Fascists don't represent me
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susanreadsHope Not Hate have a sign up sheet for anyone with a UK postcode (I assume) to repudiate the BNP. It launched last night, and there are 20,000 signatures already, if anyone thinks these things do any good.
Of course, most of the newly-elected or re-elected British MEPs aren't fascists, but an awful lot of them are right-wing. Apparently the British Tories are too right-wing for the Conservative group in the European Parliament, and the Labour party have lost so many seats (which is almost entirely their own fault) that (with all results in except for Northern Ireland) they're tied for second place with UKIP of all people; and we only have 16 MEPs out of 69 that are to the left of Labour (including the LibDems; Labour moved rightwards past them years ago).
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh.
It looks like the results across Europe are also pretty bad. Just what we need in the middle of a recession: people who want to enforce the same dogmatic capitalism that got us into this mess.
Of course, most of the newly-elected or re-elected British MEPs aren't fascists, but an awful lot of them are right-wing. Apparently the British Tories are too right-wing for the Conservative group in the European Parliament, and the Labour party have lost so many seats (which is almost entirely their own fault) that (with all results in except for Northern Ireland) they're tied for second place with UKIP of all people; and we only have 16 MEPs out of 69 that are to the left of Labour (including the LibDems; Labour moved rightwards past them years ago).
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh.
It looks like the results across Europe are also pretty bad. Just what we need in the middle of a recession: people who want to enforce the same dogmatic capitalism that got us into this mess.
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