Voting for BNP is just stupid.
Why is it stupid?
They are all but the political front of the old national front, a white supremacist organisation with some fairly unpalatable ideas. Their notable rise in recent times is the by-product of the way the Labour party dealt with the issues of immigration and Europe at the last two elections (calling anyone who disagreed either racist or xenophobic) hence why much of the BNP support is in Labour heartlands (consider the Dagenham constituency where Nick Griffin is standing). The Labour party has long supported a "no platform" approach to the BNP, with a belief that debating with them will give them undue credibility. This, combined with a lack of desire to approach the topics the BNP highlight has resulted in many people hearing a little and liking the sound of the BNP. The horrendous ganging up when Nick Griffin appeared on QT will almost certainly have roused the British support for the underdog and got more votes for his party rather than allowing a much needed spot light to be shone on the shallowness of much that he says.
The BNP are a party (albeit a perfectly legal one) which is only allowing people of non white Anglo-Saxon ethnicities to join as a result of a court order and many of their membership dream of a time when they can see "foreigners" (often including the children and grandchildren of families invited to come and live in the UK by the government in the 1960s) leaving to go back to their "home".
Put simply, most people living in the 21st century with an idea of equality and fairness
should come to the conclusion that the BNP are not a good party to have in any position of power. Nick Griffin has performed a small miracle in changing the outward image to be more media friendly (and this has coincided with the aforementioned handling of the immigration and Europe issue by the Labour party) and thus they appear more likeable. The BNP is also a great protest vote as all the major parties hate them and thus you are guaranteed to upset the "established parties".
To summarise - the BNP are not what they often claim to be and are almost certainly not a nice group of people.
I never registered y'know, I just got polling cards lol
I have 2 different and im not even sure why
we should get taught this!
If you look at the cards I would expect you to find one is for the general election and the other will be for the local elections being held on the same day. If not then something odd has happened.
lol my euro teacher was just telling our class about the election you guys are having
no offense but i find it rather odd that you guys only have an election the the guy (or party? i forgot) WANTS an election
Then I would guess either your teacher is wrong or you have misunderstood slightly. We do not
only have an election when the ruling party wishes. Each term of parliament is 5 years long and no longer, thus we are held to 5 year terms. However, the governing party has the choice of asking the Queen to dissolve Parliament at an earlier stage. This occurred in the current election; the end of 5 years was in June 2010, but it was felt that many voters would see Gordon Brown clinging on to the last as bad form and the Labour Party's finances probably would not stretch too well to fighting two nationwide elections within a month or so of each other.
On an aside, it is good to see so many young people here performing in line with the first part of Churchill's quote regarding age and political beliefs:
"
Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains."
I wonder if any of you will change your minds as you get older
