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Moon Cat Oct 23, 2009 15:08:43
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grufty jim wrote:
Moon Cat wrote:
And the 'party' is broke apparently, in the fiscal sense.
So are most political parties though. Labour is carrying significant debt, for instance.

The BNP is clearly incompetently run, and I'm hoping that they fall apart completely. But the more publicity and legitimacy they receive, the less likely that is to happen.

Incidentally, what did you make of that group of generals speaking out against Griffin and the BNP for appropriating British military imagery and history for their own promotional use? Personally, I thought that was quite a kick in the nuts for Griffin and all these BNP goon that reference things like Waterloo and Trafalgar as the epitome of 'Great Britishness'.

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anthonyqkiernan Oct 23, 2009 15:13:39
Replying to Moon Cat

Moon Cat wrote:
what did you make of that group of generals speaking out against Griffin and the BNP for appropriating British military imagery
The come over here, fighting our wars...

G grufty jim
grufty jim Oct 23, 2009 15:23:54
Replying to Moon Cat

Moon Cat wrote:
Incidentally, what did you make of that group of generals speaking out against Griffin and the BNP for appropriating British military imagery and history for their own promotional use? Personally, I thought that was quite a kick in the nuts for Griffin and all these BNP goon that reference things like Waterloo and Trafalgar as the epitome of 'Great Britishness'.
My views on that probably wouldn't go down well with everyone (there's a surprise). Let's just say I don't see quite as large a gulf between the armed forces and where the BNP is coming from than the generals might. Despite the obvious contradictions (men from India fighting in the trenches, Polish spitfire pilots, etc.) the same kind of nationalist psychology that finds solace in the BNP is also given voice by militarism.

But that's a whole 'nother discussion.