tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616232773722371822.post5076778897579827750..comments2014-03-17T13:07:51.983+00:00Comments on New Leadership: Richard Edmonds says: join the BNP!Dr Andrew Emersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05861447055515423401noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616232773722371822.post-41785993856237666842011-02-16T14:35:39.674+00:002011-02-16T14:35:39.674+00:00You will probably not be surprised to learn that I...You will probably not be surprised to learn that I disagree, not with your diagnosis, Steve, but with your prescription.<br /><br />To paraphrase the words of Peter Mullins, the former south west regional organizer of the party: "The British National Party is not the property of one man, however elevated that man may think he is. We all have a share in it, and if anyone tries to take it away from us, by God, we'll take it back!"<br /><br />If only Peter had stood by those brave words, instead of going off to form a new party (the British Freedom Party) the pro-reform movement within the BNP would be stronger even than it is, and the remaining period of Griffin's tyranny even shorter than it now is.<br /><br />Unity in action to save the BNP by ousting Griffin: that is what is required.<br /><br />To criticize Griffin is not to criticize the BNP.<br /><br />The BNP's policies are just what the British people want and need, but the electorate will never vote for a party led by notorious trash, no matter how excellent its policies may be.Dr Andrew Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861447055515423401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616232773722371822.post-37030941781055783802011-02-15T20:56:04.363+00:002011-02-15T20:56:04.363+00:00I have had the privilege to meet with Richard on s...I have had the privilege to meet with Richard on several occasions over my meagre 30 years of service to the nationalist movement.<br /><br />He is a true gentleman and scholar, highly articulate, intelligent and above all a sincere nationalist. <br /><br />However his call to "join the BNP" seems to be at odds with the wider view held by those who not only demand, but aim through their own actions, to bring about real change in the direction of the nationalist cause.<br /><br />The BNP "brand" even until 12-18 months ago once held value, now thanks to the disastrous decisions of the current leadership the BNP is a dead duck. It is beyond saving. As so many activists, both current and former know, the vast majority of the voting public has some degree of sympathy and support for BNP policies. What the potential electorate offer by way of explanation for not voting for a BNP candidate is either "the BNP leader Nick Griffin" or "the BNP image in the media". <br /><br />The pathetic spectacle of a squirming, fawning Griffin on BBC's Question Time was a turning point for many who had thereto considered the BNP as a party they might support. It repulsed both the doorstep possibles and far more seriously, it disgusted the legion of stalwarts who made the party work.<br /><br />I cannot support a call to join/rejoin or support the BNP in its current status of near death. To do so legitimises the misrule of the despicable character Griffin who has put his own personal greed for money and power ahead of the real objectives of nationalism. It's a bit like calling on the millions of Egyptians to support the ruling party of the dictator Mubarak and try and change the regime from within.<br /><br />On the contrary a swift death blow is needed to put this disgraced party out of its misery; it is a mere shadow of its former self; thousands of card carrying members have been through it and disgorged by it and many recognise the shortcomings of the one person who once laid (falsely of course) the claim to rescue our land and people. The name is ruined, there is nothing but negative value in the BNP.<br /><br />Only through its complete and utter demise can a new path for the salvation of our people be forged.<br /><br />best regards<br /><br />SteveSteve in Suffolknoreply@blogger.com