Thursday 4th June 2009, 10:17pm. At the bottom of dusty ballot boxes up and down the country, new members of the European Parliament have been decided. The chance to affect the outcome has passed. All we can do is wait.
This is probably the first time in my life that an extreme right-wing fascist organization has ever stood any real chance of success in an election. I can't help feeling a little anxious. :-|
This is probably the first time in my life that an extreme right-wing fascist organization has ever stood any real chance of success in an election. I can't help feeling a little anxious. :-|
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I hope that forces of facism don't gain a toehold in your government due to voter ignorance or apathy.
The bright side is, if they do get a seat, I think it will make their policies a lot more visible, there will be a lot more press focus on them, and they won't be able to hide behind their bland statements so easily. I've emailed my local Hope not Hate group and asked to get involved. I want as many people as possible to know what these bastards are actually about.
That candidate who suggested that the Jews exaggerated the number of Holocaust dead for compensation? It just beggars belief. I feel ill just thinking about it.
I don't accept the mitigation of people protesting with their vote, or not knowing enough about the BNP. If I started saying "Ah, well, they don't know any better", I'm just being patronising and middle-class. People KNOW. If you vote for them you are a racist. There is a point at which you stop equivocating, or indulging in semantics.