Monday 8th June 2009

The European election results last night was a very sad day for British politics. I'm not talking about Labour's dismal, though somewhat expected, showing in the polls. Or the fact that only a third of the electorate in Britain turned out to vote. What makes last night's results so terrible is that Britain will be represented in Europe by two fascists of the British National Party.
I'm all for free speech, its the most important concept of a liberal society, but the BNP's view are simply racism disguised as politics. I understand voter's anger over the recent expenses scandal in Westminster, but there are alternatives to voting for a modern day Nazi party. Aside from the three main parties in Britain, ballot papers up and down the country included the Green party (which I voted for), the Christian People's Alliance, the Socialist Labour party, Libertas and many more. As much as I disagree with UKIP, even they would've been a better choice than the BNP.
What makes this whole ordeal worse is that Britain will be represented in Europe by perhaps the worst human being in the country, excluding murderers, rapists and paedophiles, Nick Griffin. If you thought your MP was bad, you should be lucky you haven't got this c**t (my apologies for lowering the tone, no other word describes Nick Griffin better) representing your constituency in Westminster. This is a man who claims the Holocaust never happened and has been arrested on suspicion of incitement to racial hatred, though unfortunately never convicted.
In Southampton in the early hours of this morning the results of the European election for the South East region were announced. When it was announced the BNP had amassed 101, 769 votes in this region there was huge uproar in the conference room of St Marys stadium, followed by a man shouting "f***ing fascists". I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who views the British National Party in this way and it was comforting to see anti racist protesters attempt to stop Nick Griffin from entering Manchester City Hall on television last night.
Hopefully the electorate will see the BNP for what they are and despite now having two MEPs it is only the minority who agree with their extreme right wing views. However its a shame that on the weekend in which commemorate the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings against a fascist enemy it is a new, modern fascist, this time British enemy to equality and liberalism which will be celebrating election results.