How the BNP are campaigning

Given the very real prospect that the BNP will make some sort of mark on next month’s elections, I’d recommend you read Martin Fletcher’s article in the Times today. He offers not only an effective portrait on a recesson-hit town – in this case, Barnsley – but an insight into how the disgusting nationalist group are going about their campaign. The key point is that, despite the misleading “far-right” designation that’s slapped on them, the BNP are targetting – and are capturing – traditional Labour voters:

“Mr Griffin expresses sympathy for the 1984 miners strike, triggered by the closure of the Cortonwood colliery in Barnsley. He denounces the Government’s privatisation programme. He accuses Labour of crushing ordinary people to ensure maximum profit for its corporate financiers. ‘It has sold out,’ he thunders. ‘The old Labour Party is dead. Long live the new party for British workers — the BNP.’