Bravo to the BNP. Democracy at Work!!

  Bravo to BNP. Demoracy at Work

I’ve been watching the Euro Election Results on BBC online and on its World Service television.
The big news is a swing to the right across Europe, with fringe anti-EUSSR parties doing very well.

The British National Party have gained their first ever EU seat, something greeted with horror by the commentariat, with many declaring their victory ‘a bad day for democracy.’

But I welcome the arrival of the BNP into the European Parliament; their success is a good day for democracy. The pigs have been punished.

I say this as a normal UK Tory voter who just might have been tempted to vote BNP given the chance.
Yes, the BNP are evil racists and fascists and the like, but the more you disparage them, the better it is to see them in parliament. They are the ultimate protest party.
Out in the open, their policies will come under greater scrutiny, and far from being right wing, they are actually left-wing, with an emphasis on a strong state and they are quite environmentalist too.
But why have the BNP succeeded?
They have succeeded because the others failed, the mainstream parties have so lost touch with mainstream public opinion.
The British people, for example, are fed up of the expense fiddling and sleaze we have seen from Gordon Brown and his government.

The British people are fed up with how ZanuLiarbore, led by an unelected prime minister, has ridden roughshod over democratic processes, something highlighted by Brown’s recent reshuffle elevating Alan Sugar and Glenys Kinnock into high office via the House of Lords.

The way the main parties along with the establishment have colluded against the BNP have also upset some, with it seeming anti-democratic.

The British people are also strongly anti-EUSSR, despite what the mainstream parties say. This is also reflected in the very low turnout, confirming little or no enthusiasm for Europe.

Look how the pro-EU Liberal Democrats is suffering along with Labour, and how the night belongs to the anti-EU UK Independence Party, as well as the BNP. I am sure the Tories would be doing even better were they more Eurosceptic.

And yes, the British people are fed up with the mass immigration Britain has endured in recent years, not so much from Eastern Europe but from non-EU Third Word countries. They don’t want groups taking over who blow up buses, protest against British soldiers and threaten to rule Britain several decades from now, which they might if current trends continue.

Adding it all to tough economic times, when such immigrants seem to exploit the welfare state, no wonder the British are unhappy with the mainstream.

So it is natural, inevitable that they will turn to parties like UKIP and the BNP, since the mainstream no longer share their views. Such a disconnect with the voters has been noted by many, yet the mainstream parties carry on as before and get all upset when we see the so-called right succeed.
It’s almost worth seeing the BNP get seats, just to see the upset from the Guardian’s Polly Toynbee, the UK Labour Party and its BBC broadcasting wing.

So how can the British political parties halt the BNP advance, which they say they will?

Well, why not try listening to the voters? Realise that the British people, and indeed those across Europe aren’t so favourable towards a European Superstate as the political classes may be; they don’t want mass immigration changing the character of the main cities and threatening the very existence of their countries. They also want politicians to be honest and accountable.

Now what can New Zealand learn from this? Well, our MPs need to be honest too. They also need to be wary of giving away too much power to overseas, say like in a future Kyoto treaty. They also need to better keep in touch with our voters, something I do believe is more likely since we are a smaller country.

And so, while many will gnash their teeth and wail at the BNP success, we should in fact raise a toast to them. Hopefully, the mainstream politicians will learn from the EU poll. It is still democracy at work, after all!