Or rather, the postman. If I were him, I would have ripped it to shreds, but I guess that would be unprofessional. (Thankfully,
some postal workers are pickier about what they deliver.)
What most frustrates me about the British National Party is their stupidity. In many ways, we're fortunate to have idiots representing the British far right - rather than, say, Hitler, who was clever enough to dupe one of the most cultured nations in the world into believing that Jews were the root of all its problems. But the BNP is no Nazi Party. While perusing the blog of a supporter the other day (hey, I have a lot of time on my hands), it was rather pleasing to note that the blogger couldn't even spell "Britain". Bravo, patriot!
The back of the BNP's new leaflet (the second picture above) cites "D-day" and "The Somme", among other battles, as reasons for why "we" (ie white people) have earned the right to be stupid, British and racist. Does that mean that all the Americans who landed in Normandy are British too? Oh, and the Somme - any eight-year-old who's been on a school trip to the Imperial War Museum will know that thousands of Indians and West Indians fought in the trenches.
Underneath that, there's a picture of a cuddly pair of old fascists, explaining why they want England to become a neo-Nazi state (exaggeration, mine): "We've seen how this country has declined under the present government and we're voting BNP because they will put pensioners before asylum seekers and ensure our future." Because Gordon Brown really does sit around pondering, "Who's more important/better/cuter, asylum seekers or defenseless old grannies?" - and he ALWAYS picks asylum seekers, the bastard.
This leaflet's purpose is twofold. Most obviously, it's out to recruit new members at a time when support for mainstream political parties is at an all-time low. But its secondary purpose is more sinister - it's been sent out to intimidate immigrants and ethnic minorities. After all, you don't send BNP leaflets to a Hackney council estate - much like the one I live in - unless you want to strike fear into the hearts of black and Asian people. Of the six flats in my block, only one of them is occupied by a white British family.
It says "British Jobs for British Workers" on the leaflet, but they don't mean "British Workers"; they even mean "Anglo-Saxon British Workers". Nick Griffin has made it quite clear that he believes that Black and Asian Britons
"do not exist".
How does one decide who is British and who isn't? As we all know, our country has been invaded so many times that it is impossible to ascertain who is actually indigenous. Anglo-Saxons were of German origin, and they've only been around for two thousand years. Black people have been around for almost as long - much evidence supports the idea that the African-born Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, who rebuilt Hadrian's Wall, was black.
Let's not kid ourselves. By "British", they mean white. Which is why we have to stamp these fuckers out, and use our votes for the main British parties, as much as they have disappointed us in the past few weeks.
