“They are a democratically-elected party, and it is the fault of the mainstream parties for letting the country down on so many issues, that has allowed the BNP to gain a foothold.” [Quote from a letter in Thursdays Yorkshire Post]
Jayne Dowle is a columnist in the Yorkshire Post. Born and bred in Barnsley, (where the BNP were given their highest support in the whole of South Yorkshire – 17 %) she is from dyed in the wool Labour roots. She says her first memory of politics was going round with her grandfather delivering Labour Party leaflets in the 1979 General Election campaign.
Her seven year old son has been questioning the goings on at Westminster when Nick Griffin was pelted with eggs. He wanted to know if they were safe. Jayne explained in as delicate a way as possible that whilst the BNP were not a good group of people, many of those who voted for them did so out of a sense of fear – fear at losing their jobs, fear that the other main political parties were not listening to them, and so they voted for the people they thought could best help them. They could see no other way of their problems being solved.
If this is the case, and I suspect it well could be, what an indictment on the three main political parties. The BNP have gained a foothold into the EU because the general public have perceived that neither Labour, Conservatives nor Lib Dems have the wherewithal to represent the consensus of opinion of the people.
Let us hope that the members of the three main parties have now seen the light, and realised that the great British public have had enough of their misrepresentation of the people, and their dishonesty and greed in claiming money which is not morally theirs. It is now time for politicians to grasp the nettle and represent those who have elected them.
Jayne Dowle is a columnist in the Yorkshire Post. Born and bred in Barnsley, (where the BNP were given their highest support in the whole of South Yorkshire – 17 %) she is from dyed in the wool Labour roots. She says her first memory of politics was going round with her grandfather delivering Labour Party leaflets in the 1979 General Election campaign.
Her seven year old son has been questioning the goings on at Westminster when Nick Griffin was pelted with eggs. He wanted to know if they were safe. Jayne explained in as delicate a way as possible that whilst the BNP were not a good group of people, many of those who voted for them did so out of a sense of fear – fear at losing their jobs, fear that the other main political parties were not listening to them, and so they voted for the people they thought could best help them. They could see no other way of their problems being solved.
If this is the case, and I suspect it well could be, what an indictment on the three main political parties. The BNP have gained a foothold into the EU because the general public have perceived that neither Labour, Conservatives nor Lib Dems have the wherewithal to represent the consensus of opinion of the people.
Let us hope that the members of the three main parties have now seen the light, and realised that the great British public have had enough of their misrepresentation of the people, and their dishonesty and greed in claiming money which is not morally theirs. It is now time for politicians to grasp the nettle and represent those who have elected them.
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