Some interesting issues raised in this article: BNP poll win brings cash and staff – and legal challenges over racism | Politics | The Guardian. I can't help wondering whether it is the simple operation of law that will be the last straw: "Lawyers also said that as the BNP gets access to the European parliament, with a budget for employing staff and contracting services, it would also be open to employment law, which prohibits direct and indirect discrimination.
'A black or Jewish candidate who applied and didn't get the job on grounds of their racial or religious background would have a claim in the employment tribunal,' Millar said.
'If an individual challenges and they maintain a practice not employing any visible minority people, there is no doubt that like any employer who has such practices, they can be sued,' said employment barrister and chair of the Society of Black Lawyers, Peter Herbert. 'When they are in receipt of public funds they will have to be an equal opportunities employer. To do otherwise would be incompatible with public office.
'I can see the equality commission mounting an inquiry into how the BNP operate now. The office of public standards could also inquire.'"
11 June 2009
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A British blogger recently referred to the BNP as being on the far LEFT, and when I commented on the need for voter education in the UK, an American blogger agreed with him. Is this kind of political illiteracy widespread?
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I can't say how widespread. I do know that there is a lot of disengagement from politics in England. I guess the concomitant of that would be political illiteracy. My guess is that this could be repeated in many countries; it's just the proportions that would vary.
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