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		<title>By: Les Hadley</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25745</link>
		<dc:creator>Les Hadley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ace,
I didn&#039;t hear the show but I believe that anyone, regardless of ethnic origin could join the BNP.  As long as the person is British and wish to support the party then I can not see a problem.
I will put it to the members enquiries and see how they respond?
What I&#039;ve been saying on here are my personal views and how I can see this party going forward....in the right direction.  Infact I know that an Asian BNP member stands for election in his area.  Somewhere around the Bradford area.
Thanks again for that</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ace,<br />
I didn&#8217;t hear the show but I believe that anyone, regardless of ethnic origin could join the BNP.  As long as the person is British and wish to support the party then I can not see a problem.<br />
I will put it to the members enquiries and see how they respond?<br />
What I&#8217;ve been saying on here are my personal views and how I can see this party going forward&#8230;.in the right direction.  Infact I know that an Asian BNP member stands for election in his area.  Somewhere around the Bradford area.<br />
Thanks again for that</p>
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		<title>By: ace</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25703</link>
		<dc:creator>ace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just heard a local radio show in which a BNP spokesperson was interviewed. He also said the BNP was not a racist party just as Les has done.
The host pressed him on this issue and asked if she was jewish, asian or black would she be welcomed. He said he was jewish so obviously they are not racist. The presenter pressed him again on what the situation would be if she were black or asian. He continued to speak about the fact that he was jewish and stonewalled the black/asian issue. The presenter, god love her, continued to press the black/asian point until the BNP chap had no choice but to answer.
His answer..........erm,.......no, blacks and asians would not beable to be members as the BNP was for British people!?
Les, if you are still reading this blog I think one of your members has gone off line. As you are an activist I hope you are as good as your word and will now have him ejected from the party.
Like I have said in other posts, the BNP are trying there best to give good PR but once again the old ways rear their ugly head. Les, I think you may now have to seriously think about leaving or are you really going to make this party non racist?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just heard a local radio show in which a BNP spokesperson was interviewed. He also said the BNP was not a racist party just as Les has done.<br />
The host pressed him on this issue and asked if she was jewish, asian or black would she be welcomed. He said he was jewish so obviously they are not racist. The presenter pressed him again on what the situation would be if she were black or asian. He continued to speak about the fact that he was jewish and stonewalled the black/asian issue. The presenter, god love her, continued to press the black/asian point until the BNP chap had no choice but to answer.<br />
His answer&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.erm,&#8230;&#8230;.no, blacks and asians would not beable to be members as the BNP was for British people!?<br />
Les, if you are still reading this blog I think one of your members has gone off line. As you are an activist I hope you are as good as your word and will now have him ejected from the party.<br />
Like I have said in other posts, the BNP are trying there best to give good PR but once again the old ways rear their ugly head. Les, I think you may now have to seriously think about leaving or are you really going to make this party non racist?</p>
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		<title>By: Les Hadley</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25594</link>
		<dc:creator>Les Hadley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Ace,
Some of the comments on here drove me to just putting down my thoughts.  I did expect a lot of stick but on the whole the feedback has been fair and I understand why the BNP are generalised.  I really do appreciate your comments.  Thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Ace,<br />
Some of the comments on here drove me to just putting down my thoughts.  I did expect a lot of stick but on the whole the feedback has been fair and I understand why the BNP are generalised.  I really do appreciate your comments.  Thanks</p>
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		<title>By: ace</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25587</link>
		<dc:creator>ace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Les - fair play to you for posting on this site and then coming back and replying. I applaud you for that. Perhaps I was wrong. Perhaps the BNP needs more people like you to really change where they are coming from, rather than you joining another &#039;mainstream&#039; political party.
I&#039;m still not convinced that the BNP has changed, certainly not enough to attract black/asian people to them. 
Yes I am proud to be a black Brit and I do think this country probably more than any other in Europe has dealt with racism fairly well over the last 30yrs or so. I do worry that organisations like the BNP can ferment trouble though - just like muslim extremists to some degree.
I can only hope that you stand firm in the face of the racists that do inhabit the BNP.
Yes immigration cannot be allowed unchecked - interestingly the biggest influx are Polish and other eastern europeans and they come from a background where racism is pretty prevalent. But the BNP certainly paints a picture of keeping england for white english and I think you are going to have your work cut out to change those perceptions. England is a mutli ethnic country, an island of immigrants and if you want all english to rally round the flag then you have to be preared for all colours and unfortunately the BNP has never been about that. Wen the Euros were on here and I saw kids of all colours and from all ethnic backgrounds wearing england tops it filled me with pride because that is england, that is the future of england. Its just a pity a lot of your fellow members don&#039;t share that view.
You are obviously proud to be British, you aren&#039;t racist, so why nail your colours to the BNP mast? Immigration is one of yur issues, europe is another but seriously, the BNP? You are going to have to wait until several generations come and go before what the BNP started out as fades from the collective memory.
Like I said, fair play for posting, but maybe is time to have a look at what other parties have to offer - yeah I know what your thinking, &#039;not much&#039;, but some of your views on certain issues would be echoed in those parties. Plus, no dodgy back stories to them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Les &#8211; fair play to you for posting on this site and then coming back and replying. I applaud you for that. Perhaps I was wrong. Perhaps the BNP needs more people like you to really change where they are coming from, rather than you joining another &#8216;mainstream&#8217; political party.<br />
I&#8217;m still not convinced that the BNP has changed, certainly not enough to attract black/asian people to them.<br />
Yes I am proud to be a black Brit and I do think this country probably more than any other in Europe has dealt with racism fairly well over the last 30yrs or so. I do worry that organisations like the BNP can ferment trouble though &#8211; just like muslim extremists to some degree.<br />
I can only hope that you stand firm in the face of the racists that do inhabit the BNP.<br />
Yes immigration cannot be allowed unchecked &#8211; interestingly the biggest influx are Polish and other eastern europeans and they come from a background where racism is pretty prevalent. But the BNP certainly paints a picture of keeping england for white english and I think you are going to have your work cut out to change those perceptions. England is a mutli ethnic country, an island of immigrants and if you want all english to rally round the flag then you have to be preared for all colours and unfortunately the BNP has never been about that. Wen the Euros were on here and I saw kids of all colours and from all ethnic backgrounds wearing england tops it filled me with pride because that is england, that is the future of england. Its just a pity a lot of your fellow members don&#8217;t share that view.<br />
You are obviously proud to be British, you aren&#8217;t racist, so why nail your colours to the BNP mast? Immigration is one of yur issues, europe is another but seriously, the BNP? You are going to have to wait until several generations come and go before what the BNP started out as fades from the collective memory.<br />
Like I said, fair play for posting, but maybe is time to have a look at what other parties have to offer &#8211; yeah I know what your thinking, &#8216;not much&#8217;, but some of your views on certain issues would be echoed in those parties. Plus, no dodgy back stories to them.</p>
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		<title>By: Les Hadley</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25577</link>
		<dc:creator>Les Hadley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ace,

No I have never been in the National Front or Combat 18, I am old enough to remember them.  My thoughts on them is that I&#039;m glad that they are not around anymore and I would certainly not be a part of anything like that.  Your right the party on the whole is white, but not completly.

I can honestly say that you and your mates would be welcome at my place.  I&#039;ve always got tea in and a kettle.  Thanks to &#039;The List&#039; everyone has access to my home &amp; mobile telephone numbers and my home address.  You sound as though you are proud of being British as I am so I&#039;m sure we would have plenty to talk about (regrdless of your hieght)

Any way thanks to you and everyone else who has given feedback on my post.  I accept any feedback and points of view on this subject.

Les</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ace,</p>
<p>No I have never been in the National Front or Combat 18, I am old enough to remember them.  My thoughts on them is that I&#8217;m glad that they are not around anymore and I would certainly not be a part of anything like that.  Your right the party on the whole is white, but not completly.</p>
<p>I can honestly say that you and your mates would be welcome at my place.  I&#8217;ve always got tea in and a kettle.  Thanks to &#8216;The List&#8217; everyone has access to my home &amp; mobile telephone numbers and my home address.  You sound as though you are proud of being British as I am so I&#8217;m sure we would have plenty to talk about (regrdless of your hieght)</p>
<p>Any way thanks to you and everyone else who has given feedback on my post.  I accept any feedback and points of view on this subject.</p>
<p>Les</p>
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		<title>By: Les Hadley</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25574</link>
		<dc:creator>Les Hadley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Les, would you challenge racist behaviour if you saw it? Or would you just “walk on by”. Would you stick up for an Asian man who was being bullied, even if there were many more people than you trying to harm the Asian?

Hi Martin,

I have never walked on by when I&#039;ve seen any one being vicimised.  My sister is married to an Asian man and although I know he can well look after himself I would always be there to help him out if needed.  My membership is purely due to my belief that &#039;most of the BNP&#039;s policies&#039; would benefit Britain, as a whole.  Of course I don&#039;t agree with all of there proposals but the BNP also mention that they would hold national vote on any new legislations.  They would have no power over votes no matter what the colour of your skin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Les, would you challenge racist behaviour if you saw it? Or would you just “walk on by”. Would you stick up for an Asian man who was being bullied, even if there were many more people than you trying to harm the Asian?</p>
<p>Hi Martin,</p>
<p>I have never walked on by when I&#8217;ve seen any one being vicimised.  My sister is married to an Asian man and although I know he can well look after himself I would always be there to help him out if needed.  My membership is purely due to my belief that &#8216;most of the BNP&#8217;s policies&#8217; would benefit Britain, as a whole.  Of course I don&#8217;t agree with all of there proposals but the BNP also mention that they would hold national vote on any new legislations.  They would have no power over votes no matter what the colour of your skin.</p>
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		<title>By: Jennie Rigg</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25516</link>
		<dc:creator>Jennie Rigg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Les, why do you make the assumption that none of us have read the BNP constitution and manifesto?

Perhaps you should look at it a bit more closely yourself. The policy of &quot;voluntary&quot; repatriation in particular is blatantly racist. Also, you&#039;ll find many of us here who complain about the racism of the immigration policies of the main parties, the Labour party in particular.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Les, why do you make the assumption that none of us have read the BNP constitution and manifesto?</p>
<p>Perhaps you should look at it a bit more closely yourself. The policy of &#8220;voluntary&#8221; repatriation in particular is blatantly racist. Also, you&#8217;ll find many of us here who complain about the racism of the immigration policies of the main parties, the Labour party in particular.</p>
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		<title>By: ace</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25501</link>
		<dc:creator>ace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have some people hand their memeory banks zapped? Les Hadley, ok so you are not racist. Then why support a party founded on racism? At their next meeting, have a look and see how many non white &#039;englishmen&#039; are present. Take a look through their publications from the last how many years and see if you can see anything that would induce a non white englishman to join.
I&#039;m afraid you have been had mate. If you feel that strongly about engerland then maybe you need to join a legitimate political party and try to make the changes you want from the inside.
I too have gone on BNP message boards, and sympathetic right wing sights and its clear from your rank and file that it is pretty much the old National Front. Les, did you used to belong to the National Front? What did you think about the National Front? Or are you a bit too young to remember them? Or how about Combat 18?
Why don&#039;t my mates and I pop down to the next local meeting and check you all out. You will know its us as we are all black and are mostly 6 foot plus (no seriously we are!), and we prefer tea to coffee so make sure the kettle is on. Should make for an interesting hour or so. We will be welcomed won&#039;t we, as we are all born here. BY the way, I can trace my ancestry back through slavery to the slave master and then back to England again, so I&#039;m probably more &#039;English&#039; than some of your fellow members. Anyway, I look forward to being welcomed into the fold - although I will draw the line at any anti Irish sentiment as my wife is of Irish descent.
See you soon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have some people hand their memeory banks zapped? Les Hadley, ok so you are not racist. Then why support a party founded on racism? At their next meeting, have a look and see how many non white &#8216;englishmen&#8217; are present. Take a look through their publications from the last how many years and see if you can see anything that would induce a non white englishman to join.<br />
I&#8217;m afraid you have been had mate. If you feel that strongly about engerland then maybe you need to join a legitimate political party and try to make the changes you want from the inside.<br />
I too have gone on BNP message boards, and sympathetic right wing sights and its clear from your rank and file that it is pretty much the old National Front. Les, did you used to belong to the National Front? What did you think about the National Front? Or are you a bit too young to remember them? Or how about Combat 18?<br />
Why don&#8217;t my mates and I pop down to the next local meeting and check you all out. You will know its us as we are all black and are mostly 6 foot plus (no seriously we are!), and we prefer tea to coffee so make sure the kettle is on. Should make for an interesting hour or so. We will be welcomed won&#8217;t we, as we are all born here. BY the way, I can trace my ancestry back through slavery to the slave master and then back to England again, so I&#8217;m probably more &#8216;English&#8217; than some of your fellow members. Anyway, I look forward to being welcomed into the fold &#8211; although I will draw the line at any anti Irish sentiment as my wife is of Irish descent.<br />
See you soon.</p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25492</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Oi! Napalm Death aren’t Yank upstarts - they’re from the spiritual home of metal, the West Midlands…&lt;/i&gt;

Is sarcasm. 

Steve, your long diatribe is almost unreadable, what point are you trying to make?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Oi! Napalm Death aren’t Yank upstarts &#8211; they’re from the spiritual home of metal, the West Midlands…</i></p>
<p>Is sarcasm. </p>
<p>Steve, your long diatribe is almost unreadable, what point are you trying to make?</p>
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		<title>By: john b</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25479</link>
		<dc:creator>john b</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oi! Napalm Death aren&#039;t Yank upstarts - they&#039;re from the spiritual home of metal, the West Midlands...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oi! Napalm Death aren&#8217;t Yank upstarts &#8211; they&#8217;re from the spiritual home of metal, the West Midlands&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25477</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Les, you can&#039;t teach an old dog new tricks.  Though I most definitely don&#039;t agree with the BNP&#039;s policies, I do believe there are many members like yourself who genuinely believe the party has &#039;changed&#039;.  Indeed many such members aren&#039;t necessarily racist.  On this I give you the benefit of the doubt, and agree with you.  But you completely underestimate the legacy of violence and intimidation that continues to plague the BNP to this day.  My mate after going on an anti-racist campaign last year, was set upon by BNP thugs outside his house.  Another day they came back for seconds, and damaged his car and smashed up his front porch.  A party that prides itself on being &#039;far right&#039;, will always attract violent thugs.  I&#039;ve looked on the BNP website and comment posters show their &#039;moderation&#039; by placing images of Alf Garnett, Enoch Powell, Gengis Khan, Adolf Hitler, and &#039;death&#039;, over user names like Napalm Death (this is not showing support for an old US thrash metal band, but the mass killing tactics used by US forces in Vietnam).  These are people who are using every opportunity to express their bigotry, hatred and warped worldview.  

They see themselves as victims of a &#039;liberal conspiracy&#039;, yet since last week&#039;s leak its members have been welcome on various radio phone-in&#039;s, and moderated forums - not to mention that the BNP are always given a party political broadcast slot at every general election.  They create the myth of conspiracy to generate a victim culture.  They contradict themselves.  Having criticised the Human Rights Act on numerous occassions, they were more than happy to hide behind it following the membership leak.  

They have a very ambiguous definition of &#039;indigenous British peoples&#039;.  They seemingly incorporate all North European races.  Yet they don&#039;t mention the links between far right nationalism and anti-Irish chanting in Old firm matches.  So the BNP need to clarify, do Britain&#039;s millions of Irish descendants going back 150 years to the famine, factor into the BNP&#039;s &#039;indigenous&#039; definition?  To say I have my doubts is a massive understatement.

Bottom line is many Brits are immigrants of some sort.  We can&#039;t deny this.  It is fact.  If we were racist to other diaspora communities, we are also hypocrites.  British identity is important.  But it&#039;s a rolling concept, forever changing.  We&#039;re also a country built on free trade, so immigration is inevitable.  It&#039;s also hypocrisy to argue for free movement of goods, services and finance around the world - but not free movement of labour.  Free trade has its faults, but if managed correctly benefits us all.  And new supranational institutions should now take the role of ensuring it&#039;s benefits are widespread, now nation states are slightly limited in performing these roles (e.g. providing welfare, regulating big business).  If it does these things it could help eradicate the economic injustices that create the conditions for mass migration in the first place.  If economic and physical security is what you want, then unilateral economic nationalism - as the BNP proposes - is not the answer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Les, you can&#8217;t teach an old dog new tricks.  Though I most definitely don&#8217;t agree with the BNP&#8217;s policies, I do believe there are many members like yourself who genuinely believe the party has &#8216;changed&#8217;.  Indeed many such members aren&#8217;t necessarily racist.  On this I give you the benefit of the doubt, and agree with you.  But you completely underestimate the legacy of violence and intimidation that continues to plague the BNP to this day.  My mate after going on an anti-racist campaign last year, was set upon by BNP thugs outside his house.  Another day they came back for seconds, and damaged his car and smashed up his front porch.  A party that prides itself on being &#8216;far right&#8217;, will always attract violent thugs.  I&#8217;ve looked on the BNP website and comment posters show their &#8216;moderation&#8217; by placing images of Alf Garnett, Enoch Powell, Gengis Khan, Adolf Hitler, and &#8216;death&#8217;, over user names like Napalm Death (this is not showing support for an old US thrash metal band, but the mass killing tactics used by US forces in Vietnam).  These are people who are using every opportunity to express their bigotry, hatred and warped worldview.  </p>
<p>They see themselves as victims of a &#8216;liberal conspiracy&#8217;, yet since last week&#8217;s leak its members have been welcome on various radio phone-in&#8217;s, and moderated forums &#8211; not to mention that the BNP are always given a party political broadcast slot at every general election.  They create the myth of conspiracy to generate a victim culture.  They contradict themselves.  Having criticised the Human Rights Act on numerous occassions, they were more than happy to hide behind it following the membership leak.  </p>
<p>They have a very ambiguous definition of &#8216;indigenous British peoples&#8217;.  They seemingly incorporate all North European races.  Yet they don&#8217;t mention the links between far right nationalism and anti-Irish chanting in Old firm matches.  So the BNP need to clarify, do Britain&#8217;s millions of Irish descendants going back 150 years to the famine, factor into the BNP&#8217;s &#8216;indigenous&#8217; definition?  To say I have my doubts is a massive understatement.</p>
<p>Bottom line is many Brits are immigrants of some sort.  We can&#8217;t deny this.  It is fact.  If we were racist to other diaspora communities, we are also hypocrites.  British identity is important.  But it&#8217;s a rolling concept, forever changing.  We&#8217;re also a country built on free trade, so immigration is inevitable.  It&#8217;s also hypocrisy to argue for free movement of goods, services and finance around the world &#8211; but not free movement of labour.  Free trade has its faults, but if managed correctly benefits us all.  And new supranational institutions should now take the role of ensuring it&#8217;s benefits are widespread, now nation states are slightly limited in performing these roles (e.g. providing welfare, regulating big business).  If it does these things it could help eradicate the economic injustices that create the conditions for mass migration in the first place.  If economic and physical security is what you want, then unilateral economic nationalism &#8211; as the BNP proposes &#8211; is not the answer.</p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Les, would you challenge racist behaviour if you saw it? Or would you just &quot;walk on by&quot;. Would you stick up for an Asian man who was being bullied, even if there were many more people than you trying to harm the Asian?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Les, would you challenge racist behaviour if you saw it? Or would you just &#8220;walk on by&#8221;. Would you stick up for an Asian man who was being bullied, even if there were many more people than you trying to harm the Asian?</p>
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		<title>By: Les Hadley</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25468</link>
		<dc:creator>Les Hadley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi,

I was one of the 12,000 on &#039;The List&#039;?  I am probably not as clever as the main users of this site but just felt that I would like to give my point.  I am not a skinhead and do not wear bovver boots.

I am sorry to disappoint you but I&#039;m not at all racist and believe it or not the BNP do not stand for it.

Main parties can see that our policies make sense and when they caught hold of the &#039;stop immigration&#039; message they immediately branded BNP members as racist.  The fact that the BNP had the foresight to see that the immigration into the UK (which is only a small country really) was going to cause problems (which it now has) is now forgotten.  Both Labour and the Conservatives have also recently said that immigration is becoming a problem?  Does everybody now call them Racist.  Of course not.  That&#039;s ww in the BNP have to put up with.

If you actually read the BNP manifesto, which is on the website, you will see that they plan to stop giving the 43 million pounds A DAY (of British Tax Payers money) to Europe and plan to use that money for our old age pensioners, some of whom currently have to choose between going hungry or freezing during the winter.  

They want the death penalty brought back for child murderers.  I know that sounds extreme but the BNP would not put any policies into place without a national vote.  There are many policies, which are all aimed at making life for British people easier.

You should open your mind and not believe everything that this government has led everyone to believe.  Nick Griffin was charged with inciting racial hatered but was found, by a court, NOT GUILTY.

I was on that list and have received abusive phone calls.  Local papers have called me and I see sites, such as this one, who have made the assumption that all BNP members re the sme?

I am not racist.  I am a member of the BNP and believe that the policies that they would like to put in place would be for the benefit of all British, regardless of race or colour.  What the general public have been gulled into believing is wrong.  Are you trying to tell me that there are absolutely no racists at all in the Labour, Conservative or Liberal party&#039;s?  

I believe that racism is a vile and disgusting thing.  I also believe that this country deserves better and if I have to put up with abuse and hatred from people then so be it.  I just can not wait for the day when people are not so narrow minded, open their eyes and see that the present government system just does not work.

I do apologise if you think I&#039;ve gone on a bit but because of the engineered bad press, release of The List, and people just making assumptions it is no wonder that genuine racists think the the BNP party are for them.  The BNP do not tolerate this and when proven, racists are made to give up there membership.

I believe, but I have no proof, that such an Ex Member took great offence at this.  Copied the list.  Went back to his original Labour Party where release of the list was planned and was supposed to make all BNP members panic?  All this just before local elections are due to take place. Anyone would believe that they were afraid of being beaten in the polls?

As I say, I have no proof but this is what I believe.  It hasn&#039;t made me panic.  If anything I think I believe in the party more then anything now and look forward to the day when ALL British people wake up and start to act for Britain, rather then against.  No that does not mean I&#039;m racist.  I am proud to be British and proud that I live in a country that believes in a vote for everyone.

Anyway why not take a look at the BNP website, with an open mind, and then believe what you want to believe.

Best regards</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I was one of the 12,000 on &#8216;The List&#8217;?  I am probably not as clever as the main users of this site but just felt that I would like to give my point.  I am not a skinhead and do not wear bovver boots.</p>
<p>I am sorry to disappoint you but I&#8217;m not at all racist and believe it or not the BNP do not stand for it.</p>
<p>Main parties can see that our policies make sense and when they caught hold of the &#8216;stop immigration&#8217; message they immediately branded BNP members as racist.  The fact that the BNP had the foresight to see that the immigration into the UK (which is only a small country really) was going to cause problems (which it now has) is now forgotten.  Both Labour and the Conservatives have also recently said that immigration is becoming a problem?  Does everybody now call them Racist.  Of course not.  That&#8217;s ww in the BNP have to put up with.</p>
<p>If you actually read the BNP manifesto, which is on the website, you will see that they plan to stop giving the 43 million pounds A DAY (of British Tax Payers money) to Europe and plan to use that money for our old age pensioners, some of whom currently have to choose between going hungry or freezing during the winter.  </p>
<p>They want the death penalty brought back for child murderers.  I know that sounds extreme but the BNP would not put any policies into place without a national vote.  There are many policies, which are all aimed at making life for British people easier.</p>
<p>You should open your mind and not believe everything that this government has led everyone to believe.  Nick Griffin was charged with inciting racial hatered but was found, by a court, NOT GUILTY.</p>
<p>I was on that list and have received abusive phone calls.  Local papers have called me and I see sites, such as this one, who have made the assumption that all BNP members re the sme?</p>
<p>I am not racist.  I am a member of the BNP and believe that the policies that they would like to put in place would be for the benefit of all British, regardless of race or colour.  What the general public have been gulled into believing is wrong.  Are you trying to tell me that there are absolutely no racists at all in the Labour, Conservative or Liberal party&#8217;s?  </p>
<p>I believe that racism is a vile and disgusting thing.  I also believe that this country deserves better and if I have to put up with abuse and hatred from people then so be it.  I just can not wait for the day when people are not so narrow minded, open their eyes and see that the present government system just does not work.</p>
<p>I do apologise if you think I&#8217;ve gone on a bit but because of the engineered bad press, release of The List, and people just making assumptions it is no wonder that genuine racists think the the BNP party are for them.  The BNP do not tolerate this and when proven, racists are made to give up there membership.</p>
<p>I believe, but I have no proof, that such an Ex Member took great offence at this.  Copied the list.  Went back to his original Labour Party where release of the list was planned and was supposed to make all BNP members panic?  All this just before local elections are due to take place. Anyone would believe that they were afraid of being beaten in the polls?</p>
<p>As I say, I have no proof but this is what I believe.  It hasn&#8217;t made me panic.  If anything I think I believe in the party more then anything now and look forward to the day when ALL British people wake up and start to act for Britain, rather then against.  No that does not mean I&#8217;m racist.  I am proud to be British and proud that I live in a country that believes in a vote for everyone.</p>
<p>Anyway why not take a look at the BNP website, with an open mind, and then believe what you want to believe.</p>
<p>Best regards</p>
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		<title>By: Voltaire's Priest</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25096</link>
		<dc:creator>Voltaire's Priest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Do you an argument, Voltaire’s priest, or just a penchant for writing evidence-free sentences.&lt;/i&gt;

No, just a certain disdain for needless history lessons... ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Do you an argument, Voltaire’s priest, or just a penchant for writing evidence-free sentences.</i></p>
<p>No, just a certain disdain for needless history lessons&#8230; <img src='http://liberalconspiracy.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25091</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not sure what work you do Tim, but if you have to take tomorrow off I&#039;m sorry.

Jennie: ouch!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not sure what work you do Tim, but if you have to take tomorrow off I&#8217;m sorry.</p>
<p>Jennie: ouch!</p>
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		<title>By: Jennie Rigg</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25089</link>
		<dc:creator>Jennie Rigg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tim, am amused that the book you threw at him was The World According to Clarkson, though. Handy it landed where it did ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tim, am amused that the book you threw at him was The World According to Clarkson, though. Handy it landed where it did <img src='http://liberalconspiracy.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Tim Ireland</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25087</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ireland</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the &#039;NSFW&#039; warning, Martin.

Netiquette&#039;s not your bag, is it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the &#8216;NSFW&#8217; warning, Martin.</p>
<p>Netiquette&#8217;s not your bag, is it?</p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-25085</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve listened to Tim&#039;s concerns and realised that he could throw the book at me and completely expose me. For this reason I have realised that it is best for me to resolve to sock no more...

http://pogsurf.blogspot.com/2008/11/sock-no-more.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve listened to Tim&#8217;s concerns and realised that he could throw the book at me and completely expose me. For this reason I have realised that it is best for me to resolve to sock no more&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://pogsurf.blogspot.com/2008/11/sock-no-more.html" rel="nofollow">http://pogsurf.blogspot.com/2008/11/sock-no-more.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: James O</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-24949</link>
		<dc:creator>James O</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;Obviously they overlap, and share many common features&#039;

As do all dictatorial regimes, and also overlap with crimes perpetrated by ostensibly democratic governments.  The British government in 1943 starved to death millions of Indians for the same reasons Stalin had starved to death millions of Ukrainians and Kazakhs 10 years previously.  Neither communism nor fascism can be isolated from the historical circumstances in which they evolved.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Obviously they overlap, and share many common features&#8217;</p>
<p>As do all dictatorial regimes, and also overlap with crimes perpetrated by ostensibly democratic governments.  The British government in 1943 starved to death millions of Indians for the same reasons Stalin had starved to death millions of Ukrainians and Kazakhs 10 years previously.  Neither communism nor fascism can be isolated from the historical circumstances in which they evolved.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Munro</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-24931</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Munro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve always thought a usefull way to ditinguish between communists and fascists is by anaology to the cybermen and the daleks (bear with me)

Cybermen - take human diversity and de-humanise it, remove emotion and replace it with a set of pre-determined, wholly logical and predicytable responses, turning everyone into identical automatons.  The key point being that everyone becomes a cyberman eventually.  Use all resources to benefit all cybermen.  This is communism

Daleks - Dominate the universe by force, don&#039;t bother to convert anyone, use technology and overwhelming force to either subvert into slavery or destroy any opposition.  The key objective is that daleks become the only ruling class, with all resources used to perpetuate and spread dalek domination.
This is facscism

Obviously they overlap, and share many common features.  The Nazis, for example, were pro-health, pro- ecology, pro-animal welfare and anti-smoking.  A description of a group of people who have very much been in the ascendency in the UK since 1997...............</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve always thought a usefull way to ditinguish between communists and fascists is by anaology to the cybermen and the daleks (bear with me)</p>
<p>Cybermen &#8211; take human diversity and de-humanise it, remove emotion and replace it with a set of pre-determined, wholly logical and predicytable responses, turning everyone into identical automatons.  The key point being that everyone becomes a cyberman eventually.  Use all resources to benefit all cybermen.  This is communism</p>
<p>Daleks &#8211; Dominate the universe by force, don&#8217;t bother to convert anyone, use technology and overwhelming force to either subvert into slavery or destroy any opposition.  The key objective is that daleks become the only ruling class, with all resources used to perpetuate and spread dalek domination.<br />
This is facscism</p>
<p>Obviously they overlap, and share many common features.  The Nazis, for example, were pro-health, pro- ecology, pro-animal welfare and anti-smoking.  A description of a group of people who have very much been in the ascendency in the UK since 1997&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: James O</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-24922</link>
		<dc:creator>James O</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you an argument, Voltaire&#039;s priest, or just a penchant for writing evidence-free sentences.</description>
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		<title>By: Voltaire's Priest</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-24915</link>
		<dc:creator>Voltaire's Priest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fascinating foray into SWP-taught history there...</description>
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		<title>By: James O</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-24914</link>
		<dc:creator>James O</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;Any ideology that constrains itself from its own goals for the sake of not committing violent is stretching towards liberalism&#039; 

Historically, liberal capitalism has been responsible for millions of deaths.  In the 18-19th centuries it was imposed at bayonet-point on the non-European world, leading in some instances (such as the Tasmanian Aborigines or the California Indians) to total genocide.  Later forcing the free market on agricultural economies, as in Ireland in the 1840s or India in the 1890s led to millions of deaths through famine.  Later the Liberal democracies of Europe - Britain,France, Belgium, the Netherlands - sought to cling their colonies through massacre, torture and concentration camps.  then the USA assumed the mantle of protecting the free world and murdered millions either directly (The Korean war, the Vietnam war, the sanctions on Iraq) or through their clients (Chang Kai-Shek, Pinochet, Somoza, Rios Mount, Diem, Park, Reza Shah, Duvalier) in the name of anti-communism.  It would be very easy to produce a death count for liberal governments which easily matched or exceeded that of the USSR or Nazi Germany.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Any ideology that constrains itself from its own goals for the sake of not committing violent is stretching towards liberalism&#8217; </p>
<p>Historically, liberal capitalism has been responsible for millions of deaths.  In the 18-19th centuries it was imposed at bayonet-point on the non-European world, leading in some instances (such as the Tasmanian Aborigines or the California Indians) to total genocide.  Later forcing the free market on agricultural economies, as in Ireland in the 1840s or India in the 1890s led to millions of deaths through famine.  Later the Liberal democracies of Europe &#8211; Britain,France, Belgium, the Netherlands &#8211; sought to cling their colonies through massacre, torture and concentration camps.  then the USA assumed the mantle of protecting the free world and murdered millions either directly (The Korean war, the Vietnam war, the sanctions on Iraq) or through their clients (Chang Kai-Shek, Pinochet, Somoza, Rios Mount, Diem, Park, Reza Shah, Duvalier) in the name of anti-communism.  It would be very easy to produce a death count for liberal governments which easily matched or exceeded that of the USSR or Nazi Germany.</p>
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		<title>By: Nick</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-24905</link>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Nick: While Stalin set out to exterminate certain groups, he didn’t tend to discriminate as the Nazis so did.&quot;

I don&#039;t see whats so bad about &quot;discrimination&quot; when you are already talking about mass extermination. As if indiscriminate murder is somehow conceptually more defensible.

But I think the outcome of this sort of discussion is that it doesn&#039;t matter why you want to kill people or whether your notional ideology is left or right, only the extent to which that ideology sanctions violence in pursuit of its aims. Any ideology that constrains itself from its own goals for the sake of not committing violent is stretching towards liberalism. Neither communism/socialism or fascism do that conceptually.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Nick: While Stalin set out to exterminate certain groups, he didn’t tend to discriminate as the Nazis so did.&#8221;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t see whats so bad about &#8220;discrimination&#8221; when you are already talking about mass extermination. As if indiscriminate murder is somehow conceptually more defensible.</p>
<p>But I think the outcome of this sort of discussion is that it doesn&#8217;t matter why you want to kill people or whether your notional ideology is left or right, only the extent to which that ideology sanctions violence in pursuit of its aims. Any ideology that constrains itself from its own goals for the sake of not committing violent is stretching towards liberalism. Neither communism/socialism or fascism do that conceptually.</p>
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		<title>By: Cabalamat</title>
		<link>http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/11/18/bnp-loses-membership-list/#comment-24892</link>
		<dc:creator>Cabalamat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@77: &lt;i&gt;If you seriously think that Nazis were socialists then you obviously haven’t even the slightest knowledge of what happened in Germany during their reign.&lt;/i&gt;

They called themselves Socialists.

That you assert that they were not implies that you believe you are the owner of the English language and that you have the right to define what words mean and how they are used.

Clearly this is not the case. A word means what people use it to mean. 

If you look at all the people who ever called themselves &quot;socialists&quot; , you will realise that the interestion of all the policies they stood for is the empty set. In other words, &quot;socialism&quot; has been used to mean so many different and contradictory things that it is meaningless.

For that reason I do not use the word.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@77: <i>If you seriously think that Nazis were socialists then you obviously haven’t even the slightest knowledge of what happened in Germany during their reign.</i></p>
<p>They called themselves Socialists.</p>
<p>That you assert that they were not implies that you believe you are the owner of the English language and that you have the right to define what words mean and how they are used.</p>
<p>Clearly this is not the case. A word means what people use it to mean. </p>
<p>If you look at all the people who ever called themselves &#8220;socialists&#8221; , you will realise that the interestion of all the policies they stood for is the empty set. In other words, &#8220;socialism&#8221; has been used to mean so many different and contradictory things that it is meaningless.</p>
<p>For that reason I do not use the word.</p>
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