A certain sort of idea of Europe, or the West, or "the white race" provides a foundation for Fascism. A wildly unrealistic foundation, but so what?
A certain sort of idea of being English, or Scots, or Welsh, or Irish, or Ulster-Scots, or Celtic, or Anglo-Saxon, or Norse provides a foundation for Fascism. A wildly unrealistic foundation, but so what?
And these two foundations are wholly compatible with each other.
Neither, however, is remotely compatible with allegiance to the United Kingdom.
The limited appeal and ongoing collapse of the BNP are therefore entirely to be expected, and wholly in keeping with the history of such phenomena.
Ha! The BNP is collapsing because of its poor leadership, although, it is true to say that the dissatisfaction with Griffin's rule couldn't have come to the fore without a poor election result.
ReplyDeleteAll will become apparent in the next few months. As a British Nationalist myself, I'm not exactly crying over the demise of the BNP.
Every time that the "master race" speaks, it disproves its own point.
ReplyDeleteHow is Ape "a British Nationalist"? The first three parties on his blogroll support English independence.
ReplyDeleteHe also lists the SNP and Plaid Cymru. "As others see us", and all that...
ReplyDeleteI take offence at that little quip (master race), Mr Lindsay. I'm not a racial supremacist and I resent the implication.
ReplyDeleteI list most nationalist parties on my site, including English nationalists. I don't belong to any political party.