Posts Tagged ‘BNP’
Why Nick Griffin keeps trying to associate himself with Christian issues, and why he should stop
Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party (Getty Images via @daylife) In a not-unexpected court ruling yesterday, a judge ruled that a Christian Bed and Breakfast owner was in breach of the law in refusing to give the same treatment to a homosexual couple that she would have given to a heterosexual couple. Her case was backed by the [...]
In the nation’s interests
I have received howls of protest over the last few days from Lib Dem members, people who voted Lib Dem but usually vote Labour, and people who have never voted Lib Dem and never intend to. Some have demanded that Nick Clegg immediately fall into line behind Cameron and stop negotiating for 'party advantage'. Some have insisted that for Clegg to [...]
Deserving the name ‘evil’?
According to the BBC, Nick Griffin MEP, leader of the BNP, says that the EU should sink boats carrying illegal immigrants to prevent them entering Europe. Have we therefore come to the point at which an elected politician is actually advocating murder? Griffin -- again, according to the BBC -- says no. Instead, he is reported as saying: "I didn't [...]
Taxpayer, voter, citizen or stakeholder?
Here's another question to try at home. Are you a taxpayer, a voter, a citizen, or a stakeholder? Of course, you are quite possibly all four, but which are you really? The nuances are quite different -- but if we allow ourselves to be guided into one or other, the consequences are profound. It was Aristotle ((Politics, Book V)) who suggested [...]
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