BNP on Question Time
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- kezza_20
As someone who grew up in Blackburn and now lives in Ealing in London, one of the most diverse places in the country, I guess I have 3 points:
1. One is that anyone who votes BNP probably doesn't watch question time. Most of the audience of QT wouldn't be people he would naturally appeal to I would of thought. So damage is all relative. I have people in my extended family who voted BNP, and they thought he came across well.
2. If that show had been put on in Blackburn, Leeds, Burnley, Preston, Bradford, there would of been a completely different feel to the show. Doesnt get much more diverse than west London.
3. The last point is really to echo orbit above me. Whether I like it or not or people who dont like Griffin like it or not. The places I grew up have changed massively. I went so school in Blackburn in the early 80's and it was 95% white working/middle class. Now its 50:50 Asian to White. My parents can genuinely remember the first black person who moved to Preston, a city for fucksake. Until the major parties recognize that huge parts of the UK are changing and people are fucked off, the BNP (which is an odious organisation) will always do well where I grew up.
I read an article in Time magasine about Detroit in the USA, about how there is white flight going on and its destroying the place. I seriously think that is happening all over the northwest and yorkshire. Almost no one I grew up with lives in the towns anymore, they've all fucked off to white only villages.
The village I grew up in is still regarded as one of Britains best, whatever that means and 10 years ago someone opened a curry house and it got fire bombed 3 times... This is a village where everyone is a teacher or a professional.
Theres a real issue out there and until a mainstream party confronts it the BNP will just grow and grow.
- +1Orbit
- Some good pointsFallowDeer
- firebombing a curry house? fucking idiots curry is awesome. your town sounds shitBIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD
- village, and you have a pointkezza_2
- well said.forbes
- what the fuck do the eat... bland shit?SlashPeckham