tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post1342788421636788604..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: While I was away: BNP in further meltdown tragedy (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)jams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-61130434178372537222011-04-27T19:43:53.849+01:002011-04-27T19:43:53.849+01:00I assure you that it is a very ironic tragedy Gled...I assure you that it is a very ironic tragedy Gledwood<br /><br />It is good news. I am glad that the far right in the UK does not have the draw that it has in so many European countries. The likes of Jobbik, Vlaams Blok, Front National and so on sicken me to the stomachjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-41032642493556827022011-04-27T10:00:39.499+01:002011-04-27T10:00:39.499+01:00It is, of course, excellent news. General experien...It is, of course, excellent news. General experience in Europe shows that there is about a 2% steady potential for real fascist extreme right-wing parties, which - while horrid - is not enough to really effect the political process. They last for one or two legislative periods and then dissolve as a result of their own lunacy.<br /><br />Much more worrying, in my view, is the growing strength of parties which are just a tad less extreme, but still present a dangerously reactionary right-wing, nationalist agenda. To this group belong UKIP, along with the <i>Freiheitliche</i> in Austria, Le Pen's <i>Front National</i> in France, or the "Free Finns" (who will probably be part of the next Finnish government). <i>Fidesz</i> in Hungary recently obtained a two-third majority, which has enabled them to write a ghastly new constitution for the country, which contains very questionable items such as press control and restrictions of the rights of individual citizens to access to the courts regarding issues of constitutional rights.<br /><br />They mirror in Europe many of the same memes which power the Teabaggers in the USA - railing against "big government" (often equated in Europe with the EU), hostility to immigrants and foreigners in general, etc. Within their ostensibly respectable ranks the more extreme can find a political home from which to poison the whole system from within.<br /><br />I fear their growth will continue until they come to power in many places and then show their ineptitude. What's worrying about this is that the Nazis also initially came to power as a result of conventional democratic processes (even if they never achieved an overall majority). The Hungarian example shows the kind of damage they can do when they get their hands on the reins.Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-9297360020691760762011-04-27T03:10:53.082+01:002011-04-27T03:10:53.082+01:00Hmmm is the word "tragedy" misplaced in ...Hmmm is the word "tragedy" misplaced in your headline? Perhaps "fully deserved disaster entertainment" would be better or at least more fun wording..!!Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.com