BNP Online chief quits and takes website with him

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http://www.politics.co.uk/news/general-election-2010/bnp-in-turmoil-as-online-chief-sabotages-operation-$21375944.htm

The British National party's (BNP) beleaguered election campaign hit a new disaster today when its head of online operations quit the party and took the website with him.


Mr Bennett suggested the party was disorganised, amateurish and constantly wasting membership fees.

Party leader Nick Griffin and election fundraiser James Dowson w e re branded "pathetic, desperate and incompetent" by Mr Bennett.

people are seeing them for what they really are now
 
keyser87 said:
what a ridiculous sham of a party. Can't believe people actually voted for them.
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562,997 idiots in total ..well so far.

Must say after the last Euro elections and the amount of voter apathy leading to the NW for example to 'vote in' the BNP I was genuinely worried. Very proud of this country atm :D
 
I recieve newsletters and emails (as I am sure others here do) I generally just bin them, I went online one night when I was a tad drunk and reg'd on their webby,think it was another soldier dying or something.

the newsletters are a joke tbh, they are merely a begging letter asking for donations with a load of british history and scare mongering beforehand

I do agree with their view r.e the forces, Britains loss of identity and some immigration issues

unfortunately thats where it ends as they really cant ever be considered as a real force in politics
 
Greenlizard0 said:
562,997 idiots in total ..well so far.

Must say after the last Euro elections and the amount of voter apathy leading to the NW for example to 'vote in' the BNP I was genuinely worried. Very proud of this country atm :D
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They did manage to almost double their vote from last time. However they are still pretty much an irrelevance as far as national politics goes. Which is nice to know.
 
It would depend hugely on the method of PR and of course voting patterns but on a strict percentage basis assuming that the number of MPs was kept at 650 they'd get around 10 seats or so
 
Greenlizard0 said:
562,997 idiots in total ..well so far.

Must say after the last Euro elections and the amount of voter apathy leading to the NW for example to 'vote in' the BNP I was genuinely worried. Very proud of this country atm :D
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As RDM says they have quite significantly increased their share of the vote, happily they've still not won any seats. I am mildly disappointed however that I can no longer say that not even 1% of the electorate voted for them (it looks to be closer to 2% have voted for them with the votes nearly counted).

In the story what is the "[sic]" in
"This will no doubt [sic] come as a shock to many of those that read this
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all about? I'd always understood that to usually be a sign by the editor that the quote is in the persons own words - mistakes included yet I don't see the mistake in that sentence unless I'm being especially dense.
 
Rich_L said:
It would depend hugely on the method of PR and of course voting patterns but on a strict percentage basis assuming that the number of MPs was kept at 650 they'd get around 10 seats or so
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And this is clearlz why PR is a very bad idea.
 
And this is the party some people swear can run the country. I wonder who is bigger idiots, Griffin or his 'supporters'.
 
Would people still protest vote as heavily in favour of the BNP if we were in a system where it would actually give them power?

Currently people can vote for them in protest, or for a laugh etc. safe in the knowledge that nothing solid (ie. a seat) would come of it. I suspect in a PR system they wouldn't poll nearly as many votes.
 
I disagree, the fact is those opinions exist at a (relatively) significant level in the UK, whether you or I like them or not, and therefore should be heard at a Parliamentary level - disenfranchising those opinions only increases frustration and support of the fringe parties.

Also as witnessed by the pro-Tory media spotlight on the Lib Dems when it became apparent they might kibosh the Tory majority plans, greater exposure to the BNP and their daft policies would not be a bad thing either.
 
semi-pro waster said:
In the story what is the "[sic]" in all about? I'd always understood that to usually be a sign by the editor that the quote is in the persons own words - mistakes included yet I don't see the mistake in that sentence unless I'm being especially dense.
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Possibly bad grammar with the first "This" when it should be "It" as "this" is used again :)

Edit: \/ Yeah that :p
 
semi-pro waster said:
In the story what is the "[sic]" in all about? I'd always understood that to usually be a sign by the editor that the quote is in the persons own words - mistakes included yet I don't see the mistake in that sentence unless I'm being especially dense.
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I presume it's because in the original statement, it was written as "This will do doubt". For some reason they've corrected the error and left the [sic] in. If you google the end part of the sentence you'll see.
 
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