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The BNP are doing their best to appear like decent, ordinary white folk people like you and me, and as a contrast to the smooth machine politicians of other parties. In fact, they are vile fascists and no different from the vile fascists we have seen before. This article from the Manchester Evening News looks under their propaganda to show the real ( Read more... )

One of the annoying things about not being properly online most of the time is not being able to properly follow the news when it's interesting - as it has been recently. At the Iain M. Banks/Ken MacLeod event in Balloch* last Friday, they were wondering whether or not there might be a revolution of sorts in progress. Maybe... At least PR is now ( Read more... )

Martin is going!

[ETA: Meanwhile Gordon Brown said no Labour MP who broke expenses rules would stand at the next election. - is that the most meaningless commitment ever, given that breaking the rules isn't exactly the issue?]

OK, a couple of days ago a couple of us were talking about the BNP (they had a PEB recently). [Incidentally, did you know - and I'm serious, this is true - one of their ways of trying to raise funds is selling golliwogs? They are beyond satire.] Someone said that it would be a good idea to build a backup Britain somewhere in the middle of the ( Read more... )