A Disgrace
We at Independence Home have very little time for the BNP and their cause. In fact we find their views objectionable, and we certainly don’t wish to give them publicity on this site.
However, this is just so outrageous, so unbelievably terrifying, and so offensive, that it warrants a very serious post.
The government is to single out Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons, the British National party’s two newly elected representatives in the European parliament, for special treatment, denying them some of the access and information afforded to all the other 70 UK MEPs.
Under new guidelines drafted in Whitehall and in the Foreign Office following the June elections to the European parliament, the two BNPleaders will be kept at arm’s length from the kind of routine contacts and socialising that take place between British civil servants and MEPs in Brussels and Strasbourg.
When the new parliament convenes next week in Strasbourg, Glenys Kinnock, the new Europe minister, is to host a reception for all British MEPs. Only Griffin and Brons have not been invited.
To clarify: The UK civil service, the supposedly apolitical and impartial machinery of government, along with the governing executive, has conspired to treat an elected representative from a legal political party differently, and unfairly, for no other reason than the political views of that party.
Not only is this a gargantuan error of political judgement, as it will strengthen the support for the BNP by making living martyrs out of them, but its ramifications are truly terrifying.
“Officials will not engage in any other contact with elected representatives of any nationality who represent extremist or racist views, unless specific permission has been granted to do so on a particular occasion from the FCO permanent under-secretary and the minister for Europe,” a government spokesperson said.
The official said that the BNP duo would be subject to the “same general principles governing official impartiality” and they would receive “standard written briefings as appropriate from time to time”.
But British diplomats made plain that they would not be “proactive” in dealing with the BNP MEPs and that any requests for policy briefings from Griffin or Brons would be treated differently and on a discretionary basis.
A line has been crossed. A fundamental line of ideological principle which underpins democracy and liberty. Recently we witnessed the spectacle of the police raiding the offices of Damian Green, a Conservative MP, raising questions of executive power over elected politicians. Now we again see a similar move.
What is so frightening is that the sentiment which has driven these moves finds it acceptable, if not desirable, and the people making these decisions are senior figures who have demonstrated they have scant regard for democracy and the basic principles of freedom.
Those who have studied European History will be well aware that Hitler was not elected on a mandate of building gas chambers, and assuming arbitrary rule. He achieved it incrementally, and eventually persuaded the Parliament to approve his arbitrary rule! To the schoolboy who asks why the Jews did not flee before it was too late, the answer is always that until it was too late they did not realise. Throw a frog into boiling water and it will jump straight out; place it in cold water and heat it slowly and the frog will boil to death. Well, I say this: we are those frogs, and the water is getting pretty damn hot, pretty damn quickly.
Chris Davies, the Liberal Democrat MEP, said that the BNP represented a special case and that the government was entitled to differentiate in its dealings with elected representatives.
“A line has been crossed [with the BNP]. It’s a difference of degree. It’s not surprising that the government has to draw up guidelines to deal with a different situation.”
Shameful!!! There is no excuse, none whatsoever, for discriminating, nay conspiring, against an elected politician because of their political views. The attitude among the political class that the ends justify the means; that ‘yeah they’re horrible, so it’s ok’ reasoning; is now evidently endemic.
It may be an extreme exaggeration, but it illustrates a point – what would the reaction be if David Cameron had just been beaten up and arrested by the police, on the instruction of Gordon Brown and “new guidelines drafted in Whitehall”? No doubt popular outrage. That would be Zimbabwean, an effective despotic regime with Parliament reduced to a fig-leaf covering the truth.
Well, I ask what is so very different to the case we have here with Griffin and Brons? The executive, in the form of Glenys Kinnock and Whitehall [Gordon Brown] has instructed officials [the police] to take measures to hinder/distance [beat up] an opposition politician [David Cameron] because of their political views. Apart from the more extreme nature of the example above, there is no difference in principle. It is simply the thin end of the wedge, and even then it is not so thin, more like the mid section of the wedge.
Following the European elections, the civil service and government officials considered a range of options for dealing with the BNP, from an inclusive non-discriminatory approach to total quarantine, effectively ostracising them. David Miliband, the foreign secretary, is said to have signed off a decision that would bar the BNP people from government and embassy events in Brussels, while providing the extremists with some policy information.
I’m sorry? The option discussed ranged from “inclusive, non-discriminatory” to “total quarantine, effective ostracising them”? It is explicit in its intention. There is no pretence. This is politically motivated discrimination and proof, if more were needed, that not just this government but the political establishment is rotten to the core. It has not rotted from financial corruption (MP expenses scandal is not endemic corruption throughout government), but mental, philosophical, and moral corruption.
The only sane voice seems to have come from Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP, who said…
“I don’t think the policy of isolating them, of a cordon sanitaire, will work at all,” Farage said. “It’s a mistake. They’re elected representatives, whether we like it or not.”
Will we see David Cameron, the Lib-Dems and others speak out in condemnation? Will this lurch down the path of despotism be given the weight and seriousness of coverage in the mainstream media it rightly deserves? Not a chance, I suspect. Come on BBC, prove me wrong.
Honestly, and with all deepest sincerity, I have never, ever, felt more ashamed of my Government than I do at this moment. I have despaired at every erosion of liberty – the civil contingencies act, the terrorism act, 28 and then 42 days detention, banning of protest near Parliament, and all the other too numerous to list, but I never thought it possible that we would reach such a state of affairs whereby the executive deliberately and unashamedly conspires against opposition politicians because of their political views. Here, in Britain, one of the oldest Democracies in the world, and from the Mother of Parliaments.
It is a disgrace.
My name is Harry Aldridge. I am John Galt. Now get out of my way!
32 Responses to “A Disgrace”
I have forwarded a link to this article to my MP, George Osborne, for his views and an explanation of what the Conservative Party propose to do about it. It is the least I think I can do. But I believe that it will only take a few more actions like this, perpetrated by this minority interest anti-democratic socialist clique, and there will be a mass uprising. But then, as has been said on other blogs, perhaps that is precisely what these demons want.
Agreed.
I thought I was John Galt
No, I am John Galt
This will backfire – they will just make Martyrs of the BNP
Indeed.
It is outrageous. The political elite once again showing contempt for British voters.
It appears to me that Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP is quite happy to play the bully boy when it comes to Andrew Brons ( BNP MEP) . Andrew and a colleague popped into Fabian O’ Farrell’s, a cafe/bar just outside the Parliament building, for a bite to eat but they were refused service.
It later transpired that the barman had revealed to a journalist that the Tory and UKIP MEPs who have made the bar their regular haunt had warned the manager that if the BNP MEPs were served they would take their business elsewhere!!
Have I got this wrong about the great Farage?? (Personally I doubt it !)
In fact the Tory and UKIP Mep's were asking the manager of O'Farrell's to break Belgium law, which states that it is against the law to discriminate against one because of his or her political view's!
So encouraging people to break the law! great example!.
Who's the fascist's now?
the government is showing its true colours[red] nasty people enough is enough
You can see where this is going.
First the BNP, then UKIP, then parliamentary dissenteres, then ……….
This is truly terrifying.
Incidentally:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/ar...
Grandfather Samuel, then Shimon, Miliband, apparently fought under the command of Trotsky, formerly Lev Davidovich Bronstein, "eliminating" white Russians opposed to Communism.
Eliminating?
Damn good article Harry -well said indeed!
It's not Fascism when the LibLabConspiracy do it – the one party with three names.
http://www.cesc.net/radicalweb/scholars/rankin/ar...
And while I'm at it; what is David Cameron doing on the UAF thugs list of supporters after their recent outrage where they threw eggs and urine bombs during a BNP press conference? Is this a joke?
http://www.uaf.org.uk/aboutUAF.asp?choice=4
This is not new, we have been warning you all about this communist Lib?Lab/CON/EU/Islam pact for years, they will not be satisfied untill we have no identity, freedom of speech, freedoms full stop, now they come for us, soon they will come for you too especially when you do or say nothing for democracy, we are 1,000,000 ordinary BRITISH christian people who are not given a voice illegally by our own government, who the majority have fought in our armed forces to protect democracy, and now it has been handed over to the same communist and muslim fanatics they fought against, by the QUISLING traitors we put our trust in , the real truth about this is just that "TRUTH" they do not want the BNP to let all the rest of YOU know the TRUTH, so they use the well known DICTATORSHIP tactic of silencing the truth sayers
If you will not fight for your right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly : you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you(like the BNP) and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case : you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
I am a bnp member and whether you agree with the only true patriotic party in what was once our great british isles or not; this is the true communist regime in full flow.
Surely (please just think for a moment) this is one issue we should at least dialogue party to party.
It is now bnp, it WILL be ukip next!
Fascism is alive and well in Britain in 2009 this "Government" are the REAL fascists, just what have they got to hide ?
' When the new parliament convenes next week in Strasbourg, Glenys Kinnock, the new Europe minister, is to host a reception for all British MEPs. Only Griffin and Brons have not been invited.'
I take it from your article that UKIP will not be giving kinnock the satisfaction of attending and citing the reason for the action?
Or are you long on words, short on action?
Good point. If UKIP is outraged to such an extent then please boycott the Kinnock crook and let the world know your reasons. Troops are being killed to "bring democracy" to the Afghan's ( who never asked of democracy!) and the people of Britain are being ever more denied democracy by the establishment. Obviously they are afraid of what the BNP might expose, the deeper they are allowed to penetrate the murky ponds inhabited by our swamp dwelling "elite" politicians. How long will it be before Labour openly wear the clothes of the fascist party which they have now become?
I agree with everything that has been said.But would UKIP forego their invitations on the grounds that this is fascism at it's worst.It does not mean that nigel farage and co support the BNP,it is a stance again'st fascism,because if we allow this to happen to the BNP and 1 million voters wishes,THEN WHO IS NEXT and WHAT IS NEXT
ABSOLUTELY DISGACEFUL,BUT HEY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NU LABOUR,RIGHT.WE SO NEED REAL CHANGE AND SOONER THAN LATER.A CONSERVATIVE GOV WOULD BE EVEN MORE USELESS AND CORRUPT,THERES ONLY ONE REAL PARTY FOR THE REAL BRITISH PEOPLE OUT THERE NOW THAT NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION.
Yes, the BNP!
GO BNP GO THE SUPERHEROES AND SAVIOURS OF GREAT BRITAIN,WE SO NEED YOU,PHIL.
So,just remind me,who are the fascists ?
Britain is marching it's way towards Stasiland and yet all that the msm can do is keep harping on about the BNP ……… time to wake up!
The British people are waking up to the fact that the three headed monster is not working in the national interest. The Lib/Lab/Con are in fact a threat to the survival of Britain they wish to see us as a state within Europe. Every time they take another nibble at our freedoms is another step towards full control by Europe with no say whatsoever by the British people. You must stand up to these true fascists and all those that believe in the nation state should stand shoulder to shoulder against the tyranny to come. Let your MP know your thoughts on Millibands latest attack on freedom.
First they came for the BNP…. UKIP next?
After several expeditions on to various sites for an answer I have failed to find one. Can someone supply it please.
My question is, why is it OK to accept MEPs from Sinn Fein, remembering that they have planted bombs. Have murdered members of the police or the armed forces. Have attempted to assassinate a Prime Minister, members of the Government and members of the Royal Family. Have stabbed people in the heart, gouged out their eyes or shot them in the kneecaps. Have smuggled guns and mortars, or formed and maintained an illegal army. Quite why they are more concerned by the presence of Nick Griffin as an MEP, who to my understanding has only passed an opinion and harmed no one, than the unrepentant terrorist Gerry Adams and co: is utterly bemusing.
Simple Rayatov, one of the first thing you need to do if you wish to conquer a country is to DEVIDE and RULE, hence the Lib/Lab/CON//EU/Islam pact of breaking up our country by giving home rule to (Supposedly) nationalist parties in Scotland,Ireland,Wales, they are nothing of the sort, they are just bogus parties like the English Democrats, owned and financed by this evil pact, to get us all fighting each other to destroy our used to be strong unity, so that we can be picked off one by one for easy conversion into a small part of a (New World Order) of communism,Blair +brown have given the IRA some form of promise like the one they have given the saudi's..etc, that they can have a big influence in the running of our country , hence everything being fast tracked for the muslims and unlimited immigration, because within 30-40 years WE will be the minority population in our own country, your so called leaders of democracy know that by then if they can keep the IRA sweet , it wont matter a fig because all of the british isles including Sth.Ireland will be just a subserviant SLAVE area of the EURO STATE.
i agree with the article, I don't support the BNP but they should be treated equally in a democracy. I need to make a very important point to BNP members that are saying that the government is 'communist'. The BNP has very socialist views (socialism being VERY close to communism). The BNP is no longer a 'right wing' party, but have changed in recent years to a 'left wing' party – IF YOU DON'T WANT COMMUNISM THEN DON'T VOTE BNP! MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THEIR POLICIES BEFORE VOTING.
They are far more socialist than Labour or any of the other main parties.
I hate socialism/communism, I hate Labour, LibDems, Cons, and the BNP. BNP are just a racist version of the others.
GMB…That is NONSENSE and you know it, we are Nationalists and want to get rid of communism, we believe in our Country and OUR people, we want only to have our country back the way it used to be, where we were all free to make up our own minds without the fear of the fascist thought control thugs of this Orwellian 1984 dictatorship, UKIP have had 5 years to try and put the British peoples wishes to the fore, and what have they done…SOLD OUT and now backing the conservatives only because they know that they will next be in power, I am talking only of UKIP's leadership of course, £2 million expences for your leader, a Argentinian living in Spain handling the finances, and she is in favour of the EU, people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
By sucking up to the conservatives YOU are agreeing that UAF are doing a good thing and are aligning yourselves with Camerons and Cleggs co-signatures and financing of this obnoxious and communist organization, YOU are agreeing to Communism, and the death of our nations identity and freedom, i hope you sleep at night
Who, in the Civil Service, decides WHAT is racist and WHAT is extremist ?
I don't remember voting for the Civil Service to represent ME.
They are supposed to be OUR servants – not little Dictators !
Someone, probably an MP, should put them straight, and promptly !
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