All of yesterday we got battered by news articles driven by the political spin doctors.  The BBC had announced last night's flagship show, Question Time, would include on its panel, the leader of the British National Party.

Widely seen as both fascist and racist, the BNP has bumbled along at subterranean awareness levels for the best part of thirty years.  I'm not a member and won't pretend an accurate understanding of its policies.  These are explained to me in various forms, as British Isles for white, English speaking, working people.

To be honest this doesn't sound, to me at least,  a lot different to the stuff coming out of numerous foreign states - all of them south of here and universally not Christian.  But that isn't the point.

The part that has the UK political classes scared stupid is the BNP has recently gained traction in numerous areas of the country - all white, working class (and probably agnostic) towns.  It's won tens of seats in local government elections, and recently enough votes to win two seats in the European Parliament.

The chattering classes are now crapping themselves about the upcoming general election and the real possibility the BNP will win seats in Parliament.

That select club of self worshippers, recently denunded of respectability by the expenses scandal doesn't want the BNP spoiling its Tea Party.

It doesn't want the BNP getting air time because this party might be fascist, and racist, but because it resonates with the ordinary British people.

That's not to say the Brits are any more (or less) racist than anybody else.  But they are completely pissed off about the way Brown's government over the last twelve years has advantaged all of the marginal, single interest groups.

Of the 60 million people in the UK probably 50 million are ordinary people struggling to survive Brown's rape of pension plans, stealth taxes, distribution of wealth to those who work for the government, or don't work at all. 

Fifty percent of kids leave school each year with better results than have ever been achieved before.  The other half can't read.  Ordinary people see their wages going down, taxes going  up and a torrent of propaganda from Government funded bodies.  Don't smoke, don't drink, 20 mph speed limits, eat five a day etc. etc.

Meanwhile the other 10%  - special interest groups  - single mothers, gays, religious (not Christian) groups protesting, bankers, school teachers, doctors, dentists, the BBC,  all make hay while the sun shines.

Politicians need to understand votes in the UK for the BNP don't mean ordinary British people are racist.  Every vote demonstrates just how pissed of they are with the way New Labour has favoured the special interest groups to the disadvantage of the huge, fallible, generous, likeable, narrow minded, funny, relaxed, irreverent British people.

Votes for the BNP are a protest about the way the political/capitalist/gay rights/fundamentalist agenda is screwing up life for the rest of us.

Our politicians would do well to go back to school and take that class again - the one which explains democracy means majorities rule.

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