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By Gemma Coleman, Journalist






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    Last month the BBC went undercover to report on the inner goings-on at the British National party - a party traditionally known for its racist stance. The party claims to have cleaned up its act. But is it really true?

    At present the partys policies are based upon the wish for immigrants to voluntarily leave the country and the BNP claims they will use financial incentives to encourage this. In the past, the stance was that all non-British people should be forced out of the country This change in policy is just one that Nick Griffin has worked on since taking over to make the partys front line stance more saleable. The stance of Griffin is that a mono-racial country is more stable and more peaceful, and that with the merging of races, British culture will disappear and tyranny will rule. Griffin admits this change in policy is intended to get more votes, but are they actually changes at all?

    Nick Griffin has been involved in far-right politics for twenty-seven years. He was in the National Front for most of that time. He has also edited The Rune in the past, in which he referred to Holocaust as the Holohoax. He claimed that the Holocaust never happened, and believed that it was merely propaganda.

    In June 1999, Griffin wrote another article, this time attacking homosexuals. He said: dozens of gay demonstrators flaunting their perversionsshowed just why so many ordinary people find these creatures so repulsive.

    The party also still has links to Combat 18, an unashamedly racist group. (1 = A, 8 = H the initials for Adolf Hitler). Griffin knows that some members are linked to this group, but doesnt ban them. Instead he insists that the British National party is a way for these people to show how proud they are to be white.

    The BNP has links to Combat 18

    This past month, a BBC programme Panorama instigated the BNP. Jason Gwynne went undercover as a BNP member to secretly film the real attitudes of the party. The programme The Secret Agent records one prospective candidate repeatedly saying he just wants to kill Pakis. Another admits pushing dog excrement through an Asian business's letterbox. Griffin is filmed telling supporters that Islam is a wicked religion, whilst the Quran tells Muslims is it acceptable to rape white women and children.


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    Rich




    Rich says on 2004-08-29 11:19:11 about The Rise Of Racism
    Really thought-provoking but scary article Gemma. They say that those who do not learn from history will repeat them. People like this have the right to believe what they wish but their beliefs must be countered more pro-actively by the general community. Thanks for your excellent analysis.






    mave




    mave says on 2004-08-25 19:51:37 about the rise of racism?
    eye opening to what is really going on in the BNP. I am glad to say they are in the minority. The sooner they realise that this is a multi-racism society and everyone is the same under their skin, the sooner perhaps we can see peace in the world.






    Stephen




    Stephen says on 2004-08-24 18:49:58 about
    Yeah, I agree with Matt. I'm a big advocate of freedom of speech but when innocent people are being verbally and physically assaulted (as shown in the programme) it's an entirely different issue, we must draw the boundary there. Excellent article though, the rise of the BNP is worrying but I hope it's just a phase, they are just ignorant racists in suits and hopefully the country will wake up to this once the asylum issue and "war on terror" passes.






    Matt




    Matt says on 2004-08-22 17:05:16 about
    There is a big difference between freedom of speech and actually verbally assaulting people. As you say yeti, it's a hate thing not politics. Politics focus on an agenda, but don't generally discriminate against people, these guys obviously do.






    theyeti




    theyeti says on 2004-08-22 12:58:31 about
    I'm glad this is being discussed too. You can't ban them because it's a freedom of speech thing - but they're definitely more than a political party, they're a hate movement. We don't have to stand idly by while they spew their venom.






    Stephen




    Stephen says on 2004-08-22 06:41:13 about The Rise of Racism
    Griffin, being the ignorant twerp that he is, fails to realise that if all immigrants were deported, the National Health Service would fall apart. Workers from other countries are valuable to the NHS, whether they are Pakistani or Indian doctors or Filipino Nurses. With an ageing population immigration is vital.






    Matt




    Matt says on 2004-08-20 02:34:45 about
    Glad this is being discussed. I watched the program you mention locally and was surprised that these guys haven't been banned. I just find it strange that they can get away with preaching so much hate and others don't. The disguise of being in a political party should not protect their actions and offensive words. How long are we all going to stand by and let these people get away with this?









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