiling? It’s not a particularly amusing issue.
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BNP leader Nick Griffin’s Holocaust Denial, is well-documented in print and online.
And yet Mr Whittall and Mr Redall would have us believe that the BNP’s appalling history of Holocaust denial is a ‘lie’.
Should voters put their trust in a man, who cannot even tell the truth about his past on national television?
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What I think this shows beyond any doubt is that the BNP has suceeded beyond anyones expectations in the one area where all the other main parties have failed …. that of identifying and vocalising what a great majority of the population may quietly be thinking
Whether the BNP has taken these concerns, increased / exagerated or simply portrayed them acurately is a matter for debate, but whilst Bill, Ben and Weed are too busy scoring points off each other, they are clearly standing with their backs to the incoming Tsunami of angry disgruntled voters.
I have no doubt, for good or bad, that the BNP will gain a lot of ground this year for no greater reason than many people can honestly say no one else is listening to them.
Wonder who Gordon, Dave and Nick will be blaming then …???
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Shropsman,
Other than in the aptly-named Barking and Dagenham consituency, we’ll see little more than lost deposits from this one-issue party. They won’t make a jot of difference to the election outcome.
As for ‘identifying and vocalising what a great majority of the population may quietly be thinking’ are you really suggesting that the majority of our population believe that we should treat people differently because of the colour of their skin, or their religious beliefs?
That doesn’t sound very British to me – it has more echoes of Germany in the 1930s or the South African apartheid regime.
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Huw Peach is obsessed with the Holocaust.
I’m concerned with the ‘genocide by stealth’ going on in our major cities, where you can hardly find an Englishman after the shoppers have gone home.
Labour and the Tories have pursued a policy that has changed both the people and the culture of our British cities.
To me that is genocide. I’d call it a ‘bloodless genocide’ but that’s not entirely true as the family of Keith Brown (and others) would tell you.
Those who ignore the plight of my fellow Britons are as guilty as the deceitful Establishment who put Britons last and promote the failed multi-cultural experiment.
I am standing in the forthcoming Parliamentary election – does Huw Peach have the same conviction and strength of character?
See you at the Hustings – if anyone has the guts to invite me.
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Peter @26 – I’ve re-read my original posting a couple of times and think I see what you mean from what I’ve written (which isn’t how I really meant it to sound – memo to self)
What we can’t deny is that there is a great proportion of the public who are unhappy about the very issues the BNP have focussed upon – the rights and wrongs, truths and deceits from all sides are not as important as the simple fact that peoples perception is that the country has been brought to its current posisiton as a direct result of immigration from both within and beyond the EU.
I am more likely to suggest that the real reason is decades of molly-coddling from a nanny state where it has been simpler, easier and more more financially viable for a large number of people to sit and their bums and get paid by the state fo doing this.
As a result, some of our more canny work-ethic based fellow Europeans have seized this opportunity to get a decent (by East European standards) income, most of which they send back home to build a better life for their families whilst living a very basic existence over here.
My own daughter, who went from full to part time working after the birth of her own child is repeatedly told by the Council and Benefits people that she would be much better off not working at all and claiming her full entitlements. She does not want to do this as she still has some pride, but she is noticably financially worse off than friends of hers, also with children, but not working – how can any Government of any persuasion tell me that’s right ???
It’s an easy (but lazy) excuse “I can’t get a job cos the foreigners have got them all” but I recall a recent tevision documentary which offered a number of long-term unemployed people who used the above excuse the chance to do the jobs the Polish, Latvians and Romanians are doing, working on the farms and in factories – some didn’t even turn up for work, most of the rest lasted a few days – what does that say about our own inhabitants ???
Thanks to our good old media and tabloid style sensational reporting it has been easy for the BNP to focus on this one identifiable area and gain rapid momentum.
What I am trying to get at is that for as long as the big three spend their time bitching at each other and pretending the isues (and BNP) doesn’t exist, the support will keep growing.
I do have to disagree on one point though, I’ve taken the time to view the BNP’s website – they do have more than one policy, and whether or not the mechanics would work, in the bullet point society we live, I can still see a lot of people agreeing with some of it if they take the time to look further ……..is that good or bad ????? – only with the information can people make an informed choice.
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The BNP are just as base, vile and despicable as the gangsters and thugs from their opposition, Unite Against Fascism, there is little to choose between them when it comes to measuring their own degrees of extremism. I am totally and utterly opposed to immigration into this country for no other reason that our little Island is full to overflowing and those who have allowed this to happen should be indicted and in this I include the Tories who allowed it to happen on a large scale from 1948 to 1997 and the “massive” uncontrolled swamping of our country as part of a deliberate policy to socially engineer the political fabric of our country in favour of Labour since then.
It is Labour who have given the BNP the oxygen to multiply and gain ground and the following that it has, by their irresponsible and criminally culpable failure to control the situation.
The situation now calls for reason, humanity and a determination to right a very serious wrong perpetrated by Labour on our country. It will not be helped by the Clegg/Lib Dem policy of giving an amnesty to illegals who have been here for ten years. Arguable, but the figures for this vary between 1 and 2 million. Neither will it be helped by the lies, deceit, spin and hypocracy of Brown/Labour who have deliberately let it get to this stage where social unrest is a distinct possibility if it continues. The Tories themselves are soft on this issue and I would wish them to be more forthright and determined but of the 3 main parties, they have the best solution with their will to reduce it to “tens of thousands” rather than the hundreds of thousands per year under Labour.
Can any sane person picture a member of the BNP in the House of Commons, if I voted for them on the 6th May, I would wake up on the 7th, feeling unclean and utterly ashamed of my lack of intelligence, my lack of self respect and my lack of concern for my country.
I will vote Tory, knowing that of the parties, they are the best to control, “out of control” immigration by considered, balanced and humane policies.
When considering who to vote for and Griffin figures in ones deliberations, just ask yourself this, “would I like Griffin to represent me and my country in the portals of the world’s leaders and policy makers”. If the answer is “yes”, then join the BNP, you plainly have the same intelligence as they do. If the answer is “no”, then take pride in the fact that your values, intelligence and standards wouldn’t allow you to stoop to such a degrading level.
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Do you know what genocide means, Phil?
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Comment 27, Mr Redall, “in our major cities, where you can hardly find an ENGLISHMAN after the shoppers have gone home.”and therein lies your underlying racism, sexism and bigotry. Go into major British cities such as Cardiff and there’ll be thousands on WELSH men AND WOMEN, In Edinburgh where you’ll SCOTTISH men and women, Belfast, etc etc. Go to Birmingham and visit Broad Street in the evening and judge there. Plenty of my friends are English men and women, they are also BRITISH, have British passports and UK citizenship, hold down jobs, pay their taxes, contribute enormously to society but many of them also are not white. You totally insult anyone who does not fall into your narrow definition and defend this on the spurious grounds of “Britishness”.
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Mr Reddall,
I find your use of the term genocide deeply offensive within the context that you have used it. It seems clear to me that like your party leader, you have failed to understand and acknowledge the horror of what was perpetrated upon millions of people in the name of a bigoted Nationalist regime.
It was only seventy years ago – it seems some still have to learn the lessons of that shameful period of history.
Once again – I’ll quote the news story relating to yourself elsewhere within these pages, where you are quoted as saying “We are not asking to be treated in any way different, we are simply asking for a level playing field, to be treated in the same way as everyone else.”
If these are indeed your views, perhaps you would explain to the Star’s readers why you and your party wish to treat people differently simply because of their skin colour or religion?
I await your reply with interest…
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[I’m concerned with the ‘genocide by stealth’ going on in our major cities, where you can hardly find an Englishman after the shoppers have gone home.]
Good grief Mr Reddall, you’ve solved the mystery!
When we couldn’t locate those weapons of mass destruction they were staring us in the face.
It’s the whole black and Asian population !!!
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I am not obsessed with the Holocaust, Phil.
I just think that a party with a leader who is incapable of telling the truth about the Holocaust and his history of Holocaust denial on Question Time should be challenged on its racist agenda wherever and whenever it emerges from the shadows.
You said earlier that ‘lies’ are being told about your party.
Could you let Shropshire Star readers know how honest you felt your leader, Nick Griffin, was in this exchange on Question Time:
Questioner: ‘Winston Churchill put everything on the line to ensure that my ancestors were not slaughtered in the concentration camps. But here sits a man, who says that’s a myth just like a flat world was a myth. How could you say that? How could you?’
Nick Griffin: I cannot explain why I used to say those things. (Audience laughs and boos) I can’t tell you any more than I can tell you why I have changed my mind. I can’t tell you the extent to which I’ve changed my mind because European law prevents me from doing so.
Jack Straw: There is no law here that stops you explaining yourself. As the Justice Minister, I promise you, if you want to explain why you don’t believe it… (cheers from audience).
Bonnie Greer: Come on, Nick, tell us.
David Dimbleby: You have the freedom now to explain it….
Nick Griffin: But unfortunately the French courts and the German courts would not recognise that freedom.
Jack Straw: I will sort that out for you as well.
David Dimblebly: I have a question. Have you actually changed your mind? Or do you only say that you have changed your mind because the law makes it illegal to be a Holocaust denier?
Nick Griffin: I have changed my mind. A lot of it is about figures, and one of the key things which makes me change my mind is British radio intercepts of German transmissions about the brutal mass murder of innocent Jews on the Eastern Front during anti-partisan warfare, which changed the figures greatly.
Jack Straw: What about the Holocaust? What about Auschwitz? People can see with their own eyes what happened. It didn’t need a subsequent radio intercept to find out that people were gassed at Auschwitz.
Readers would conclude from the above that Holocaust denial is alive and well in the BNP, and that Nick Griffin was ‘economical with the truth’ to put it mildly in front of 8 million TV viewers.
Could you clear up where YOU stand on the Holocaust, Phil, and whether YOU think people who attack your racist party for Holocaust denial are telling ‘lies?
Could
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I agree that it does take courage to stand in elections, Phil, but I totally reject anyone who stands for a party with such a repellent, racist ideology, which seeks to turn people against each other.
I HAVE stood for the Green Party in several local elections, because I think that its policies on JOB-creation are best suited for our country in this moment of crisis (see the website for details).
Voters in Shrewsbury are still to be convinced by Greens, but I hope that some people in Shropshire might like our policies when they try out the blind test on this website:
‘VoteforPolicies’.
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Just to say that I have been on vote match to see how it works after reading the article.
On this site after you have completed the questions and then responded to the items that matter most to you then matter least to you, you end up at a section with all the parties listed and this says “please select the parties you would normally consider. Please do not select a party that you would normally not vote for”. If someone says I would never vote BNP, Lib Dems, Labour or whatever then why select them to be included in your match??
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People apparently don’t have the ‘guts’ to invite the BNP to their Hustings, Phil (#28).
Perhaps that is because some BNP candidates won’t even clarify (given plenty of time to respond) what they personally feel about their leader’s well-documented Holocaust denial.
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