>>>>>>>Yes . Maybe you should move back. The next government here may be more your style.
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>>>>>>>The last great PM you had was Maggie Thatcher.
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>>>>>>Ditched by the Tories when they realised she was an electoral liablility. Not leading the country to fascism though.
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>>>>>>She was great in that she was lucky.
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>>>>>>Two things saved her. North sea oil and the Falklands
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>>>>>And giving the hard men the green light at the Iranian embassy in London.
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>>>>The saddest thing about yesterdays elections is that the UK is sending two fascists as MEPs to the European parliament. The decline in labours vote has allowed the BNP to slip through. When people trot out the word fascism they ought to remember what the real deal is.
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>>>Decline in labor vote? Do you imply that disenchanted labor voters switched to BNP?
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>>No. Because of the voting system. The drop in the labour vote meant that the BNP vote formed a greater percentage of the total votes cast and was enough to qualify them as one of the elected candidates.
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>Wait a second. The drop in labor vote could primarily increase percentage for parties actually receiving votes of those previously voting for labor. Do you completely reject the idea that some labor voters switched?
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>>The actual number of votes the BNP got was slightly down on the last European elections.
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>>The worst part of it is that the BNP now qualifies for funding from the EU which can amount to a lot of money.
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>>Other countries elect far right wingers to the EU especially some of the ex Eastern Bloc countries but this is the first time the UK has done it.
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>Does your concern about extremism cover both far right and far left, or just one part?


I'm not against radical politics of either end of the spectrum I am against racism.