One in Five Britons Consider Voting BNP, Telegraph Poll Says
When the government falls seriously out of step with the needs, indeed the basic requirements, of its citizens then parties at the extreme become more attractive. If government won't do the minimum to ensure the safety and welfare of its citizens then they'll go with somebody who promises to go for more than the minimum. | (Bloomberg) -- One in five Britons would consider voting for the whites-only British National Party, a YouGov poll for the Daily Telegraph said, two days after BNP leader Nick Griffin appeared in a British Broadcasting Corp. debate.
About 22 percent of voters would "seriously consider" voting for the party in a future local, national or European election, the Telegraph said, citing the poll. The BNP, which bars all except "indigenous Caucasian" people from membership, gained its first two European Parliament seats in June.
Griffin used his appearance on the BBC's Question Time to tell a record audience for the show of more than 8 million people that the nation should "shut the door" on immigrants, Islam is incompatible with British culture, and war-time leader Winston Churchill would have belonged to his party.
The BBC's decision to allow a member of the BNP to be a panelist on the show for the first time prompted violent protests outside the company's west London headquarters and sparked criticism from members of the three main parties.
Posted by: Fred 2009-10-25 |