The BNP

[spaced]

I was born and bred in London, England. My folks are both Italian. THey were born there and moved here 40 years ago.

Are the BNP against all NON british poeople, therefore me and my folks as we have Italian blood, or is it against Black and Asian people (muslim etc etc).

In a nutshell, and this is not want Im awant to do trust me, if I were to go up to a member of the BNP and say I wanna join your oganistation, would they have a problem because my folks are italian, or would they be ok because i am white???

THis is a genuine question, I know that the BNP want to keep every british thing british, but is there hate just on non white poeple or more than that???

[Lonnie]

Hi spaced,
I got this from their Manifesto, interesting reading, but unofficially, they are against Blacks, Browns, Yellows, Pinks, anyone who is not white,

I've not mentioned religion, as you've not asked about that, but at a guess, I think you'd be accepted.

http://www.bnp.org.uk/candidates2005/manifesto /manf4.htm

[NiceCupOfTea]

Years ago one of their councillors (either that or he was standing to be a councillor), from the Isle of Dogs in London, was asked about that. He said they didn't like people from Africa or the Middle East but they weren't too sure what to do with people from the Mediterranean countries as some of them were fairly pale skinned.

!!!!

[jake-the-peg]

I seem to recall some years ago they had a requirement that you had all 4 grandparents born in the UK to be a member.

They may have relaxed that - I don't keep up with their degrees of insanity

[spaced]

ok, thanks guys!

[Octavius]

The BNP ideology is white nationalism and Euronationalism (fascism). In countries with a longer history of mass immigration, as in Britain, some definitions of the national identity now include immigrants.

At its founding, the BNP was explicitly racist. In 1990 it was described by the European Parliament's committee on racism and xenophobia as an "openly Nazi party... whose leadership have serious criminal convictions". When asked in 1993 if the BNP was racist, its deputy leader Richard Edmonds said, "We are 100 per cent racist, yes". Founder John Tyndall proclaimed that "Mein Kampf is my bible". In recent times this has changed to Nick Griffin who claims that his core ideology is "concern for the well-being of the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish ethnic nations that compose the United Kingdom�, an attempt to distract from white supremacy (rule over �foreign� peoples).

For the BNP it comes down to race and colour. The BNP requires that all members must be members of the "Indigenous Caucasian" "racial group" [Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and Norse folk communities of Britain and those (we) regard as closely related and ethnically assimilated or assimilable aboriginal members of the European race also resident in Britain.]

They are still racist and therefore fascist.

[johnlambert]

why would you be concerned about what a very small, discredited minority of the public tghinks or says about your ethnicity or race?
I can't understand how people can hate another human on the basis of skin colour, to me it makes as much sense as liking a cat or dog with a white pelt more that one with a brown or black pelt.

[spaced]

im just intersted on how far their hate spans

[Octavius]

It�s a healthy mind who enquires to understand why they might not want to share the views of someone (or organisation) that they are not fully aware of.

I wondered the same thing some time back spaced, as my father was an Irish immigrant, but it seems because I am white and of celtic (anglo-saxon,norse � how could we ever truly know for sure?) origin, I would be accepted with open arms.

With this knowledge and the understanding of their ideology, I am happy to not share their views and do not wish to belong, whether they would �want� me or not. A lot of people seem to have an underlying sympathy for them, without truly knowing what they stand for.