The BNP Has No Future – Unless the Tories and Labour Decide to Help Them

It’s hardly breaking news that the British [sic] National Party are a bunch of racist goons. But it’s a little unsettling to see a Tory MP such as Eric Pickles* suggest that “They are going to be a very serious force in British politics and the mainstream political parties have got to get their act together and start confronting them.”

On that latter point, we can agree. But, again, the suggestion that the BNP are going to become a force, let alone a serious one, in British politics gives these clowns much more credit than they merit and does a grave disservice to the collective wisdom and decency of the electorate.

Take, for instance, the claim made by the BNP’s Andrew Brons (MEP, alas) that Kelly Holmes, double Olympic gold medallist and born in Britain,“is only partially from this country, even if she is an integrated member of the community.” I guess we should be happy that Brons accepts that mixed-race or ethnic minority Britons can become “integrated” –  though that point is rather undermined by his declaration that “I don’t accept the term Black British or Asian British.